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FUSION SITE AS GALLERY, DESIGNER AS CURATOR ELIZA GRAAF z5208080

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I would like to begin today by acknowledging the Gadigal and Bidjigal people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I am presenting from. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander present here today.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LENS

BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION

SOCIAL LENS

URBAN ART

DECONTAMINATION

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

HEALING

ANIMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES

ENRICHED ECOSYSTEMS

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

REWILDING

LAYERS OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

SOFTENING THE HARDSCAPE

REVITALISED COMMUNITIES

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The decrease in the area of industrial space between 2007 and 2012.

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EX Over a 10-year period, the FES Floor Space and Employment Survey found an overall reduction in the supply of space used for creative industries within the City area, a decline of more than 100,000m2 (City of Sydney, 2017).

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How can the process of Brownfield Remediation and integration of site-specific Urban Art Gallery Spaces dictate the larger Urban Development Program and establish a new Cultural Landscape for the future of The Bays?

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“With the introduction of a different - that is, alien - culture, a rejuvenation of the cultural landscape sets in, or a new landscape is superimposed on the remnants of an older one” - Carl Sauer (1925) The Morphology of Landscape

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Supporting Strategies

CITY ART

PublIC ART sTRATegY

Making Space for Culture in Sydney

Strategy July 2021

Greening Sydney Strategy

Cultural Infrastructure Study 2020

Green Global Connected

Public Art Strategy

Making Space for Culture in Sydney

Greening Sydney Strategy

(2011 City Art)

(2020 City of Sydney)

(2021 City of Sydney)

Draft

Bays West Place Strategy NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment March 2021

ADA Foundational Strategy 2051

Bays West Place Strategy

(UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture)

(2021 NSW Government)

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PRINCIPLE 3

CITY ART

PublIC ART sTRATegY

‘Support local artists and activate places by using temporary art projects’

PRINCIPLE 8 ‘Initiate and implement programs to communicate, educate and engage the public’

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AREAS OF ACTION 1. Funding and Finance

Making Space for Culture in Sydney

2. Planning and Policy 3. Space development and Provision

Cultural Infrastructure Study 2020

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“Our urban forest is set to grow up to 50% by 2030” “Our target is for 40% of our local area to have green cover by Strategy July 2021

2050, including a minimum of 27% tree canopy”

Greening Sydney Strategy Green Global Connected

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GOAL 3 “We will seek out and prioritise the most pressing problems that need to be solved to improve life on earth”

PROBLEM 3.1 “...activities of a global human population puts pressure on urban space, natural resources, our climate, cultural heritage...”

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Draft

Bays West Place Strategy NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment March 2021

DIRECTION 11 ‘Bring new life to existing diverse assests and uses, integrating rich layers of creativity, heritage and culture across the precinct’

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The Bays Precinct KEY The Bays Precinct Modern disturbed/reclaimed land Haweksbury Sandstone Site Location

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Opportunities + Constraints 1

‘Brick by Brick’ Mural

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Phytoremediation Pilot Project

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Indigenous Mural

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Heritage Railway Sidings

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Unused Materials

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Hardscapes

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Allocasuarina Forest

Sandstone cliff

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3 SITE MATERIALS PILES

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4 5 ADD urban heat island, sea level rise Existing/proposed circulation fencing on site Key viewing nodes SANDSTONE WALL phyto - sua annne ware pilot project Railway line

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Contamination Mapping KEY: VOCs, Phenolics, nitrates, ammonia and asbestos

OCPs, asbestos, herbicides, acid suplhate

Heavy metals, TPH, PAHs and PCBs/dioxins

VOCs, solvents and degreasers

Ground gases, asbestos, VOCs, OCPs, PCBs

Phenolics, nitrates, ammonia and asbestos, VOCs, solvents, degreasers, OCPs,herbicides, acid suplhate

MAHs, phenols, Lead, VOCs, OCPs, herbicides, asbestos, acid suplhate

VOCs, OCPs, herbicides, asbestos

VOCs, OCPs, herbicides, asbestos, acid suplhate

VOCs, OCPs, PCBs, COPC, herbicides, asbestos, acid suplhate

+ Heavy Metals, TPH, PAH and PCBS/dioxins & ground gases found across entire site

Information sourced from UrbanGrowth NSW Site Wide Remedial Concept Plan The Bays Precinct 2015

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Previous Land Uses + Site Structures

Shovelling coal at White Bay Power Station.

Sourced from https://powerplantsphytoremediation. com/historical-analysis

Silo construction, Glebe Island, 1920-1945.

Soruced from National Library of Australia

Information sourced from UrbanGrowth NSW Site Wide Remedial Concept Plan The Bays Precinct 2015

Aerial view of the construction of the silos on Glebe Island, 1920-1945. Sourced from National Library of Australia

Man overseeing grain being poured from a train carriage at Glebe Island silos, Sydney ca. 1920.

Sourced from National Library of Australia

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Site Landmarks VIEWS FROM BIRRUNG PARK

VIEWS FROM HARBOUR BRIDGE/OBSERVATORY

VIEWS FROM BUCHANAN RESERVE

VIEWS FROM MULLENS ST VIEWS FROM VICTORIA RD

WHITE BAY POWER STATION

GLEBE ISLAND SILOS VIEWS FROM JACKSONS LANDING, PYRMONT

VIEWS FROM VICTORIA RD

VIEWS FROM GLEBE ISLAND BRIDGE

VIEWS FROM ANZAC BRIDGE

VIEWS FROM JOHNSTON ST ANNANDALE

VIEWS FROM GLEBE POINT RD GLEBE

VIEWS FROM BLACKWATTLE BAY PARK

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Abiding Events Timeline

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Abiding Events Timeline

Remove over 85% of ground contaminants through establishing processes of phytoremediation

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Abiding Events Timeline

Restore ecologies on site through increasing canopy cover and rewilded areas by 60%

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Abiding Events Timeline

Acknowledge the site’s rich industrial heritage through informed outdoor gallery spaces and involvement of local artists

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Abiding Events Timeline

Celebrate the history of the site through the sustainable re-use of 100% of site materials

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Abiding Events Timeline

Activate all zones within the White Bay Power Station through adaptive reuse and maintenance

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Abiding Events Timeline

Establish a hybrid of cultural, residential and commercial spaces that support local artists and community members

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Phasing Plans Overview

*Definitions from Oxford Languages

Phase 1 ‘PREPARE’

Phase 2 ‘ENGAGE’

‘Make something ready to deal with something’

‘Occupy or attract; participate’

Phase 3 ‘RESTORE’

Phase 4 ‘REGENERATE’

‘Bring back to re-establish; repair’

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Phase 1 ‘PREPARE’

KEY Industry Roadway

Building Murals

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Metro

Existing pathway /bike Proposed Lookout

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Phase 2 ‘ENGAGE’

KEY Industry Roadway

Building Murals

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Metro

Existing pathway /bike Proposed Lookout

Proposed pathway/ bike Goat Tracks

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Phase 3 ‘RESTORE’

KEY Industry Roadway

Building Murals

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Metro

Existing pathway /bike Proposed Lookout

Proposed pathway/ bike Goat Tracks

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Phase 4 ‘REGENERATE’

KEY Industry Roadway

Building Murals

Existing Vegetation

Proposed Metro

Existing pathway /bike Proposed Lookout

Proposed pathway/ bike Goat Tracks

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Zone 1 - Phase 1 ‘PREPARE’

PHYTOREMEDIATION PROCESS

FORAGING FOR SITE MATERIALS

WHITE BAY POWER STATION

CONTAMINANTS

EXISTING VEGETATION PHYTOREMEDIATION ZONE TYPOLOGY #1

GALLERY SPACE

PHYTOREMEDIATION TYPOLOGY #1

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Phytoremediation Strategy Typology #1

Pesticides

Curly Dock

TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons)

Substratum

Subsoil

Topsoil

Meadow Mix

Lucerne

Heavy Metals Red Clover

Sunflower

White Clover

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First Harvest

Second Harvest

Third Harvest

REDUCTION IN CONTAMINANTS Phytoremediation species sourced from Power Plants Stage One Report 2018.

Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01476/full

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Zone 1 - Phase 2 ‘ENGAGE’

NEW LAB, BROOKLYN USA STUDIOS2

ZONE 1 ACTIVATED BOILER HOUSE1

PROPOSED LOOKOUT +VIEWS TO SILOS WHITE BAY POWER STATION

EXISTING VEGETATION

INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE (USING SITE MATERIALS)

Image sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWtH-hwqxc&ab_channel=UrbanGrowthNSW 2 Image sourced from https://newlab.com/ 1

INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE (USING SITE MATERIALS) GALLERY SPACE

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‘Never demolish, never remove – always ADD, TRANSFORM AND REUSE’ - Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal (French architects)

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Zone 1 - Phase 3 ‘RESTORE’

TWIGHLIGHT MARKETS AT THE FOUNDATIONS, PORLAND NSW2

ZONE 2 ACTIVATED SWITCHHOUSE3

RE-PURPOSE SHIPPING CONTAINERS ON SITE1

ARTIST RESIDENCIES (SHIPPING CONTAINERS)

WHITE BAY POWER STATION

EXISTING VEGETATION INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE

Image taken by Joe Harvey Image sourced from https://thefoundations.com.au/experiences/markets-at-the-foundation/ 3 Image sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWtH-hwqxc&ab_channel=UrbanGrowthNSW 1 2

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Supporting Local Artists

HOUSING

STUDIO SPACES

100 DWELLINGS SUPPORTING

50 STUDIO SPACES

LOCAL ARTISTS

INCOME & EXPOSURE

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Zone 1 - Phase 4 ‘REGENERATE’

LA SUCRIERE, FRANCE CULTURAL EVENT SPACE1 ZONE 3 ACTIVATED TURBINE HALL2

WHITE BAY POWER STATION HYBRID GALLERY SPACE

ARTIST RESIDENCIES + GALLERY SPACE

EXISTING VEGETATION

Image sourced fromhttps://www.gl-events.com/en/la-sucriere-0 2 Image sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWtH-hwqxc&ab_channel=UrbanGrowthNSW 1

HYBRID GALLERY SPACE

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Larger Urban Program

KEY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS ARTIST RESIDENCIES

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Larger Urban Program

KEY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS ARTIST RESIDENCIES RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL REPURPOSED WAREHOUSES

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Zone 2 - Phase 1 ‘PREPARE’

DIGITAL INTERFACE

PROPOSED PLATFORM LOOKOUT FROM ANZAC BRIDGE ACCESS ROAD GALLERY SPACE REFERENCING RAIL SIDINGS USING FOUND MATERIALS

NW WINDS

EXISTING VEGETATION (ALLOCASUARINA FOREST)

PROPOSED LOOKOUT

HERITAGE BUILDING PHYTOREMEDIATION WORKING PORT

VIEWS TO WATERFRONT

LEACHING OF GROUND CONTAMINANTS INTO HARBOUR

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Zone 2 - Phase 2 ‘ENGAGE’

RE-PURPOSED AS SEED BANK HUMAN INTERACTION WITH WORKING WATERFRONT PROPOSED PLATFORM LOOKOUT PORT ACCESS ROAD

NW WINDS

ESTABLISHMENT OF CANOPY

EXISTING VEGETATION (ALLOCASUARINA FOREST)

PHYTOREMEDIATION (ZONE 1)

PHYTOREMEDIATION (ZONE 2)

HERITAGE BUILDING

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Zone 2 - Phase 3 ‘RESTORE’

LITTLE LORIKEET1 PROPOSED PLATFORM LOOKOUT

ART INTERACTING WITH WORKING WATERFRONT

NW WINDS PHYTOREMEDIATION EXISTING VEGETATION (ALLOCASUARINA FOREST)

HERITAGE BUILDING REWILDING

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Image sourced https://ebird.org/species/litlor1

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Canopy Cover

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Allocasuarina littoralis

Banksia integrifolia

Melaleuca decora Melaleuca linariifolia

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Canopy Cover

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Allocasuarina littoralis

Melaleuca decora

Banksia integrifolia

Melaleuca linariifolia

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Zone 2 - Phase 4 ‘REGENERATE’

NATURALISED WATERFRONT EDGE (RECYCLED CONCRETE) PROPOSED PLATFORM LOOKOUT

N-W WINDS

EXISTING VEGETATION (ALLOCASUARINA FOREST)

REPURPOSED HERITAGE BUILDING HYBRID GALLERY SPACE

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Zone 3 - Phase 1 ‘PREPARE’

AUSTRALIAN SILO ART + STREET ART TRAIL

LIGHT PROJECTION ART INTSTALLATIONS

SILOS

PORTLAND SILO ART CEMENT AUSTRALIA

N-W WINDS

PHYTOREMEDIATION

VEHICULAR ACCESS REDUCED TO ALLOW FOR MORE PUBLIC SPACE

LEACHING OF GROUND CONTAMINANTS INTO HARBOUR

Silo Mapping Trail + Portland Silo Art https://www.australiansiloarttrail.com/map

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Zone 3 - Phase 2 ‘ENGAGE’

WORKING PORT HOURS SILOS

7AM-12PM (WEEK DAYS)

CEMENT TRUCK INDUSTRY CEMENT AUSTRALIA INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE N-W WINDS INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE

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Zone 3 - Phase 3 ‘RESTORE’

Dianella caerulea (50cm)

Carex appressa (50cm)

Ficinia nodosa (60cm)

Cymbopogon refractus (60cm)

SILOS

CEMENT TRUCK INDUSTRY CEMENT AUSTRALIA

N-W WINDS REWILDING INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE INTERACTIVE GALLERY SPACE

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Zone 3 - Phase 4 ‘REGENERATE’

SILOS TIME

MODEL MAKING SERIES - HYBRID GALLERY SPACE

CEMENT AUSTRALIA

N-W WINDS

HYBRID GALLERY SPACES REWILDING

NATURALISED EDGE RISING SEA LEVELS

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“Art in public places is one of the indicators of a flourishing cultural life. It can add joy, texture and complexity to the public domain, help to define our places, tell our stories, and preserve our memories for future generations” - City Of Sydney

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