PLAN30005 URBAN PRECINCT STUDIO The University of Melbourne Copyright @ 2020 Course Coordinator: Professor Sun Sheng Han Editorial Team: Chantal Zhao Noral Tal Elise Miller Nicolette Ciccarell Eric Mark Harsan Spencer Nash Publication: Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Massons Road, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3010 This subject PLAN30005 Urban Precinct Studio was created by the University of Melbourne under the Bachelor of Design course, currently affiliated with the Melbourne School of Design and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. It is the capstone subject for the Urban Planning Major. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the permission of the publisher or its constituents involved. All maps, photographs, drawings and edited pictures that appear within this publication belong to the students, unless listed otherwise. 2
FOREWORD
This booklet presents narratives of individual precinct structure plans for four different sites in Metropolitan Melbourne. It is produced through the diligent efforts of a volunteer group, on the basis of student project outcomes in the final year capstone subject – PLAN30005 Urban Precinct Studio. In preparing their plans, students first collaborated with peers in group work and then focused on the independent development of proposals. Full details of the project outcomes are presented in planning reports. The posters in this booklet represent the main contents about the site, the vision, design proposals, and implementation issues. Students made enormous efforts to participating in the studio activities and developing their projects, and were successful in consolidating and extending the knowledge and skills through studio learning in semester 2 2020, a very challenging semester due to lockdown restrictions. The works show what can be accomplished by creative minds, even when the planners had limited mobility in developing their projects. Professor Sun Sheng Han Coordinator Urban Precinct Studio 3
CONTENTS THE TEACHING TEAM
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NORTHCOTE SOUTH YARRA CLAYTON PRESTON
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THE TEACHING TEAM
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PROFESSOR SUN SHENG HAN (PhD)
HA THAI
Dr Sun Sheng Han is Professor of Urban Planning at Melbourne School of Design, the University of Melbourne. With a Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning background, Professor Han is interested in developing students’ creative minds and their ability to contribute to the society by providing planning solutions supported by rigorous research.
Ha Thai received his PhD from the School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University. His research focuses include space syntax, urban morphology, building typology, informal urbanism, smart city and the Asia Pacific region. He is an experienced architect, urban designer, and university lecturer working in Vietnam and Australia.
ha.thai@unimelb.edu.au
sshan@unimelb.edu.au
LAKSHMANAN MADHU
madhul@unimelb.edu.au
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Madhu trained as an architect in India, then registered as a landscape architect with AILA and holds accreditation for LEED rating system in Neighborhood Development. He has over two decades experience in professional and academic settings. As a consultant he has planned, designed, and documented a range of projects in Australia and overseas. In his professional capacity, Madhu contributed to environmental planning assessments of major projects such as wind farms, mines, quarries and other infrastructure and utilities. In his academic capacity, Madhu has taught undergraduate and postgraduate design and planning subjects at Melbourne and Deakin universities. Madhu is presently completing his doctoral research at MSD and is affiliated with the Climate and Energy College at the University of Melbourne.
TARGOL KHORRAM
DEJAN MALENIC
ERIC GAISIE
Targol is an architect and urban planner with specialist knowledge managing complex public space projects. With over 20 years of experience in practice and teaching, she communicates well with a range of stakeholders and enjoys translating the ideas and stories of others into meaningful and memorable places through design and construction. As a project manager at City of Stonnington, Targol supervises several construction projects at Urban and Infrastructure department. Alongside her work at Council, she also continues to work at the University of Melbourne.
Dejan is a PhD candidate at The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, researching spatial patterns of innovation in Australian Cities. He holds a Master of Urban Planning and a Bachelor of Environments, both from The University of Melbourne. Previous research has focused on urban consolidation and stakeholder interaction in housing development in Clayton, Victoria. Dejan has been tutoring at The University of Melbourne for over 5 years, while also working as a project manager in a boutique residential construction firm.
Eric Gaisie was the leader of the studio that developed long-term spatial development plan for the bustling and attractive multicultural inner suburb of Preston. Eric is currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning, the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is an urban planner and researcher with professional, teaching, and research expertise in urban analysis, disaster resilience, urban development, strategic land use planning and community planning across Africa, Europe, and Australia. He is an affiliate member of the Planning Institute of Australia.
targol.khorram@unimelb.edu.au
dejan.malenic@unimelb.edu.au
Targol is actively volunteering with organisations that promote social justice in the built environment. As President of Architects for Peace, she was involved in the preparation of organisation’s strategic plan in 2013 and leading a team of creative volunteers who are actively seeking sustainable urban development based on social justice, solidarity, respect and peace.
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eric.gaisie@unimelb.edu.au
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Image by Julia Oleinikov
STUDIO 01 . MADHU LAKSHMANAN
NORTHCOTE
Northcote is an inner-city suburb located within the Darebin local government area. This pre-war established suburb is approximately 6 sqkm in area. It incorporates an activity centre along High Street shopping strip. Multimodal transit options and proximity to Merri Creek and All Nations Park make the precinct an attractive destination to young families. Consequently, the precinct has development pressures to gentrify. In this context, students undertook creative and critical investigations to develop visions for renewal of Northcote into 21st century suburb. Student inquiry initially began with group work on three topical themes of liveability, health, and resilience. During the course of this studio, student creative works have successfully endeavoured to shape Northcote into range of strategic visions of a transit-oriented city, creative city, healthy city, liveable city, resilient city, decarbonised city, green city and more. A selection of student work is presented here.
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Hannah Cameron 10
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Stella Madden 12
Helena Molnar 13
Claudia Navruk 14
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Thomas Pollock 18
Zoe Shephaerd 19
Ashwini Venkatesan 20
Emma Wiegal 21
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Image by Julia Oleinikov
STUDIO 03. TARGOL KHORRAM
SOUTH YARRA
South Yarra (within the city of Stonnington Local government area) is located 4 km south-east of Melbourne CBD and bounded by the Yarra River in the north, Williams Road North and Williams Road in the east, Malvern Road and Commercial Road in the south and Punt Road in the west. The area is well connected by public transport with trams along activity Centre at Toorak road and Chapel Street. South Yarra station which is the second busiest train station in Melbourne is also within this area. South Yarra is home to some of Melbourne’s most iconic landmarks including Chapel Street, Prahran Market Jam factory and Melbourne high school. The expected growth in this area will place pressure on infrastructure and services, including streets, parks and community facilities. The studio called for innovative placemaking ideas and design proposals for providing solutions for inclusive and sustainable social and economic growth while preserving the p character of the precinct and responding to issues around safety and provision of affordable housing.
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Jing Chen 28
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Shuyun Feng 30
Eric Harson | eric_harsan@hotmail.com 31
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Erina Shii | erinafromtokyo@gmail. 35
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Michelle Timotius 37
Natasha West | tash_west@icloud.com Natasha West | tash_west@icloud.com 38
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Image by Julia Oleinikov
STUDIO 05. DEJAN MALENIC
CLAYTON
Studio 5 worked on the Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster, which is located near Monash University’s main campus and also encompasses the Monash Hospital Precinct, CSIRO and a number of other key knowledge based industries. This location is very much an area in transition, and student have identified several key issues surrounding the transition from a predominantly blue collared demographic to one that is highly skilled and has a large proportion of students. They used a wide range of GIS and research skills to analyse the area and develop their proposals, which were varied and included issues such as housing affordability, transport connectivity within the precinct, provision of green space, renewal of disused industrial areas to the South East of the site, redesigning major junctions between princes highway and other major roads, and reinvigorating the Clayton Activity Centre near Clayton train station. I was very impressed with the level of commitment and progress that students showed throughout the semester, and I felt that they demonstrated a high level of professionalism, which is evident by the interesting and highly innovative projects that were created in this studio.
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Yi Feng 44
Harald Jorgensen 45
Katlin Leon 46
Han Lim 47
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Tina Manoussakis 49
Kaimen Miao 50
Spencer Nash 51
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Haoning Yu 53
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Image by Nora Tal
STUDIO 06. ERIC GAISIE
PRESTON
Eric led the studio team made up of seventeen highly motivated students to develop a planning framework for guiding the growth and development of key precincts within Preston in line with the 2050 metropolitan strategy of Melbourne. The 11.3km2 site located about 9km north east of Melbourne CBD shares boundaries with Reservoir, Coburg, Thornbury, and Heidelberg West. Its major landmarks include Merri and Darebin Creeks, Melbourne Polytechnic, administrative offices of the local Darebin Council as well as the bustling open-air market. These have been key forces attracting job seekers, their families, and business enterprises to the area. A key focus of the studio involved generation and evaluation alternative scenarios to determine the most suitable path for Preston’s future. I am excited to see the final projects produced by individual students which shows innovative strategies for managing increasing growth pressures and creating a neighbourhood that provide affordable housing options, jobs, services, and infrastructure to enhance sustainable living.
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Jacqueline Darwis | jacquelinedarwis@gmail. 61
Robert Doherty | robgdoherty@gmail.com 62
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Summer Harrison 64
Remi Krenkels | remikrenkels2@gmail.com 65
Ellise Miller 66
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Chloe Page | chloeeypage@gmail.com 68
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Olivia Sharp 70
Anna Slifrski 71
Nora Tal | noor.jtal@gmail.com 72
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Urban precinct is a basic planning unit applied in various scales by planners. Their planning requires the application of a complex range of interlocking concepts and approaches in capturing the big picture, working with people, conducting analysis, developing scenarios and advocating for ideas. The works in this booklet provide a snapshot of the academic and professional rigour of students in undergraduate planning in dealing with precinct level challenges. Student works in this booklet show that resilient planners have the ability to deliver in all circumstances. COVID-19 provided a unique opportunity for exploring the richness of online resources and the value of desktop research. Despite the mobility restrictions and mental stress imposed by the lockdown, desktop research and regular sharing sessions on work-in-progress allowed students to fulfill their learning requirements with high quality. Both the semester-long challenges and the efforts involved are invaluable towards the making of a future generation of urban planning academics and professionals. Professor Sun Sheng Han Coordinator Urban Precinct Studio
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PRESTON NORTHCOTE SOUTH YARRA
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