MUDD20 Yearbook by UNSW Built Environment

Master of Urban Development & Design

Contributors Publisher Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales

Program Outline

The intensive one calendar year program involves two acedemic semesters plus a summer term, which includes a compulsory field project and design studio in a major international city.

Master of Urban Development & Design

Executive advisors Professor James Weirick Dr. Scott Hawken Jodi Lawton (Lawton Design)

The program seeks the synthesis of three bodies of knowledge about the city - spatial political economy, theories of good city form anf urban design as public policy. Coursework is progressive, stressing theoretical knowledge of economic, social, environment and physical design determinants in the first semester, moving to applied skills and implementation techniques toward the end of the year. The program comprises eight core course and one elective course. The compulsory core includes five lecture/seminar courses, three project based studios, and a case study course. Students are encouraged to select an elective from a list of recommended course offered by the Faculty of Built Enviroment. Students may be permitted, with the approval of the Program Director, to select electives from course offered by other faculties of the University. The summer term is devoted to the international urban design studio, case study investigations of major urban projects, and critical reflection on the year’s work through preparation of the annual exhibition and publication of the MUDD Folio.

Project Managers Scott Jackson (Director) Brigitta Schyns Editorial Vidhya Gopala Pillai Ramesh (Director) Seah Ye Peng (Director) Lau Yin Yee (Connie) Monika Sazia Afrin Laras Primasari Exhibition Scott Jackson (Director) Liu Xiaofeng (Peter) Wang Yilin (Eline) Gu Jinglin (Linda) Bethany Mann Jia Qiuyu (Christy) Media Li Tang (Terry) (Director) Gao Dengkeqin (Garden)

Program of Study for full-time Candidates:

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Semester 1 UDES0001 Urban Design Studio (12 UOC) UDES0004 Hist & Theory of Urban Dev (6 UOC) Electives 6 UOC Semester 2 UDES0002 Urban Design Studio (12 UOC) UDES0008 Planning & Urban Dev (6 UOC) UDES0009 Urban Landscape & Heritage (6 UOC) Summer Term UDES0003 Urban Design Studio (12 UOC) UDES0006 Case Studies in Urb Dev & Design (6 UOC) UDES0010 Communication in Urban Design (6 UOC)

Sponsorship Brigitta Schyns (Director) Lau Yin Yee (Connie)

Graphics Brigitta Schyns (Folio Production and Graphics Director) Luo Hao (Ferdinand) Wu Shiyao (Teresa) Xin, Xing (Silvia) Du, Yifeng (Fiona) Lu Feier (Fion) Event Design Zhou Lingxiao (Aaron) (Director) Hu Yunze (Vivian) Wang Yayun (Anna) Alumni Projects Lin Yu Hsuan (Esther) (Director) Yeyun Fan (Aimee) Li Shengye (Li) Wang Zhichao (Tristan) Parissa Nikkhoo Graphic representation and concept by Scott Jackson

UDES0010 Communication in Urban Design Course Convenors: Dr. Scott Hawken Jodi Lawton (Lawton Design) UDES0010 critically reflects upon and re-presents the year’s work of the MUDD Program within a clear, challenging theoretical framework. Communication in Urban Design involves written, graphic, verbal and coordination skills. In principle the class is run as a design practice with teams and team leaders organised to undertake specific editorial, design and production challenges.

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015 Urbanisation & Urban Design Valparaíso | Cape Town | Penang | Sydney

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Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Contact Professor James Weirick Director, Urban Development & Design program

Web: www.be.unsw.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: fbe@unsw.edu.au

Tel: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: j.weirick@unsw.edu.au Red Centre West Wing Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052, Australia www.be.unsw.edu.au

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Master of Urban Development & Design

Contributors Publisher Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales

Program Outline

The intensive one calendar year program involves two acedemic semesters plus a summer term, which includes a compulsory field project and design studio in a major international city.

Master of Urban Development & Design

Executive advisors Professor James Weirick Dr. Scott Hawken Jodi Lawton (Lawton Design)

Program of Study for full-time Candidates:

MUDD20 | 2014 — 2015

Sponsorship Brigitta Schyns (Director) Lau Yin Yee (Connie)

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015 Urbanisation & Urban Design Valparaíso | Cape Town | Penang | Sydney

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Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Contact Professor James Weirick Director, Urban Development & Design program

Web: www.be.unsw.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: fbe@unsw.edu.au

Tel: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: j.weirick@unsw.edu.au Red Centre West Wing Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052, Australia www.be.unsw.edu.au

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“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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Contents Introduction

Design Studios

International Studios

MUDD Alumni Projects MUDD20

Conclusion

Message from the Dean Message from the Program Director Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design ‘Transforming Sydney: Where it’s at, Where its Headed’ by Graham Jahn AM Exhibition Map Urban Case Studies ‘Integrating Development and Design Concerns in the MUDD Studio: The Importance of the Case Studies Course’ by Emeritus Professor Jon Lang Studies in Urban Form: Plan City Precincts Seidler and the City: Learning from Harry Seidler and Modernism Central Airspace: Central to Eveleigh Corridor Global MUDD ‘The International Design Studio Experience’ by Professor Bruce Judd The Political Economy, Urbanisation and Urban Design ‘An Institutional Perspective for Valparaiso and Cape Town’ by John Zerby Cape Town: Two Cities Valparaiso: Urban Acupuncture Penang, Malaysia Celebrating 20 Years of MUDD ‘MUDD: Origins, Philosophy, Strategy’ by Professor Alexander Cuthbert MUDD Alumni Projects: 20th Anniversary Celebration (1995-2015) Class of MUDD20 Student Experience: Cape Town Student Experience: Valparaiso 2014-2015 MUDD20 Student Profiles Alumni List (1995-2015) Acknowledgments Sponsors

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Urbanisation & Urban Design Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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Message from the Dean Friends and colleagues,

Professor Alec Tzannes

Twenty years ago, in 1995, through the academic leadership of Alexander Cuthbert, Jon Lang, Bruce Judd, Paul Reid and James Weirick as well as support from the Dean, Ray Toakley and Faculty Secretary Brian Newell, the Master of Urban Development and Design (MUDD) program was created within the then-Graduate School of the Built Environment. The international students came from Pakistan, Singapore, USA, India and the UK. And the first offshore design project was undertaken in Jakarta where the students studied the redevelopment of the Jakarta Waterfront, an actual project with the Sydney based firm Planning Workshop International. The Program Head, Professor Alexander Cuthbert in his introduction to the inaugural end of year publication set out a distinctive element of the academic framework with the following words. “We decided that there was no program in Australia which dealt satisfactorily with the critical relationship between development and design (and the associated professions), let alone one that was prepared to accommodate South East Asia in a realistic manner.” Alexander Cuthbert went on to elaborate that MUDD involved the study of urban design “….which did not separate productive forces from productive relations in the form of the built environment”. It was made clear from the start that a MUDD graduate was to be an urban designer equipped with a sophisticated knowledge of the political, social and economic forces that underpin design processes to be able to operate with greater influence in the complex arena that shapes the future of urban environments. Reflecting on twenty years of history it is evident that MUDD was shaped with remarkable academic prescience ensuring the program’s sustained relevance

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today and without doubt, well into the future. Our need to understand the impact of urban growth and the socio-economic forces that underpin the urban design process is of increasing importance to the design and delivery of livable and sustainable elements of, and even whole cities. Cities and their design are emerging as the critical focus of human activity in an increasingly urbanized world. The future of MUDD is assured with the growing recognition of the value of this discipline to the future of urban society and the economy of nations. The emerging global significance of Asia is further testimony of MUDD’s continuing relevance as a program of study. Many of our students come to study from this region and return to the region as graduates to achieve significant career achievements. MUDD balances knowledge of Asia with a program of international study of urban issues within cities from every region of the globe with international studios this year travelling to Chile and South Africa. Today MUDD is structured within the Australian Graduate School of Urbanism (AGSU) with companion post professional degrees in Urban Policy and Strategy (MUPS) and Sustainable Development (Sus Dev) integrated with a suite of research degrees, culminating with the Built Environment PhD program. This year, one of the two international studios was conducted in collaboration with MUPS exploring the interface of urban policy, strategy and design.

Nigel Dickson, Bob Perry, Anne Warr, Helen Lochhead and Michael Harrison. Professor Bruce Judd continues to serve in the faculty as the Director of the Australian School of Architecture and Design (ASA+D), maintaining a keen interest in the program and occasionally participating in design reviews. MUDD continues to be an important program of study in the faculty. With the global growth of cities generally and with the emergence of mega cities in the last twenty years, particularly in Asia, MUDD has an important contribution to make in education and research well into the future. On behalf of the faculty, we congratulate the many people who have contributed to the success of the MUDD program over its twenty year history and in particular, we applaud our many alumni whose work has made a positive impact in the many cities in the world in which their work is found.

Professor James Weirick has led MUDD since 2007 and is supported by Dr Scott Hawken, Dr Gethin Davison, Emeritus Professor Jon Lang, and Visiting Professorial Fellow Karl Fischer. Some of Sydney’s most accomplished practicing urban designers and specialist consultants teach in the studios and theory courses, including Philp Thalis, Peter John Cantrill,

“Cities and their design are emerging as the critical focus of human activity in an increasingly urbanized world.”

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Message from the Program Director In the twentieth year of the Master of Urban Development & Design Program at the University of New South Wales, we look back to the founding impulse of the program – the pace and scale of urbanisation worldwide. The integration of urban development and urban design has been the central idea of the UNSW MUDD Program since the 1990s, driven by the growth of cities on an unprecedented scale. We have passed the phenomenon of 50% of the world’s population living in cities. The figure currently stands at 54% – 3.4 billion people – with UN projections anticipating an increase to 70% by 2050.

Professor James Weirck

In the face of this reality, there has never been a greater role for design in the definition advanced by Herbert Simon in The Sciences of the Artificial almost fifty years ago, ‘the transformation of existing conditions into preferred ones.’ In this succinct statement, we can see the challenge of urban design education – to understand existing conditions, to know the normative basis of preferred ones and to master the processes of transformation. In the UNSW MUDD Program, responding to this challenge, we have sought the synthesis of three bodies of knowledge about the city: first, spatial political economy, the manifestation in urban form of global patterns of capital formation, investment and disinvestment; second, urban design principles and paradigms, normative models of ‘good city form’ grounded in aesthetic, social and environmental concerns; third, ‘urban design as public policy’, the intersection of public policy, design principles, the deal-making of the property sector and defence of the public realm. To test our model of urban design education, we returned this year to cities facing complex processes of urban growth and change – Cape Town, South Africa twenty years after the end of apartheid; Valparaíso, Chile with its informal settlements on the urban periphery devastated by wild fire in April 2014; and Penang, Malaysia with its World Heritage city of George Town surrounded if not engulfed by a scatter shot of spot development. Our Valparaíso and Cape Town studies were given depth by John Zerby’s analysis of the political economy and institutions of these cities.

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In Sydney, our Advanced Studio in Semester 2 continued investigation of the southern sector of the CBD initiated with the study of Chinatown in 2013-2014 by critically examining the Central-Eveleigh air rights proposal over railway lands stretching south from Eddy Avenue. The dramatic re-making of Central Sydney in response to global investment and community visions is the topic of the 2015 Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design, Transforming Sydney: where it’s at, where it’s headed to be given by Graham Jahn AM, Director, City Planning, Development & Transport, City of Sydney and Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney. Studio 1 in Semester 1 investigated urban elements and urban form through the comparative study of cities that have grown from a foundation plan, and in Semester 2 re-examined the relationship between modernism and urban design through our ‘Seidler & the City’ engagement with the urban propositions of Australia’s great modernist, Harry Seidler (1923-2006). To mark the twentieth anniversary of the MUDD Program, my colleagues Emeritus Professor Jon Lang, Professor Bruce Judd and Emeritus Professor Alexander Cuthbert – all involved in the creation of the Program – have provided reflections on the MUDD idea. In addition, Jodi Lawton and Dr Scott Hawken have curated an exhibition of the work of our MUDD alumni, which ranges from today’s tallest building in China to a tsunami relief village in Sri Lanka; from the event overlay of the 2008 Beijing Olympics to a transport hub in London; from technopolis design to campus design, town centre design and infrastructure design; from an urban design manual for Dublin to an urban education program for children. The compilation of this exciting array of career achievements by a representative group of our graduates was facilitated by outreach to our alumni across the world funded by a Research Exhibition grant from the Faculty of Built Environment. We thank

Associate Dean (Research) Professor Robert Freestone for making this possible. The International Urban Design Studios were once again the highlight of the MUDD experience in 2014-2015 and we thank our hosts for introducing challenging projects to us - in Penang, Laurence Loh of Arkitek LLA and Penang Heritage Trust, Kartina Mohamed of Think City and C.K. Mok, Town Planning & Development Department, Municipal Council of Penang Island; in Cape Town, Catherine Stone and Cedric Daniels of the Spatial Planning & Urban Design Department, City of Cape Town; in Valparaíso, Michael Bier of Pacific Architecture Chile and Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Urbano Contemporaneo (DUC); in Santiago, Professor Roberto Moris Iturrieta, Escuela de Arquitectura & Estudios Urbanos and Centro CIGIDEN (Gestión de Desastres Naturales), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile We congratulate the MUDD20 students for the creative achievement of ‘Urbanisation & Urban Design: Valparaíso, Cape Town, Penang, Sydney’ held in association with the exhibition of projects and built works by our MUDD Alumni. We extend appreciation to Dr Scott Hawken and Jodi Lawton of Lawton Design for the very special efforts that made presentation of this work possible. Generous support for the MUDD20 Folio and Exhibition, the Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design and our twentieth anniversary celebrations overall has been provided by our sponsors Urbis, Bates Smart, COX Architecture, Dickson Rothschild, Group GSA, Johnson Pilton Walker, MHN Design Union, PTW Architects, Stewart Architects, Architectus, GM Urban Design & Architecture, HASSELL, Lippmann Partnership, ae design studio, Allen Jack + Cottier, Turf Design Studio and Wolski Coppin - for this, we express our sincere thanks.

“Cities and their design are emerging as the critical focus of human activity in an increasingly urbanized world.”

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Paul Reid Lecture in Urban Design Transforming Sydney: Where it’s at, Where it’s Headed

By the 1970s, 40 years of air pollution and heritage and environmental degradation began to be challenged. Sydneysiders were struggling with a vehicle and smoke choked city. The iconic Bridge’s magnetic pull dragged commuters from the north. Car use grew at 13% each year. The largest tram system in the world was dismantled. Lofty post-war reconstruction talk filled the political air with new garden housing estates and sweeping expressway plans. Adjunct Professor Graham Jahn AM Director, City Planning, Development & Transport, City of Sydney

From the 1950s the city centre was to be ‘protected’ by a ring of expressways linked to the Bridge. These were intended to make traffic bypass the CBD and access perimeter parking stations and inner industries. There was logic, but the unintended consequences were not factored. In the ferment of the 70s and 80s, Sydney was undergoing truly structural transformations, with the transport problem redefining itself. Container technology displaced wooden wharves releasing the harbour edges, and print technology and textiles moved out. Early-start blue collars turned to office-hour white and Bradfield’s now stretched rail service magically absorbed more and more commutes. The vast Eveleigh rail carriage and locomotive works was closed and the southern industrial tanneries, heavy manufacturers and produce markets moved out west taking their freight with their flight. For more than twenty years the City of Sydney has been pursuing transformational change. Sydney is Australia’s major financial centre and home to many international businesses. It is a base for the growing banking, professional and specialist service sectors with a highly skilled

workforce expected to exceed 400,000 by 2031. The LGA’s 26 km2 has attracted 40% of Sydney’s job growth over 5 years with $25 billion worth of development being approved in 10 years. Reclaiming the city for people, with policies that encourage residential living and mixed uses in the centre, made sustainable architectural design critical. All projects in the City must achieve ‘design excellence’ and major projects are required to go through a competitive design process. The City developed a pioneering transferable heritage floor space system for conserving heritage buildings, now with 30 years of results. In 2012, competitive design processes were extended to all urban renewal areas incentivised by a factored-in floor space bonus. It has lifted the quality of architecture, public art and landscape design from 20th century modern mundane. Better design has intensified denser living. The City has acquired the skills to engage with developers, and where appropriate guide public benefits like public child-care centres, creative and rehearsal spaces and active transport facilities. Almost all new office towers have end-of-trip facilities built-in. The City has focused on rebuilding public parks, pools, libraries, theatres, community centres, recreational centres, playgrounds and child care. In renewal areas, the city has kept abreast of supplying community infrastructure. The George Street pedestrian boulevard with integrated light rail will be a game changer. The integration of pedestrian laneways to take full advantage of the additional public space is planned. New lanes and

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“Reclaiming the city for people, with policies that encourage residential living and mixed uses in the centre, made sustainable architectural design critical.” connections will be built when traditionally they are swept aside by development. A number of privately funded projects under development include stopping places and lanes with fine grain tenancies up to 100m2 in area to encourage small businesses. A new smaller public square edged by finely scaled buildings in George Street north is under study. Beneath the square might be a cycle facility for retail and other workers or hire use for day tourists from the 200+ cruise ships. New ways of working in the knowledge economy is driving new investment in the work place. Technology has swapped the office for a tablet and WiFi has turned the city into an extended meeting space. Corporates are using the most accomplished designers to develop spaces of international standard that will attract premium talent. The City competition system has produced results like Lumiere, 200 George Street, 1 Bligh Street, 8 Chifley Place and the ANZ Tower. In the pipeline, AMP’s twin-block proposal promises to reconfigure the Circular Quay area into a fine grain low rise lane environment on the one hand and a green vertical village office tower on the other. Others in development include the twin towers of 505 George Street and the state-of-the art 60 Martin Place workplace. The transformation of the city centre continues to advocate for putting people first; block by block, project by project with a very clear agenda on environmental efficiency, architectural quality, business growth, residential diversity, creative capacity and liveability. Through a transforming economy, businesses and politics have come together on the same page.

Speaker Profile: Adjunct Professor Graham Jahn AM Graham Jahn was appointed Director of City Planning, Development and Transport at the City of Sydney in September 2009. He is member of the Council’s Executive, and is directly responsible for strategic planning, transport policy, planning assessments and development compliance. He served as National President of the Australian Institute of Architects and has sat on the Australian Building Codes Board, NSW Architect’s Registration Board, Sydney Biennale Board and the Design Review Panel of the ACT Government’s Land Development Agency (LDA). He is currently adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He has been involved in more than 70 competitions as juror or adviser; authored The Guide to Sydney Architecture and Contemporary Australian Architecture and was the founding editor of Monument and Research Editor of International Architect Magazine in London. In 2011 he received the Alumni Award for Excellence from UTS, and in 2012 the Order of Australia. His practice experience was with three Pritzker Prize-winning architects – Glenn Murcutt, James Stirling and Zaha Hadid (all before their fame) and Harry Seidler. As an architect he won the national 1999 Robin Boyd Award for the Grant House in Sydney. He is now a servant of the public.

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Central Airspace Central Airspace Studio explores the high-rise “central business district” and the “urban village” as two contrasting urban forms for the Central to Everleigh Development Corridor.

Mezzanine

Ground Level

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Valparaiso : Urban Acupuncture

Penang, Malaysia

The Valparaiso International Studio identifies strategic points of intervention using the method of ‘urban acupuncture”.

The Penang International Studio engages with complex urban issues to develop three complex, large scale urban development projects.

Plan CIty Precincts This introductory design studio aims to introduce commencing students to principles of good urban form.

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Seidler and the City This studio investigates urban design as it was promoted and practiced by Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most well-known Modernist architect, Harry Seidler.

Alumni Projects

Cape Town : Two Cities

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Master of Urban Development and Design Course

The Cape Town International Studio explores the use of paradigms to develop masterplans for two sites within Cape Town. Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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Urban Case Studies Integrating Development and Design Concerns in the MUDD Studio: the Importance of the Case Studies Course

Emeritus Professor Jon Lang

From its outset twenty years ago one of the pedagogical goals of the MUDD â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Master in Development and Design â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Program was to integrate an understanding of the dynamics of the property development process and the design of urban projects. From its inception its curriculum was designed to provide an education that would enable architects, landscape architects and city planners to confidently start their urban design careers in the global world of land development and design. What have we done to meet the goal we set ourselves in 1995? Within the studio context it has been difficult to simulate the bargaining that takes place among the various owners of properties that often has to take place when agglomerating individual parcels of land into single sites. This problem is typical of urban renewal projects in the hearts of cities. The same observation holds true for the reverse situation: subdividing large land holdings into parcels that can be feasibly developed by a set of individual property developers and their architects. This condition is the one faced by municipal authorities in dealing with large scale rail-yards and sea- or river ports abandoned as a result of technological changes. Designing the incentives and controls to achieve desired and desirable design ends requires an understanding of the often highly emotionally charged socio-political context in which urban design takes place. To make matters more difficult for educators and students (and indeed, for professional design firms) is that these contexts vary considerably from country to country. Implementing proposed urban design schemes in Germany or China is very different to the one faced in Australia. Within the studio students design the incentives

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that believe will be required to get the cooperation of those involved in a project to work together; they can design the urban design guidelines to ensure that the quality of the public realm of cities is enhanced for young and old, the able-bodied and the less well-off physically. They can work out the rudimentary financial cost of a project. They do not, however, get more than a taste of the wheeling and dealing involved in bringing a project to fruition. The Case Studies Course offered during the summer session in parallel to the international studio, first led by Professor Bruce Judd and now by Professor James Weirick, was purposefully created to bring students’ attention to the realities of designing in the global economic world.

(Oxford: Architectural Press) in 2005. It has not only helped MUDD students understand urban design but is on the reading list for those people studying to be recognized as AICP Certified Urban Designers (AICP CUD) in the United States. See https://www.planning. org/asc/urbandesign/readinglist.htm. The publisher has recently requested that a second, updated edition be prepared.

Projects in different countries are presented to students by those directly involved in the unfolding of projects, either as designers or developers, or by critics who have observed the development process from the outside. They bring attention to the “carrots” and “sticks” that have been applied to achieve specific ends and how these techniques evolved during the decision making process. Students (and studio directors) can then debate the utility of different approach to getting projects built in the studio context. In many cases government intervention is required in terms of a catalytic project in place before property developers have the confidence to move ahead. Transferring knowledge from one educational context to another is not easy but it is an essential ability for designers to develop. The knowledge derived from case studies is essential in the development of creative designs. A by-product of the Case Studies Course was the writing of Urban Design: A Typology of Procedures and Products illustrated with over 50 Case Studies

“The knowledge derived from case studies is essential in the development of creative designs.”

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Studies in Urban Form Plan City Precincts â&#x20AC;&#x153;The theme for the studio was; colonial and post- colonial port cities of the world, from antiquity to the present.â&#x20AC;?

Professor James Weirck

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Studio 1 in Semester 1, 2014, aimed to introduce commencing students to principles of good urban form. The studio began with generic design studies investigating the paradigms and typologies of urban design to develop a vocabulary of urban space.. Key studies included progression through space sketches, a figure ground mapping exercise, and a research studio. Students developed a capacity to ‘read’ a city, and understand urban morphology, development paradigms and key urban design theories. City walks complemented classroom discussions and desk crits.. The key deliverable of the studio was a conceptual design project, which provided an opportunity to apply what had been learnt in the studio to a specific urban setting. The theme for the studio was: colonial and post-colonial port cities of the world, from antiquity to the present. Students carried out critical investigations in the urban design history, theory and urban morphology of 12 cities – Alexandria, Miletus, Lübeck, Valparaiso, Cape Town, Barcelona (Venezuela), Savannah, Melbourne, Dar-es-Salaam, Qingdao, Dalian and Tel Aviv. The 12 cities introduced a wide range of issues and contexts to stimulate and challenge the students. Following their research, students designed a waterfront precinct for a population of 5,000 residents.

Studio Collaborators Jiao Xiang, MUDD16 graduate – Mapping skills workshop Brendan Randles, Architectus – Guest Lecturer/Tutor Jodi Lawton, Lawton Design – Indesign Workshop Arlene Segal, Dr Scott Hawken – Jury

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L端beck, Germany Plan City Precincts

Gao Dengkeqin + Fan Yeyun The design is for a mixed-use precinct spanning the old town and former railway island on the River Trave. The precinct aims to improve the connection between World Heritage sites in L端beck and the environment along the riverfront. The World Heritage city of L端beck has suffered economic and population decline in recent decades. Heavily used arterial roads and roundabouts dominate the current links from the main railway station to the old city. Historically symbolic structures like the old city gate of Holstentor are isolated in traffic islands. Old railway infrastructure and industrial uses that displaced old medieval city walls on the island have been removed but much of the island is yet to be redeveloped, except for a few isolated new buildings and

hotels that are out of character with the heritage site. The building density in the old town is high and there are few open public spaces. The key design ideas were to generate new open spaces and reduce the density by clearing small buildings with low historical significance within the old town and reconnecting the railway station and the old town through traffic calming measures, new bridges and urban green space. The old baroque fortifications along the riverfront would also be restored through landscape interventions to extend the park測lands around the historic core and create a pedestrianfriendly waterfront. Mixed uses would activate routes connecting the old and new parts of the city.

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PUBLIC

CULTURAL+RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT+RETAIL LIVING+RETAIL LIVING+WORKING

PUbLIC SPACE +PRIVATE

PARKING BUILDING

New Type

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Landscape

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View corridor

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A. Site Selection B. Analytical processes C. Urban Design Framework D. Proposed land use, connectivity and landscape systems E. Block and Housing Types F. Aerial views

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Miletus - Kuşadası, Turkey Plan City Precincts Hu Yunze + Lu Feier The design is for a pedestrian-oriented mixed-used precinct in south western Kusadasi on a former Club Med site abandoned since the global financial crisis. Kusadasi is close to the ancient city of Miletus. The famous Hippodamus grid plan for Miletus inspired the new precinct. The new precinct is designed as a celebration of, and new gateway to, the culture of the ancient cities. Kusadasi’s primary economy is tourism and tourists fill its beaches and resorts every summer. Poorly planned developments, infrastructure and traffic systems, threaten Kusadasi’s natural landscape. Tourist population surges make it difficult to optimally plan for facilities and develop a sense of community among the developments in the area.

The key design ideas were to conserve significant coastal and forest landscapes in the area. Through the use of a grid plan reminiscent of Miletus, a walkable precinct to integrate residents and tourists is created. Internal vehicular traffic is restricted. Two new ferry jetties and new public spaces and facilities, like an amphitheatre, are proposed. Through adaptation of the Megaron (ancient Greek courtyard housing) building type Joern Utzon’s Kingo, a low rise but high-density precinct is created. Conserved natural landscapes along the coast and central hill, and the remaining forest groves, add to the urban public spaces to balance city and landscape within a unifying grid.

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120m

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Ferry routes Main road Drive way Proposed mini bus route Proposed bus stops Parking areas Transition station(to Miletus) Ferry stations

10m

13m

20m

MONTAGES

16.5m 67m 59m

38m

46m

number of residential block : 120-125 number of residential&retail(along the main road) : 26-30 family size: 3.7 people per family each family has around 200 square meter for living (including courtyard)

Residential

School

Retail Temple

Roma Bath

Commercial

A. Urban Design Framework B. Housing Type Analysis C. Proposed Transport D. Key Map E. Section F. Artist Impressions

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Tel Aviv- Yafo, Israel Plan City Precincts

Sasa Radenovic + Michael Gheorghiu The design is for a new mixed-use precinct that will serve as a cultural corridor between Jaffa city centre and Tel Aviv city centre and provide a gateway to the historic city of Jaffa.

between communities. The interface and connectivity of the existing built environment and the sea is poor and built forms within, and immediately around Jaffa, appear extremely dilapidated.

The British had a significant impact on the development of Tel Aviv and the historic city of Jaffa, through the implementation of the Geddes Plan in 1925. Tel Aviv,today, appears socially, economically and culturally disconnected from Jaffa. There are also significant parcels of land close to employment centres, that are under-utilised. These sites, mainly used for surface carparks, create physical barriers

The design sought to overcome existing socioeconomic divides between Tel-Aviv and Jaffa through the physical redevelopment of existing built form and the creation of a cultural corridor between the two city centres. Key design ideas were to intensify residential developments, encourage a variety of businesses, to encourage active streets, and to retain existing local employment.

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A. The Geddes Plan of 1925 [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Geddes#mediaviewer/ File:Geddes_Plan_for_Tel_Aviv_1925.jpg] B. Figure Ground Analysis C. Urban Design Framework D. Vision of the streets E. Vision of the redeveloped built forms

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Alexandria, Egypt Plan City Precincts

Scott Jackson + Brigitta Schyns The design aims to progressively regenerate Alexandria’s heart and city centre around Port Alexandria. The design will capitalise upon and enhance a strong tourism market established by cruise shipping facilities at the port.

Souq Ibrahimiyya Market | Streets | Arcades

Corniche Promonade | Foreshore

Elnadwa Old Lighthouse Archaeological Open Space

Minet El- Bassal District Cotton | Heritage

The Mahmoudiya Canal Water Source | Canal | Nile

Al-Laban

Area: 1.11km² Population: 36, 750 Density: 32989.2 inh./km²

Mina al-Basal

Area: 9.46km² Population: 254, 900 Density: 26,951 inh./km²

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

MASTERPLAN

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

WEST HARBOUR

Al- Manshiyah

Area: 0.6km² Population: 23, 600 Density: 34,226.1 inh./km²

Alexandria Port General Cargo | Industry

The Shrine of Seedi Mohamed Ashraf Reserve | Open Space

Area: 4.93 km² Population: 85, 100 Density: 17,287.3 inh./km²

OUTTER HARBOUR

INNER HARBOUR

Al- Jumruk

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Alexandria Port Container Terminal | Industry

Alexandria Cruise Port Cruise ship Terminal | Tourism

The SHrine of Seedi El Adawy Reserve | Open Space

Alexandria is the largest city located directly on the Mediterranean Sea stretching 32 km across. The city is also one of the largest seaports in Egypt, conducting 80% of Egypt’s imports and exports. In recent decades, Alexandria’s population has soared due to a steady rural migration to its urban centre. Its tourist beaches, favoured destinations for Egyptians in summer, are threatened by untreated wastewater generated by the ever-increasing urban population.

The key design ideas were to introduce new cultural and public transportation links through a new souk and bazaar; new pedestrian, light rail and ferry connections to existing facilities; and to create a sustainable, walkable and culturally rich precinct. New housing and education facilities will also be added to support community life. New open spaces will be added through the insertion of public green belts and shorelines throughout the precinct. Cruise facilities will be enhanced through the development of a new cruise ship terminal that can handle up to four large cruise ships. The old cruise ship terminal will be redeveloped into a cultural building for the area.

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A. Existing Site Analysis B. Alexandria Figure Ground Study C. Alexandria Urban design Framework D. Proposal Schematic Diagraming E. Journey Through Space F. Site Perspectives

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Plan City Precincts Beth Mann + Joe Kadisha. Afri-Arch Associates & Q. Consult, undertaken in association with Professor Enrico Fontanari from Università IUAV di Venezia, that critically assessed, at neighborhood scale, alternatives grounded in patterns of everyday life in contrast to large-scale transformations. The design took de Certeau’s concept of strategies and tactics as a means of engaging with the formal and informal divide in a complex urban territory like Dar Es Salaam. Small interventions were taken to re-design these divides into meaningful facilities for the community. For example, the site’s urban seam that previously acted as a physical divide between the formal and informal sectors, could be transformed into an active market place.

By rethinking the site’s relation to its urban context, the design catered to two scales - the state and the citizen. Co-existence of the formal and informal could lead to a more flexible urban framework. Dar Es Salaam is a city with high population growth. The majority of residents experience poor living conditions and are heavily reliant on the informal sector. The ‘street’ is a major site of economic and social interaction. The lack of planning and infrastructure in the city and an urban authority with little power to enforce law and order, led the design team to ask the question: how do you plan for opportunistic urbanism and facilitate informality? Could there be a more flexible urban policy that accommodates these conditions? The design explored a metropolitan study by Dodi Moss, Buro Happold, TACTICS SOFT CORE

HOUSING

STRATEGIES HARD EDGE

TRANSPORT

ZONE 1 FLOOD PLAIN ZONE incorporate landscaping to mitigate against future flooding.

WATER

INDUSTRY

PUBLIC SPACE ZONE 3/ INCREMENTAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY 2 +2519 people @ 3 x storeys

ZONE 2/ INCREMENTAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY 1 + 2 +615 people @ 3 x storeys phased approach.

DART RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM. phase 2 of 6.

ZONE 1/2/3 PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE PATHS increase popular and sustainable methods of transport.

INCREMENTAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY 1

BICYCLE PATHS

COMMUNAL WATER POINTS

COMMUNAL POWER OUTLETS

CUL-DE-SAC TACTIC ZONE 3/ NEW URBAN BLOCK +754 people @ 4 x storeys

INCREMENTAL HOUSING TYPOLOGY 2

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

COMMUNAL TOILETS

SERVICING THE STREET

NEW MARKET PRECINCT

COMMERCIAL ZONING IN NEW URBAN PRECINCTS

LIGHTING PUBLIC SPACES

NEW URBAN BLOCK

DART SYSTEM

SERVICED HOUSES

FORMAL PLATFORMS/ SHELTERS

NEW RAILWAY STATION

FLOOD PLAIN ZONE

NEW PUBLIC GREEN SPACE

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2 ZONE 1/ NEW RAILWAY STATION connects airport to CBD and services industrial zone.

ZONE 1/ NEW URBAN BLOCK +1500 people @ 4 x storeys

ZONE 2/3 MARKET PRECINCT pedestrian road with resurfaced sidewalks for industry activities.

ZONE 2/3 CULDESAC PUBLIC SPACES surfaced and serviced with communal amenities.

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DART RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM/ PHASES

5 4 3 2 1

NEW MARKET PRECINCT

COMMUNAL POWER OUTLETS

COMMUNAL WATER POINTS

COMMUNAL TOILETS

SERVICING THE STREET

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

BICYCLE PATHS

SERVICED HOUSES

A. Tactical and Strategic Key B. The Formal and Informal City C. Master Framework + Housing Types D. Proposed DART Rapid Transit System E. Project Montages F. Key Activation Points

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Cape Town, South Africa Plan City Precincts

Parisa Nikkhoo + Seah Ye Peng The design is for a new waterfront mixed-use precinct in Cape Town CBD, seamlessly connected to the harbour. The precinct would be a new gateway for Cape Town and its CBD, connected to a new cruise terminal and plugged into the city’s bus based Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) system. It would also provide a new waterfront city centre and community focal point. The elegant city grid, first laid out by the city’s Dutch colonial masters, was abandoned in favour of radial infrastructure and larger lots to facilitate industrial development during the city’s industrialisation. The mass population exodus from the CBD during the Apartheid period gutted its residential population and liveliness. The strategic location of the

site and the progressive expansion of the adjacent Victoria and Alfred (V&A) Waterfront into the site offer a new opportunity to re-connect the city to its harbour. New housing developments of mixed classes would offer opportunities for displaced residents to return to live in the CBD. The key design ideas were to redesign the existing road network and highway viaducts and replace it with the traditional 60x60m Cape Town CBD street grid. The grid would be used as a basic building block for the new precinct to design the layout of buildings, roads, pedestrian paths and view corridors. A new tourism, job and amenity cluster in the centre of the site will serve new housing developments in the north and south.

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A. Site Context B. 3D Artist Impression C. Urban Design Framework D. Design Strategies E. Design Strategies F. Section Diagrams

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Qingdao, China Plan City Precincts Wang Yayun + Wang Yilin This design is for the redevelopment of the site, within the existing Xiaoyang village in Hongdao, into a sustainable mixed-use waterfront precinct. The design capitalises on new opportunities and linkages created by the new Jiaozhou Bay Bridge and future north-south subway lines that will connect the area to the main city hub and new airport. The site is adjacent to saltpans that should be modified and incorporated into the precinct. The key design ideas were to divert vehicular traffic east of the site to reduce congestion and redevelop the site as several mixed use districts where housing is supported by commercial and community facilities.

The saltpans would be redesigned through water sensitive urban design interventions into a new wetland park to improve the local environment. This would also provide a large green space for the precinct and manage the saltpans in an environmentally friendly manner. Larger housing types would upgrade the living environment for the villagers. Spaces are also allocated to accommodate larger community developments with generous open spaces. An ecological framework that facilitates rainwater collection, sewage and wastewater recycling, wetland water desalination, and domestic drain water management was also set out to guide the design precinct using renewable energy and resources.

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D (Continued)

A. Location analysis B. Typical street partern in Qingdao C. Master Plan D. Transport, Residential & Geological analysis E. Artist Impression F.

Eco-Block Proposal

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Dalian, China Plan City Precincts Li Tang + Liu Xiaofeng The design is for a mixed-use precinct on former polluted industrial land at Diamond Bay in Dalian. The precinct will capitalise on an upcoming new harbor tunnel to the centre of Dalian, and a new metro line to the north of the site, to spur development interests in the strategically located waterfront site. The heavy industries were recently relocated around 2010, leaving behind a redundant and contaminated waterfront site. There is a need for extensive site remediation and an injection of infrastructure to develop the site.

The key design ideas were to extend the metro line nearer to the precinct and create links to facilitate convenient access to the metro station. A network of open space in the precinct is designed to allow for view corridors and resident amenity. Retail at the edge of residential buildings will strengthen the linkages to the metro station while the landfill at the waterfront will be re-designed into a coastal park with mixed uses like hotels and a theatre to activate the waterfront.

IMAGERY

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A. Maping of Dalian1:2000&1:20000 B. Urban Public Space C. Urban Design Framework D. Green System & Road System E. A-A Section F. Aerial View

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Savannah, USA Plan City Precincts

Julio Burbano + Umberto Giupponi The design is for three distinct waterfront mixed-use precincts of differing densities on former port lands west of the historic 1730s Oglethorpe city centre grid in Savannah. Urban development in Savannah after the Second World War responded to increasing car dependence and discontinued the historic grid. This often resulted in residual and unused spaces and sprawling car-based urban districts. With the sprawl, residents travel longer distances to access activities in the city centre. The immediate surrounds of the inner city lack green spaces and the riverfront is flood prone. The obsolete riverside port and industrial area close to the city centre prevent a continuous riverside walk and create pollution issues. There is potential for these activities to be consolidated with the modern port facilities further west, freeing up the

land, industrial train lines and historic warehouses and industrial buildings for adaptive re-use. The key design ideas involved introducing a new light rail and more pedestrian connections to reduce car dependency and designing the precinct street pattern to respond to the original city grid to better connect the city centre with its urban districts. The port and industrial activities will be relocated and the riverfront redeveloped with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;super dykeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; techniques and more cultural green spaces to be more flood-proof and active. Alternative water canal networks would mitigate impacts of floods. Connections under the dramatic elevated Talmadge Memorial Bridge and the W Bay Street add accessibility and imageability to the new precincts and establish urban continuity.

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A. Urban Design Framework B. Design Strategies C. Perspective D. Vision of Design E. Section Diagrams

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Barcelona, Venezuela Plan City Precincts Du Yifeng + Zhou Lingxiao The design is for a new mixed-use precinct in the northern part of Barcelona, Venezuela. The precinct could connect the old city centre with its twin city to the north of Barcelona. People living in the north of Barcelona, around the site, have poor access to the old city centre as there are very few public transport connections between the two locations. The hill within the site is another obstacle to increased connectivity. The historical grid street pattern of the old city was discontinued in the site and the poorly organized road network makes it unpleasant for walking. Nevertheless, the existing large tourism complex and the confluence of a river at the site, provide opportunities for increased employment opportunities, amenity, and natural views.

The key design ideas were to re-organise the street pattern to follow and connect to the historical grid pattern used in the old city centre. New forms of public transport including light rail, bus, ferry, pedestrian and cycling networks would improve the accessibility of the area. Residents can enjoy natural views of the river from the ferry or riverside footpaths and cycling paths. New housing types with retail, community and educational facilities, within walking distance, provide variety and a walkable living environment for new residents. New hotel and retail developments would support the tourism complex while a new hill-view park and wetland park will provide natural open spaces and pedestrian connections for the site.

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A. Existing Conditions B. Urban Design Framework C. Historic Development of the City D. Proposed road networks and use E. Project Image F. Site Sections

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Valparaíso, Chile Plan City Precincts Wang Zhichao + Lu Jiaze The design is for a new waterfront mixed-use precinct at Valparaíso’s central waterfront. The proposed precinct includesa new tourist cluster and acts as a gateway from Valparaíso’s waterfront to its formal settlement.The central waterfront has long been isolated from the city with the metro railway line and two major roads running along the coast at ground level. Following the stagnation of the shipping industry, the historical central seaport gradually became a container warehouse. Public transport in the city - the metro line, the trolleybus line, and escalator routes - do not connect efficiently to one another. There are no effective measures to mitigate the impact of Valparaiso’s severe winter storms. There are also very few effective public spaces in the historic centre of Valparaiso.

The key design ideas were to redevelop the underutilised port area and reinvigorate the waterfront with new developments and activities to allow residents and visitors to enjoy it. New residential and commercial developments would expand the urban core of this world heritage city. Extension of the trolley bus system, new pedestrian links across the road and rail barrier, and extending key CBD roads to connect to the two major roads at traffic junctions, will enhance the access to the waterfront from the city. A new system of moles and breakwaters along the waterfront would mitigate the impact of winter storms. New areas and community spaces created along the waterfront would provide new social interaction and coastal walking opportunities.

Formal Settlement-Mixed Use

Informal Settlement-Residential

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A. Existing site Condition

G-H. Dimensional View of Design

B. Key Land Use

Artist Impressions

C. Existing Transport Network D. Urban Design Framework E. Topography analysis F. Figure Ground Map

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Melbourne, Australia Plan City Precincts

Laras Primasari + Linda Hartzell The design is for a mixed-use precinct that extends the vibrant characteristics of inner city Melbourne to transform the former industrial area at Melbourne Docklands. The design will contribute to Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Docklands second phase of development and develop its westernmost areas as an extension of the city centre. Infrastructure corridors, poor access, and a lack of public transport connections had physically disconnected Docklands from Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CBD for decades. However, Docklands is deemed valuable to Melbourne since it is the only possible location

for economic and physical extension of the crowded Melbourne CBD. Activating the Docklands and building connections with the CBD is a necessary and key design strategy for this project. An integrated tram system and the replication of the CBD urban form on the site would physically connect and create seamless transition between the two areas. Encouraging a mix of social-economic uses would help create similar active and lively districts. New functions like the Guggenheim Museum and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music would attract a younger population as well as daily visitors and tourists.

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SECTIONS/ MONATGES

A. Proposed Land and Building Use B. Proposed Building Height C. Urban Design Framework D. Proposed Environment E. Site Configuration within Melbourne Urban Landscape F. Site Sections

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Seidler and the City Learning from Harry Seidler and Modernism â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the precendents and urban settings, students explored the positive and negative aspects of modernism and the principles on which they were based.â&#x20AC;?

Professor James Weirck

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“Harry Seidler (1923–2006)- a crusader for modernism.” (Moloney 2014) This studio investigated mid-twentieth century urban design as it was promoted and practiced by Sydney’s most well-known Modernist architect, Harry Seidler. Through investigation of his key urban projects, including: McMahons Point Redevelopment Scheme; City Central Planning Project; Baranduda City Centre; Tuggeranong Town Centre Government Complex; Wohnpark Neue Donau, Vienna; and Vanke Jinyulanwan, Shenzhen, students engaged critically with mid-twentieth century modernism in the context of selected cities. Through the precedents and urban settings, students explored the positive and negative aspects of modernism and the principles on which they were based. A companion design was then prepared for new sites in selected cities. The companion design tested if the principles were still relevant to today’s urban design challenges.

Harry Seidler, Architect (1923-2006) Photograph by David Moore, 1984 (copyright Penelope Seidler)

Moloney, L (2014) Fragments of Utopia: Harry Seidler on display, http://architectureau.com/articles/fragments-ofutopia-harry-seidler-on-display/, accessed 27 January 2015

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

AMP Circular Quay Sydney Learning from Seidler’s Sydney Towers Hu Xin, Lin YuHsuan + Zhou Bin This proposal involves redevelopment of the AMP site at Circular Quay, Sydney. The design interrogates the current built forms and development mix and aims to create a more elegant skyline above Circular Quay and the Royal Botanic Gardens. It also seeks to connect the site with the rest of Circular Quay. The project aim is to create a high-end urban precinct, which will include a five star hotel, with world class conference and exhibition facilities, high-end retail shops and restaurants and luxury residential apartments. The proposed built forms are shaped through an iterative process of shadow and solar analysis to maximise sunlight to the neighbouring open spaces during the winter. By sculpting the buildings in relation to solar access demands, elegant built

forms are created. The former ‘Barker’s Wool and the Produce Stores’ sites are repositioned towards the lane south of Custom House to form a more integrated historic precinct with Customs House. These buildings are to be restored to their original conditions and new retail uses are incorporated on the ground levels to activate the public domain. The proposal applies the principles of central Sydney projects designed by Harry Seidler from the 1960s to the first decade of the 21st century. The curvilinear themes and geometric elements reference the distinctive Seidler towers located in Sydney’s CBD.

100m

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Residential Apartments Office

31%

30%

Hotel Conference | Exhibition Shops | Restaurants

10% 7%

22%

Ground level pedestrian system Underground connection

Sunken plaza Underground parking entrance

A. Elements learnt from Harry Seidler B. Image of new city skyline C. Master Plan D. Diagram of the proposed program E. Street views after design F. Ground level landscaping and underground connection

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Donaustadt, Vienna

Learning from Seidler’s Neue Donau Housing Estate Vidhya Gopala Pillai Ramesh, Mahmoodreza Vahidi + Sazia Afrin Monika The scheme ‘Donaustadt Vienna’ proposes to redesign the existing waterfront development at Donau City, Vienna. The existing road network in Donau City breaks the connection between the Donau city and the Danube River, discouraging social interaction, activation and surveillance of the public space, and resulting in lifeless streets. In addition the existing buildings do not relate to each other (Figure B). The entertainment centre designed by Harry Seidler (Figure C) has economically failed and is scheduled for demolition.

to create a harmonious whole out of the conglomeration of the existing buildings. It aims to also facilitate urban mobility by introducing streets and creating an active ground-floor interface (Figure D). The schemes intervention allows Donau City to connect with the river and become a destination for the precinct (Figure E). The design elements were inspired by the concepts of Harry Seidler (residential facilities); Fumihiko Maki (mixed use facilities) and Camillo Sitte (streets and urban rooms) (Figure G).

The main objective of the proposed design scheme is

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F A. Wohnpark Neue Donau in Vienna, Austria B. Conglomeration of the existing buildings C. Cineplexx Entertainment Centre designed by Harry Seidler on the river side of the Donaustadt tower, scheduled for demolition. D. Danube Flats, current redevelopment proposal for Harry Seidlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cineplexx site, designed by Project A01 Architects E. Master Plan F. Artistic impressions, Urban Rules and Sections

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Tuggeranong Town Centre, Australia Learning from Seidlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Baraduda Gu Jinglin, Jia Qiuyu + Luo Hao This project aims to regenerate the existing town centre of Tuggeranong. The Town Centre is located at the western side of Lake Tuggeranong and is under-utilised and does not provide a civic heart for Tuggeranong. The proposal is to create a new design for the Town Centre, to shape its identity and regenerate its economic and commercial functions. One of the issues of the existing Town Centre is the size of the central block, which is disproportionally large, with buildings that have very large footprints. This does not create the human scale needed for a vibrant Town Centre. To better define an appropriate scale, the proposed scheme introduces a new main street and pedestrian roads to break down the

superblocks. The scheme also introduces a sequence of public spaces for pedestrians. These spaces are designed with different geometries to create dynamic spatial relationships and pedestrian experiences. Currently there is limited accessibility to Lake Tuggeranong. This proposal will open up views from the internal street to the Lake, improving access and visual connections. The key design ideas are derived from Harry Seidlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous town centre design for Baraduda, which divided the superblock into smaller blocks, supported by a dynamic sequence of open space, connecting to the waterfront.

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F A. Learning from Seidler â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Baranduda Town Centre, Albury-Wodonga, 1976 (unbuilt project, designed in association with Llewelyn-Davies), Model photographs by Max Dupain (copyright Penelope Seidler) B. Aerial View C. Master Plan D. Analysis Diagrams and Aerial View E. Analysis Diagrams of Proposed Project F. Section, Elevations and Aerial Views

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

North Sydney Warringah Freeway, Sydney Learning from Seidler’s McMahon’s Point Li Shengye, Wu Shiyao + Cheng Jing The project site is located in North Sydney, between the CBD and the surrounding residential areas. The existing freeway cuts through the CBD and disconnects the commercial activities from the surrounding residential areas. There are large areas that are mismanaged and do not create a safe environment for pedestrians.

area to the east. The development is accessible from the railway station and will include commercial towers and high rise residential buildings, surrounded by green open space. The existing urban street grid will be extended to connect the residential and commercial areas. Buildings are staggered to avoid overshadowing and generate views.

The design addresses these problems by proposing a mixed-use development on a platform that connects North Sydney CBD in the west, with the residential

The proposal is based on Seidler’s principles for his largely unbuilt McMahons Point project.

section: B-B

section: C-C

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E F

A. Existing Site Analysis B. Site Sections C. Urban Design framework D. Artist Impressions E. Site Aerial View F. Site Structure Analysis

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Shenzhen

Learning from Seidler’s Vanke Project Xin Xing, Yin Ning + Chen Luobing The project site is located near Seidler’s Vanke project in the Futian District of Shenzhen, China. The site has an area of 96 ha. It consists of two urban villages, Shazui village and Shawei village. The housing condition in the urban villages is poor, with narrow streets and limited amenities such as open space, lighting, ventilation and fire protection. Houses are generally 4-5 storeys, and poorly serviced.

accommodate a mix of residential, commercial, retail, public open space and community facilities, including affordable housing on the lower floors of the residential buildings. A new main street is introduced to connect the subway station and the new mixed-use precinct. Retail is located on the ground floor to front the streets. Communal open spaces are provided as roof gardens on the new buildings.

The proposal involves improving conditions within the urban villages. This is achieved by creating wider streets and incorporating open spaces. A new platform is proposed over the Guangshed Freeway in the form of a podium structure. The new precinct will

This project re-interprets Seidler’s approach to the design of mixed-use commercial and residential communities and re-considers the value in separating cars and pedestrians.

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A. Masterplan B. Section C. Elevation D. Artist Impression E. Aerial View

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Central Airspace

Central to Everleigh Corridor “Three visions creatively engaged with the concept of ‘urban design as public policy.”

Dr Scott Hawken

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This studio explored the high-rise “central business district” and the “urban village” as two contrasting urban forms that never-the-less share a symbiotic relationship within Sydney. Theories by Sassen (1994) and Jacobs (1961) define these two urban types and were used to critique three contrasting development proposals for the largest remaining development parcel left in Central Sydney – the Eveleigh to Central Development Corridor. The corridor is currently under investigation by the development agency - Urban Growth which proposed to develop the air-rights of the rail corridor: as has happened in Melbourne and Perth in recent times. In 2013 an expression of interest was sought from major developers to propose visions for the site. Late in 2014 the feasibility of the vision was called into question. In a typical Sydney fashion all this took place behind closed doors with minimal public oversight or input. This studio therefore contributes a critical role in stimulating public debate on a closed door process. The size of the parcel makes it seemingly ideal for a “megaproject” similar in scale to Barangaroo. However the complexity of tenure and the sensitivity and scale of surrounding neighbourhoods suggests otherwise. Three visions creatively engaged with the concept of “urban design as public policy”. In other words “how can development and public-private investment provide urban areas and institutions of enduring civic pride and public value”. The three major development paradigms explored were the Global Precinct, Urban Village and the VillageGlobal Hybrid. The Global Precinct scenario seeks to create an extension of the CBD to accommodate new demands for high-rise commercial and corporate floorspace. This scenario sought to compete with new mega projects such as Barangaroo and World Square. The scale of development for this site may reach 90 storeys forming a new cluster of global service industries. The Urban Village scenario aspired to develop a highly liveable residential and civic precinct keyed into the surrounding urban villages of Surry Hills, Waterloo, Redfern, Chippendale, Ultimo, Haymarket and Darlington. The intimately scaled pedestrian orientated urban forms, characteristic of 19th and early 20th century urbanism, were used as a template in developing this vision. The final Hybrid Precinct scenario explored a fusion of the above two approaches. In this scenario the site will be developed using both low-rise and high-rise forms incorporating new kinds of hybrid pedestrian and commercial spaces characteristic of “new Asian cities” such as Hong Kong. How to incorporate new commercial high rise development with existing 19th and early 20th century heritage building stock is a challenge that requires imaginative visions of alternative pedestrian realms and new public domain opportunities. Studio members were encouraged to clarify and assess the merits of each of these scenarios through rigorous feasibility testing utilising the expert input of Lend Lease developer, Glyn Richards. A series of expert lectures by practitioners, professionals and academics informed the studio. Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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Central Airspace, Sydney A Global Precinct

Gao Dengkeqin, Fan Yeyun, Wang Zhichao, Zhou Lingxiao, Lu Feier + Liu Xiaofeng The proposal envisages Central Airspace as a commercial centre to compete with developments such as Barangaroo and Darling Quarter. Almost 600,000 square metres of commercial floorspace is delivered in a super block on a massive new deck covering the Central-Eveleigh corridor. Four large commercial towers with commercially competitive floor-plates suitable for multinational corporations, are positioned on a podium that fronts Lee St and Barnetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage mortuary building. Residential and hotel space is located in four smaller towers that are positioned to form a large urban plaza. The plaza is a diverse space, with a mix of activities, including retail and recreational green space. The massive bulk of the development is pulled back from the Central Station and Belmore Park heritage precinct. The towers are all built on vacant land between the rail tracks making the proposed deck over the railyards

less expensive to engineer. The synergy between the proposed large new development, Central Park and UTS is clear and suggests that the scale of the scheme would complement but not replicate the form and function of existing adjacent educational and residential high-rises. Feasibility studies suggest that projected profits could be 38% which is acceptable within Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development industry. The scheme and its neighbourhood support the characteristics of a global city. Such characteristics include, but are not limited to: a variety of international financial services; centres of new ideas and innovation; centres of media and communications for global networks; high-quality educational institutions; renowned universities and multi-functional infrastructure offering high quality legal, medical and entertainment facilities; and a high percentage of residents employed in the service and information sector.

A D

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A. Master Plan

G. Walking Hour

B. Pedestrian movement & rallying point

H. Section C-C

C. Public Transport Roads & Traffic

I. Proposed Pedestrian Movement

D. Vacant Lands For Foundation

J. Sketch

E. Shadow Analysis

K. Elevation

F. Proposed Green Space

L. Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye View

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Central Airspace, Sydney An Urban Village Precinct

Brigitta Schyns, Beth Mann, Laras Primasari, Parissa Nikkhoo, Yayun Wang, + Yilin Wang The proposed Urban Village Precinct provides an alternative to the large super-blocks and progressive amalgamations that feature in many new developments in Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CBD. In contrast to the Global City Precinct which concentrates public life in a large central plaza, the Urban Village scheme decisively locates public activity within a network of streets promoting the theories of Jane Jacobs. According to Jacobs the following key components make up a good urban village: vibrant streets, self-contained, mixed-use, different building types, mix of old and new, medium density, good public spaces, walkable, and fine-grained urban form. Giving precedence to fine-grained development, the proposal aims to create an urban village that: fosters diversity, increases connectivity between the surrounding suburbs, gives back to the community through quality public spaces, PRINCE ALFRED PARK

encourages pedestrian and bike transit, possesses an animated street life, is mixed use, is constructed of contemporary and heritage buildings, ranges in scale, has key anchor institutions and projects a strong sense of place. Using Surry Hills as a template for density, building floor plates and building types, the scheme proposes a FSR of 1.5:1 with a maximum building height of 10m. The buildings will shift in scale, size and height across the site to increase diversity in commercial, office and residential typologies and work with existing sun plane and heritage zoning controls. This proposal offers something unique within the newbuild marketplace and after feasibility modelling and robust product development offers a projected 37% profit which is acceptable in Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development industry.

CENTRAL STATION renovation

Base Case Masterplan CENTRAL STATION UpGRADE

Additional developmenT B

A Optimised Base Case Masterplan

B Existing Footpath

Proposed pedestrian, Cycleway + Laneways

Proposed 2 lane vehicle access

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SECTIONS/ MONATGES

E Hotel & Entertainment Retail & Hospitality Commercial Office Residential Public domain & Rooftop Gardens Community & Education

F SECTION A-A

Heritage

SECTION A-A

SECTION B-B

Site Section A-A’

SECTION B-B

Site Section B-B’

SECTION C-C

A. Development Scenario B. Proposed Access & Connection

SECTION C-C

C. Urban Design Framework D. Progression Through Space E. Proposed Urban Village Mixed-Use Scheme F. Site Through Sections SECTION D-D

SECTION D-D

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Central Airspace, Sydney A Global- Village Hybrid

Scott Jackson, Du Yifeng, Hu Yunze, Li Tang + Seah Ye Peng This proposal fuses contrasting scales and building types in the one scheme to deliver a balanced portfolio of development products for the Sydney market. The project is structured in three phases that correspond with the three different types of development proposed. The first phase establishes a strong east-west axis connecting Devonshire Street with Broadway via an open-air pedestrian concourse lined by commercial towers. This phase makes a dramatic alteration to the Sydney skyline imposing a strong image for the remainder of the project and generates strong income to offset the high engineering costs at the initial stages of the project.The second phase of the project involves a proposed re-routing of planned

light rail to a new transport hub connecting light-rail, trains, buses, cyclists and pedestrians at Railway Square. Five to three star hotel accommodations in 30, 20 and 7 storey blocks, are located to support visitor accommodation at this new interchange. The interchange is integrated with substantial new green and hardscape landscape spaces aligned along a north-south central pedestrian spine made possible through the freeing up of ramps and former rail spaces by the re-routing of the light rail lines. The final stage involves the construction of a fine grained urban village with courtyards and laneways linking residences and small business offices in a more intimately scaled â&#x20AC;&#x153;urban villageâ&#x20AC;?.

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F A. Development Scenario B. Masterplan C. Predestrian access D. Progression through space E. Aerial Perspectives E. Through Site Section BB

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Global MUDD The International Design Studio experience

It does not seem like 20 years since as Head of the Graduate School of the Built Environment I sat down with four Professors (Cuthbert, Lang, Reid and Weirick) from three different Schools (Planning, Architecture and Landscape) in the late Paul Reid’s dining room in Centennial Park to design a new urban design program. This was a unique venture in the then Faculty of Architecture, with its five siloed Schools, for professors and Heads of four Schools to collaborate in the design and implementation of an interdisciplinary urban design program. A key agreement was that MUDD should have an international focus and that this could best be achieved by the inclusion of a compulsory international design studio. In this respect MUDD was a leader both in the Faculty and in the University, to see international engagement as an essential component of professional education. Fifteen years later the University would enshrine the objective to “Develop globally focussed graduates who are rigorous scholars, capable of leadership and professional practice in an international community…” as one of the three pillars in its B2B (Blueprint to Beyond) UNSW Strategic Intent document.

Professor Bruce Judd

The proposal to include a compulsory international field trip had its critics, believing the additional cost could be prohibitive and therefore a disincentive to potential students. On the contrary, it has proved to be one of the most distinctive and highly valued features of the program. The initial focus was to be on Asia which in the mid1990s was experiencing dramatic urbanisation and

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where many Australian urban design practices were becoming active. For the first few years the focus was on Indonesia, Australia’s nearest Asian neighbour, with the generous assistance of Adjunct Professor Sonia Lyneham and her firm, Planning Workshop International, assisting with access to government and other stakeholders. In the first decade this expanded to other locations in Indonesia, and eventually to most Eastern and South East Asian countries. As student numbers increased two separate international projects were undertaken annually. For the second decade the focus was consciously shifted to an even more global set of experiences including Europe, the USA, South America and finally this year to Africa. MUDD design studios projects have now taken place in every continent in the world – except Antarctica! Despite a number of program revisions, the International Design Studios have remained an enduring feature of the MUDD Program. The format involves a very intensive two week studio on location, followed by a one week opportunity for study tours, and then an additional five weeks of studio work back in Australia. The generous support provided by international university, government and industry partners has been critical its success. Working in an unfamiliar cultural, regulatory and climatic context is an important experience for future urban design professionals and one now being recognised and adopted by other masters programs in the Faculty. For the first time in 2014/15 the studio in Cape Town involved both MUDD and MUPS (Master of Urban Policy and Strategy) students in collaboration – yet another first for the MUDD program!

MUDD INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS - 1995-2015 MUDD01 1995-1996 Jakarta, Indonesia MUDD02 1996-1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hanoi, Vietnam MUDD03 1997-1998 Jatiluhur, Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Bali, Indonesia

MUDD11 2005-2006 New Delhi, India Beijing, China MUDD12 2006-2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina Dubai, United Arab Emirates MUDD13 2007-2008 Budapest, Hungary Tokyo, Japan

MUDD04 1998-1999 Cebu, Philippines Bandar Bahra Nusajaya, Malaysia

MUDD14 2008-2009 Istanbul, Turkey Hangzhou, China

MUDD05 1999-2000 Beirut, Lebanon Seoul, South Korea

MUDD15 2009-2010 Madrid, Spain Nagoya, Japan

MUDD06 2000-2001 Semarang, Indonesia Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong

MUDD16 2010-2011 Portland, Oregon, USA Venice, Italy

MUDD07 2001-2002 Mumbai, India Shanghai, China

MUDD17 2011-2012 Berlin, Germany New York, New York, USA

MUDD08 2002-2003 Bankgkok, Thailand Beijing, China

MUDD18 2012-2013 Bilbao-Madrid, Spain Barcelona, Spain

MUDD09 2003-2004 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Suva, Fiji

MUDD19 2013-2014 Hamburg, Germany Venice, Italy

MUDD10 2004-2005 Hanoi, Vietnam Taipei, Taiwan

MUDD20 2014-2015 Cape Town, South Africa Valparaíso-Santiago, Chile

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Political Economy, Urbanisation and Urban Design An Institutional Perspective for Valparaiso and Cape Town

John Zerby

“Culture has a significant influence on the way in which tribute is given and what is demanded in return. The evolution of urban culture for specific cities therefore seems to be 62

The principal purpose of institutions of the state is to maintain order and stability in what might otherwise be an undisciplined political and economic environment. This nevertheless comes at a cost – institutions necessarily constrict and constrain. Those who administer the institutions may seek greater control in order to make their tasks easier, while their constituents are likely to defend at least some of their natural state and attempt to limit the amount of control that can be exerted by the institution. This creates continued tension between those who exert control (the institutions) and those they attempt to control (civil society). Urban designers and planners need to be aware of the nature and strength of this tension for all institutions of the state that have either direct or indirect authority over urbanisation and urban design. The existence of this tension, when acknowledged, offers potential development stimulus, through innovative design and planning. This short essay clarifies the challenge with examples from Valparaíso and Cape Town – the focus of this year’s MUDD international studios. It has been generally accepted that people have rights to the extent that they are willing and able to claim and enforce them. These rights are a product of exchanges whereby each person agrees to respect the rights of others in exchange for having similar rights themselves. Governments, working through the institutions of the state, obligate their citizens to participate in this exchange while retaining legitimacy for the state by organising the exchange in such a way that citizens are better off co-operating than fighting. The exchange between institutions and civil society is characterised by some form of tribute (sign of respect) by the citizens to the state in return for protecting their rights through the maintenance of order and stability. Culture has a significant influence on the way in which tribute is given and what is demanded in return. The evolution of urban cultures for specific cities therefore seems to be an appropriate place to begin. The Inca Empire in northern and central Chile, and in neighbouring nations, rose to prominence in 1438 CE and began to decline in 1528 as a result of Spanish conquests. The Incan economy was based largely on central planning with the state providing security and food when needed. Following the invasion by the Spanish, large numbers of indigenous Chileans perished through war and disease and indigenous institutions were decimated. In their place the Spanish left a strong religious legacy but a weak set of economic institutions. Perhaps because of Chile’s limited supply of gold and precious metals the Spanish invested little in developing effective institutions.

an appropriate place to begin.”

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After independence in 1818, Chileans struggled for a national identity and attempted to graft a variety of institutional structures onto their cultural base. This process took place through the machinations of an autocratic republic, wealthy landowners, the Catholic Church, and a period of political instability. Procapitalist and free-market policies were initiated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chile then had the first Marxist ever to be elected to a national presidency of a democracy – Salvador Allende from 1970 to 1973. This ended in a military coup by General Augusto Pinochet and a 16 year military dictatorship. Chilean experiences with institutional development were therefore exceptionally varied. While centralised administrative functions after 1974 proved successful for the trade and investment sector, other institutions and outcomes were more negative. Centralised authorities tend to focus on the medium term, leaving the market to adjust itself in the short term, and expanding outward from the middle only when longer-term commitments are necessary. This does not work well with urbanisation since the medium term must be fitted closely to longer-term demographic projections. Experience suggests that if left to its own devices, a free market will not necessarily move toward solutions that are consistent with the mediumterm institutional constraints. Recent emphasis has been given to the need to connect short-term urban challenges to longer-term change. The missing link in connecting these various time scales is Chile’s lack of participation in the urbanisation process by civil society. Following the devastating April 2014 fires it was hoped that ‘tactical urbanism’ and innovative approaches to natural disaster management would develop in Valparaíso. This may still occur but currently the relevant institutions have been unable to shed their fixed agendas and civil society continues to establish its own informal institutions to resolve the losses arising from the April fires. Innovative catalysts are needed to inspire greater trust in old, inflexible institutions. In contrast to Valparaíso, South Africa inherited robust economic institutions, first from the colonial Dutch, beginning in 1652, and then from the British, beginning in 1795 and continuing with annexation of the Cape Colony in 1806. Despite a history of strong institutions, South Africa’s politicians struggled to deliver the innovations necessary to address extreme inequality after apartheid ended in 1994. This is partly due to the ongoing urbanisation of a largely rural population but also due to the regressive nature of the apartheid legacy. Colonial and apartheid policies of racial segregation had a profound effect on urbanisation in

South Africa. They led to a fragmented urban form with unequal access to employment, amenities and public services. During the period from 1948 to 1994 the elimination of mixed-race urban areas resulted in overpopulated fringe areas. This legacy has not disappeared in the aftermath of apartheid because of the durability of the built form, the power of vested interests, and the persistent income inequalities between races that are driven mainly by the lack of upward mobility. To address the challenges of urbanisation and apartheid it is perhaps useful to note suggestions put forward by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. These two global agencies have underscored the need for South Africa to be more fully integrated into Southern Africa. South Africa has a population of 54 million, but it is now experiencing an unemployment rate of slightly less than 25 per cent of its work force, and a per capita income of only US$6,621 (IMF data for 2013). This is not enough to support a thriving manufacturing sector, and while the services sector is improving substantially it has not yet reached a sufficient size and diversity to gain entry into global markets. Economic integration with neighbouring nations in Southern Africa would permit increased scale of production for both manufacturing and services, and would increase the competitive pressures on South African manufacturers. This would almost certainly assist South Africa in moving successfully into the next stage of development in which economic growth is achieved principally through increased productivity. In response to these urban problems, new policy initiatives have emerged that increase the possibility for city governments to manage urban growth more effectively. Transferring responsibilities to municipalities may make it easier to reshape the urban landscape and link fragmented settlements through institutional interventions in transport, housing and land. Devolution of centralised responsibilities received a helping hand from a constitutional court judgment in 2010, stating that municipalities have principal responsibility for land-use planning and management. A different approach is described in ‘Cape Town’s Anti-Apartheid Urban Plan’. This approach is based principally on induced cultural change. Urban designers can contribute to this process of cultural change by facilitating shared experiences in urban public spaces.

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Cape Town : Two Cities International Studio â&#x20AC;&#x153;The workshop in Cape Town developed twelve options for each of the two sites...The intention was to test established urban design approaches in relation to desired outcomes.â&#x20AC;?

Emeritus Professor Jon Lang

Dr Scott Hawken

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South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Since 1994 “bridging the divide” has become a common expression in government reports and public mandates. However this focus on racial, class, income and gender divides has not dramatically changed the segregated nature of Capetown’s urban landscape. Together apartheid policies and modernist urban planning formed an oppressive and durable spatial structure difficult to change. This structure is still evident twenty years after the fall of apartheid. Capetown consists of two cities: one largely affluent and white and the other predominantly impoverished and black, or coloured. This studio selected one site in each of these cities: one on the edge of the affluent and well serviced central business district named “East City”, and one in Capetown’s largest black township, Khayelitsha. Capetown’s central business district (CBD), unlike others in South Africa, is relatively dynamic and is undergoing a resurgence. Nevertheless it faces challenges that remain unresolved twenty years after apartheid was abolished. The East City site, is located at the interface between the CBD and District 6. In 1966, the apartheid government named the area a white-only area and the forced removal of coloured and black populations commenced in 1968. 60,000 people were relocated to bleak, sandy, Cape Flats townships 25 kilometres away. Today the site remains largely unbuilt; the patchwork of surface carparks and vacant land a reminder of the demolitions that took place. The studio explored mixed use options for the site and the reconciliation of car dependency with durable civic forms and formal/ informal economies.The other site selected is the “missing heart” of the large township of Khayelitsha. Apartheid policies not only promoted the separation of different races, but also deprived black and coloured South Africans of permanent access to productive economic nodes. Although sites were set aside for town centres, as in the case of Khayelitsha, they remained undeveloped wastelands. Various masterplans have been prepared for the development of Khayeltisha CBD/town centre over the last 20 years but the enormous site remains undeveloped and unable to attract investment due to extremely high crime rates. The workshop in Cape Town developed twelve options for each of the two sites. Variables such as income, population, scale and built form were explored in the different schemes. Each scheme dealt with a different paradigm and generic solution. The intention was to test established urban design approaches in relation to desired outcomes. Back in Sydney, two different proposals for Khayelitsha and two different proposals for the East City site were developed based on further development of the explorations conducted in Cape Town. Conceptual design proposals for future scenarios were visualised through three dimensional drawings and phasing diagrams depicting potential urban catalysts. The intent was to avoid the static inertia of the masterplan, which had proven unsuccessful in Capetown, and instead develop strategies that retained long term flexibility and therefore viability.

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Cape Town

East City Triangle Site Lin Yuhsuan, Wang Yayun + Parisa Nikkhoo Urban design is important for its city-making potential. By carefully combining complementary urban elements such as a neighbourhood park, mediumdensity perimeter-block built forms, landmark towers and an underground carpark this scheme seeks to overcome the inertia currently stalling development in the area. Each element increases the value of the other by providing complementary functions. The proposal also phases these elements so that each element acts as a catalyst for the following one. The vision for the district largely corresponds with the medium density vision put forward by Cape Town City. However, the proposal suggests that the triangle site should be distinct, with carefully placed towers as landmarks in the future medium density surrounds. The proposed scheme acknowledges the increasing demand for parking within the CBD but avoids letting cars dictate good urban form by placing the car park A

structure underground. The site therefore acts as a gateway point, with visitors to the CBD parking their cars on-site, and freeing them to explore the walkable city centre on foot. This scheme encourages walking by creating a mixed use complex with both small and large scale developments. Internet communications technology (ICT) and media are industries that attract young urban professionals who have a tendency to be open to cultural change and the type of entrepreneurial ventures necessary to improve Cape Town’s services sector. The development encourages such companies through marketing and incubator facilities provided by the government on-site. Apart from creating jobs and contributing to economic growth, the development aspires to become a new destination through the provision of green space in a largely hard urban context.

East CityCape Town’s Design District Cultural Corridor

Fine Grianed “ City edge” Creative Industry Corridor

Education/Government institution Corridor

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G A. Regional positioning

E. Development phasing from catalytic interventions

B. Ground floor plan and landsceping

F. Sections in relation to public realm

C. Master plan incorporating adjacent development

G. Street view and perspective

D. Conceptual diagram

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Cape Town

East City Triangle Site Xing Xin, Wang Yilin + Liu Xiaofeng This scheme departs from Cape Town City’s current medium density visions for the East City site by proposing a cluster of fifteen storey towers surrounding a mixed-use development and a multi-level car park. The site’s position at the convergence of two major feeder roads makes it a significant “gateway” site for the city. The proposal takes into consideration the ownership pattern of the site by devising development stages in relation to this pattern. The project integrates a large carpark with a tower development, apartment dwellings, offices and a large rooftop garden. This

mixed-use development and promotion of hybrid building types, encourages live-work arrangements while raising revenue through attracting visitors to the CBD through the provision of temporary daytime and evening car-parking. Public space is provided in the form of dynamic streets that support both formal and informal economic opportunities. Above the built form, a semi-public rooftop garden is available for residents and workers and offers dramatic views of Table Mountain, the nearby castle and the port area. The garden is envisaged as a major selling point for the development.

DIAGRAMS

MASTERPLAN

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DIAGRAMS

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A. Birds Eye View B. Design Codes C. Boulevard Vision D. Roofgarden Vision E. Sections

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Cape Town

Khayelitsha Town Centre Du Yifeng, Vidhya Gopala Pillai Ramesh + Hu Yunze This proposal visualizes the transformation of the vacant site at the centre of Khayelitsha-township into a lively town centre that addresses the local culture, economic disadvantage, and limited mobility of its residents, and, at the same time, provides a positive image and identity. The objective of this scheme is to explore an urban design framework that initiates and consolidates development through carefully devised catalytic projects. The proposal provides design solutions for integrating formal medium density housing with informal housing and trading opportunities into one coherent whole (Figure A). The scheme structures the series of catalytic projects to (Figure B) encourage private investments that build on the physical and social structure of Khayelitsha and at the same time allow enough flexibility to

accommodate future change and economic shocks. In response to the challenge of accommodating and promoting a large informal sector, high housing demand, and an uncertain economy; positive outcomes can be achieved by the following design moves: 1.) providing social hubs such as a central plaza and spine (Figure C) for informal trading (defined by crossings of existing paths) (Figure E); 2.), the provision of alternative and flexible designs for medium density housing units (Figure D) and 3.) finally, to provide a civic institution as a landmark to attract private investment, , provides public facilities, and encourages informal activities. The different scales of the project â&#x20AC;&#x201C; from prominent civic landmarks to small scale informality â&#x20AC;&#x201C; therefore become part of the identity of the town centre which is built incrementally rather than en masse. 2015-2020

2020-2030

2030-2040

2040-2050

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D Existing informal routes

Circulation and activity spine

Growth centres

A. Aerial view of the proposal B. Proposed steps in development process C. Integration of formality D. Section showing different housing types E. Territorial design tools F. Proposed central spine

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Cape Town

Khayelitsha Town Centre Seah Ye Peng, Sazin Afrin Monika + Zhou Lingxiao The vision for Khayelitsha is to transform the vacant that lies at the heart of the township, into a safe, comfortable, pedestrian, friendly and lively area, of which residents of Khayelitsha can be proud. At the same time the development proposal offers strategies for achieving such a vision in the context of the low income demographic. The scheme proposes a new town centre at Khayelitsha by creating new transport corridors to support this area and a new rapid transit (BRT) station to provide easy access from the site to other important parts of Cape Town. Khayelitsha lacks amenities and economic opportunities and informal settlements have evolved as important solutions to housing shortages. The central design idea is to gradually develop the site through mixed use blocks that allow for both informal and formal development and economic uses. Blocks would be clustered to form a hierarchy of different streets, to facilitate safe

pedestrian movement, provide safer public spaces, and productive informal trading opportunities. The modular nature of the blocks allows the flexibility for them to be developed by either the public or private sector, or through incremental community investments or sweatequity. As a seasonal water course flows through the middle of the site, a storm water corridor and detention zones are necessary. In the design, storm water detention structures are proposed in the form of two wetland parks and sports fields. These act as activity nodes along formal routes. So rather than wetlands becoming dangerous, remote spaces they instead create new amenity for the township and safer walking routes for residents. Finally, there is an opportunity for the local community to pursue self-built housing in the absence of any private and public investments.

Existing Building Types

Housing with informal shacks

RDP housing

1 storey

GFA: 40 sqm

Proposed Building Types

Terrace houses 1-2 storeys Residential Informal housing GFA: 60sqm/unit

Terrace house with garden 1-3 storeys Ground floor: Retail GFA: 150 sqm

Terrace unit 2 storeys Ground Floor: Shops Upper Floor: Residential

Walk-up apartment 3 storeys Ground Floor: Shops Upper Floor: Residential

Commercial building 8 storeys Dimension: 40*40m GFA: 1600 sqm Ground Floor: Upper Floors:

Shops Office use

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Courtyard Block

Arterial Street

Courtyard Block

Typical informal trading space

Minor street

Courtyard Block

I A. Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view B. Building type analysis C. Typical couryard block D. Land parcelisation plan E.

Vision of design elements

Design strategies

Co-existence of the formal and informal

Defensible space principles

Typical section

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Valparaíso : Urban Acupuncture International Studio “The studio approach was to identify strategic points of intervention in Valparaíso so as to magnify the impact of the limited material and economic resources available to the city”

Professor James Weirck

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“We know that the planning process of a city takes time - and it has to - for it involves a multitude of actors and issues, as well as long term guidelines. However, sometimes, a simple, focused intervention can create new energy, demonstrating the possibilities of a space in a way that motivates others to engage with their community. It can even contribute to the planning process. This gets to the essence of true urban acupuncture – it needs to be precise and quick, that’s the secret.” Jaime Lerner 2014, Urban Acupuncture. In the 19th century Valparaíso became the leading merchant seaport city in South America’s Pacific Coast due to its strategic location for ships crossing the Magellan Straits. This “ Jewel of the Pacific” charmed visitors with its spontaneous fusion of urban form, precipitous topography and unique architecture. In the 20th century the city has fared less well. Its role in global trade was diminished in the early 20th century after the opening of Panama Canal. This led to a decline of Valparaíso’s economic fortunes, built environment and population. In 2003 Valparaíso was declared a world heritage site based on its architectural, urban and cultural legacy. Nevertheless in recent years Valparaíso has struggled due to its now marginal economic position and a succession of debilitating disasters, most notably the 2014 wildfires that ravaged large areas of the city’s informal urban communities. The studio approach was to identify strategic points of intervention in Valparaíso so as to magnify the impact of the limited material and economic resources available to the city. The selection of these areas was in consultation with urban experts and city officials and can be described using the term “urban acupuncture”. The term is associated with the Brazilian urbanist Jaime Lerner who used such an approach in the remarkable transformation of Curitiba, Brazil. In the context of Valparaíso, the acupuncture sites selected were located in both the formal and informal areas of the city which form two distinct zones. The informal housing most damaged by the fires is located on the steep hillsides cut-off from easy access to water and other services. In contrast the wealthy and well serviced formal areas occupy the more even portside areas. The urban designs proposed for both parts of the city, attempted to link the formal and informal through precise formal interventions. Field observations in Valparaíso were led by our host Michael Bier from Pacific Architecture Chile and Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Urbano Contemporaneo (DUC), Andrea Pino Vásquez, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and, Andrea Pino Vásquez, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and Lautaro Ojeda Ledesma, Universidad de Valparaíso. The studio workshop was hosted by Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) in nearby Santiago, under the guidance of Professor Roberto Moris Iturrieta.

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Barrio Montedonico

Designing for Future Informality Laras Primisari + Bethany Mann Informal settlements evolve without prescribed planning, design or legal guidelines but exist in relation to what the formal city provides and doesn’t provide. This complex relationship between the formal and informal sector is therefore multi-dimensional. The proposed design and framework aims to provide economic, infrastructural, spatial and managerial support that informal settlement usually lacks, but by enhancing its inherent attributes. The proposal draws ideas from the conceptual framework of David Gouverneur’s ‘informal armatures’ to support the inevitable future gentrification of the hillsides. The project utilises two armatures with different functions; Attractors – elements that citizens

cannot provide on their own such as amenities and infrastructure, and Buffers – elements protecting land not suitable for development such as landscaping and public space interventions. From the two armatures, the proposed framework then conceives of a residential development scheme which enables the residences to grow within the existing informal development pattern, and within the boundary created by formal lot subdivisions and servicing points. Furthermore, Valparaiso and Barrio Montedonico’s economic potential is developed to support diverse livelihoods, port logistic activities and the agriculture sector.

School FUTURE INFORMAL DEVELOPMENT SITES AND SERVICES SCHEME.

DIAGRAMS Public Space

Church Medical

COMMUNITY GARDEN SPACE

NEW PUBLIC SPACE WITH OUTDOOR MARKETS, CULTURAL AMPHITHEATER, OUTDOOR SEATING AND EXERCISE AREA.

Sports Facilities

EXPANDED CHURCH MARKETS

COMMUNITY HOUSING WITH RETAIL LEASE LOWER LEVELS. BUS STOP AND INTERCHANGE

CIVIC Square WITH BANK, SUPERMARKET, POLICE, LEGAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

SPORTS COMPLEX AND NEW CLUBROOMS

AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFILL STRATEGY, LOWDENSITY. HIGH SCHOOL

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D LOTS STAGE 1

LOTS STAGE 2

Infused-household

LOTS STAGE 3

Neighbourhood Level

City + Regional Level

Infill Housing

Hillside Terraced Housing

Affordable Housing

A. Existing Site Amenities B. Existing Site C. Master Framework D. Sites and Services Lot Strategy E. Formal/Informal Urban Divides F. Proposed Commercial and Residential Typologies.

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Cerros Las Cañas Community Focus

Gao Dengkeqin + Wu Shiyao Heavily affected by Valparaíso‘s Great Fire of early 2014, Cerro Las Cañas is a good example of the resilient nature of Valparaíso’s informal communities. Although they have largely rebuilt, the community needs help in improving the spatial and social quality of the settlement. Hence, this specific design focuses on community-centred physical rebuilding and improving connectivity, both within the site and with other neighbourhoods. The biggest physical challenge for the site is the steep and complicated topography that greatly affects the mobility of the residents. This topography combined with the underdeveloped transport system results in the absence of connections between the eastern

and western areas. Also, public facilities and other amenities are limited. Proposed construction of community-focused facilities such as a health centre, church, fire station and primary school, shall open up many opportunities. Such facilities are to be located in strategic and relatively flat areas within the new neighbourhood. To improve the connectivity in such challenging terrain, the design proposes new bridges and a lift, in order to connect the eastern and western parts of the site. Lastly, addition of social housing will support community development while helping the residents affected by the great fire.

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A. Site in context with City B. Site figure ground C. Urban strategic framework D. Access and escape route analysis E. Aerial view of proposed community centre F. Artist impression and section demonstrating east/west connections

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PUBLIC PLAZA Public Plaza serves as a community gathering space as well as an evacuation point during bushfires and other natural disasters.

GABION DESARENADORES Gabion desarendores provide water treatment for overland flow from the Las Canas Creek System.

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Quebrada Las Cañas

GABION RETAINING wALLS

Gabion walls act as a support and stablisation system for existing houses within the ravine and help to prevent landslides. Construction methods of gabions also provide an opportunity for an informal economy within the community.

Ravine Resilience

Scott Jackson + Brigitta Schyns RAvINE PAThwAyS Pathways wind through the ravine, providing access to homes, as well as access to upper and lower The neighbourhood of Las Cañas was particularly facilities. Pathways also act as an evacuation affected by the great firepedestrian because to to the route of fromits the proximity community centre main transport route within Las Canas.

communities to gather. Ravine Resilience is a strategic framework that aims to provide for the communities by proposing amenities, facilities and services that the community needs and can build upon. The framework primarily focuses on: implementing and building community awareness; strategies of safety and resilience after natural disasters; enhancing the quality of social life through public open spaces, and strengthening connections between formal and informal layers of the site.

the eucalyptus plantation forests and its severe lack of services such as water. Eight months after the great fires, the residents demonstrated resilience by rebuilding and continuing their lives.

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SECTIONS/ MONATGES

Geotextile/Filter Fabric

Gabion Construction

Example of gabion implementation

A. Project Strategies B. Informal Settlement within burnscar C. Ravine Resillence Urban Design Framework D. Proposed water treatment and storage for lower site E. Proposed Site Experience through quabrada F. Aerial views of community centre G. Proposed Modular housing and gabion construction

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Cerro Cárcel

Cultural Park Integration Wang Zhichao + Li Tang The design is for reconstructing the Valparaiso Cultural Park and its surroundings in Cerro Carcel area. Its redevelopment, in conjunction with the renewal of the adjacent ruined historic reservoir, can form a new gateway to the hillside residential areas. The existing cultural park’s potential is restricted for both locals and tourists, due to inconvenient transport and physical infrastructures. In addition, most existing dwellings in the surrounding neighbourhoods are in poor condition creating issues for residents and government. Another major issue is the rapid changes of terrain at the project site, creating limited access

from street level to the site. The first design principle is to build new access and connections, such as a new ascensor, or lift, connecting Plaza Descanso to the historic reservoir. Linking Anibal Pinto plaza, the reservoir, the cultural park and Plaza Bismarck create a new amphitheatreshaped urban ensemble in Valparaiso. The second design principle is to adopt a variety of housing types to support a diverse community. Next, in order to boost the cultural park’s function, the western wall of the park should be removed to create better connection with surroundings.

A A

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N A. Blocked Park and proposal

C. Urban Design Framework

G-H. Community housing, based on affordable housing precedents designed by Michael Bier, Pacific Architecture Chile

D. Analysis Diagrams

J. Community Housing and Stairs

E. Ascensor and Upper Station

K. Pathway

F. Ascensor and Lower Station.

L. Plaza and Reservoir

B. Existing site situation

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Avenida Agentina Urban Regeneration Li Shengye + Luo Hao This urban regeneration design is located at the formal part of Valparaíso covering the areas of Avenida Argentina, the national congress building and the regional coach terminal. The proposed design aims to be the new gateway for Valparaíso region whilst improving the designated areas’ built environment and social quality as well as creating a new image for the area. As a world heritage city, Valparaiso’s historic core is recognized as an extraordinary example of an industrial-age seaport. However, the port’s decreasing activities since the early 1920’s have resulted in a high

number of vacant buildings and informal settlements filling the void. The first key design idea was to carry out the regeneration of Avenida Argentina, designing a formal frame to organize the informal market. The second idea is to integrate the existing fragmented coach terminal in a whole block while expanding the available services and finally, to redesign the national congress building’s surroundings. The restoration of historic sites and the addition of affordable housing aims to improve the social quality of the city.

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Government Mixed-use Terminal Market Education

Culture

Commercial

Street Trees Major Avenue Planting Green Pedestrian Street Urban Parks

Informal Market Formal Market Car Retail

Congress Members Public Axis

A. ValparaĂso, Barrio El Almendral B. Revitalised Avenida Argentina and Barrio El Almendral C. Urban Design Framework D. Current Land Use and New urban structure E. Artist impressions of Plaza and open-aired market within Government Precinct F. Design proposals

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Port Terminal

Bellavista Waterfront Lu Feier + Jia Qiuyu This design proposes a new multi-function seaport in Valparaíso’s harbour; the proposal aims to create a new gateway for the city that would connect the isolated waterfront with the central area of the city. The new infrastructures consist of both a new cruise ship and container terminal, opening the opportunity to contribute directly to Valparaiso’s tourism and economic scene. The main issue for Valparaíso’s waterfront is its isolation from the surrounding areas by the railway corridor, the busy regional Errazuriz Avenue and container terminals. The only connection from the waterfront is an impractical foot bridge. Furthermore, support facilities, such as surface parking and green spaces, are minimal.

The key principle is to build a multi-functional port, with new cruise ship facilities equipped with a sky-bridge, to physically connect the city to harbour. During the off-season, the port could be maintained as a regular container port. A one-day tourist circuit exploring Valparaiso city could be an attraction for cruise ship passengers that would encourage them to spend more time in Valparaiso rather that departing instantly to Santiago. The other principles include upgrading Bellavista metro station; to increase the diversity of land use; enhance the existing port activity; reinforce the vitality of streets and pedestrian precincts; and to integrate the metro station with the surrounding neighbourhood.

DIAGRAMS

MASTERPLAN AA

IMAGERY

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DIAGRAMS

A. Transport Orientated Development B. Site Scope C. Urban Design Framework D. Proposed one day trip route E. Artist Impressions F. Site Section

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Inner Hills

Urban Conservation Gu Jinglin + Fan Yeyun Vacancy within Valparaisoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inner city has become a serious issue in recent decades. This urban conservation scheme intends to deal with this issue in Valparaisoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barrio Puerto and inner hills. The community would be revitalized through the redevelopment of the core area. Improving the building conditions, would encourage population growth, conserve heritage values and stimulate the economy. The scheme would principally locate clusters of attractors and amenities within the existing urban

fabric. New buildings such as a cultural heritage centre, new tourism destinations, a commercial area and residential clusters would be complemented by an accessible transport system. Diverse land and building uses will be maintained through adaptive reuse of existing adobe buildings for exhibition hall-use and social housings. Security issues would be addressed through the construction of a new police station and an increase in diverse activities at street level.

A A

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A. Heritage and Significant Buildings B. Figure Ground Map C. Master Plan D. Analysis Diagrams and Proposed Buildings E. Proposed Buildings and Section F. Analysis Diagrams and Aerial View

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Penang, Malaysia International Studio â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once a dominant urban centre within South-east Asia, Penang is now seeking new economic growth options as it faces competition from across the region.â&#x20AC;?

Nigel Dickson

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Penang has been an important urban trading centre since medieval times. During colonial times it was used by the British as a port to compete with the Dutch in the spice trade. Penangâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maritime pre-eminence was later over-shadowed by Singapore but Penang continued to be an important link to Singapore, acting to transfer export goods for global shipping lines. Today Penang has two important roles within Malaysia. Not only is it one of the most economically important and developed urban centres in Malaysia, it also is a major tourist destination. Today Penang must must maintain its cultural distinctiveness as well as engage with global economic opportunities. The challenge of this studio was to address these potentially conflicting visions through a competitive urban development framework and detailed masterplans. This studio developed an understanding of the dynamics and complexities of the modern Southeast Asian city. The studio aimed for a creative synthesis of knowledge from a wide discipline base, and to engage with complex urban issues in a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;real projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; format that considered market demand as well as political, financial and other regulatory constraints. Many studio participants visited the city of Penang and Singapore to give them a working on-theground knowledge of urban issues and an understanding of the city within its urban region. The ability to adapt a set of skills to different physical design and development settings is critical within the context of rapid Asian urbanisation. Three complex, large-scale urban re-development projects were considered: 1.) the UNESCO World Heritage listed site of Georgetown; 2.) an emerging high-tech services zone known as Queensbay, 3.) a convention and hotel zone surrounding the airport. The studio commenced with a broad analysis of the social, economic, environmental and regulatory factors shaping urban form followed by the development of a conceptual urban design framework (structure plan) and strategies for future development. The detailed design of urban elements and precincts was then undertaken, including the development of guidelines strong enough to ensure design intentions can be realised. Testing of development and design options was initially undertaken and these were followed by a detailed presentation of the preferred option(s) in the form of a masterplan and precinct designs to a jury back at UNSW in Sydney.

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Penang, Malaysia George Town Renewal

Eunju Park, Sophie Shao + Mirna Zordan Set within the spice trade routes, Penang has always been a multicultural city. This cultural diversity has had significant impact on its built environment and today George Town, the historic heart of Penang, is a world heritage listed site. George Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique waterfront setting, multicultural population, heritage buildings and renowned cuisines are major draws for foreigners and locals alike. This project aims to create an urban design framework to revitalize George Town, while ensuring that new developments do not compromise old values (Figure A).Currently, the core area of George Town is in a state of severe social, environmental, and economic decline. Increasing pressure from high-rise construction and new development is threatening the existing character of the historic urban fabric and the outstanding universal values of the World Heritage site. Reconciling the development pressures with the

heritage values and improving the quality of life and environment for all locals and visitors alike are the main objectives of this scheme. To achieve desired outcomes, the proposed framework creates a safe environment where tourists are encouraged to walk through the heritage city via a series of improved pedestrian walkways that connect tourist attractions and significant heritage sites (Figure C). Major new activities are located along the waterfront (Figure D) and an overlay of public outdoor study and relaxation areas/spaces are dispersed throughout the city to encourage students and residents to inhabit public spaces. These interventions in the public realm are designed to encourage revitalisation of private spaces, such as the traditional shop houses, and to encourage increased use of public transport.

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A. Urban Design Framework B. Waterfront Masterplan C. Pedestrian Mall illustration D. Waterfront illustration E. Section along the Waterfront F. Waterfront Birds-eye view

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Penang, Malaysia Queensbay Development

Chen Yuhao, Rituka Kapur + Wang Chenyu This project focuses on the Queensbay area. The objective is to create an urban design framework for new developments surrounding the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the adjacent foreshore over a 30 five year time frame. USM is the focus of a population of a surrounding population of approximately 30,000 people. Within the Queensbay Area, there is a shortage of housing for students and middle income groups. High end housing projects have developed as enclaves along the foreshore and remaining vacant land is isolated by freeways and large superblocks. Informal urban housing has grown up around the creek illegally, resulting in poor living conditions without services. The Queensbay Mall is the major shopping centre, but this global fragment has failed to give the area a distinct urban character. The urban framework proposes the

development of a major new urban district between USM and the coastline. Connections between the hinterland and coast are strengthened via the careful integration of ecological corridors. These “green urban fingers” serve as growth corridors and preserve ecological functions. New high end healthcare facilities help promote Penang’s global capacity to act as a hub for medical tourism. The scheme proposes that informal settlements are improved and integrated alongside high-density housing units. High-end healthcare, a research centre in collaboration with USM, retail spaces, recreational facilities, and a light rail transfer system strengthen the capacity for the Queensbay area to act as a service hub for the global and local community.

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A. Project Structure B. Perspective C. Urban Design Framework D. Project Staging E. Project Artist Impressions F. Site Sections

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Penang, Malaysia Airport City Bayan Baru

Chen Yanxi, Huynh Thi Mai Phuong, Yu Haiwen + Nguyen Khanh Tung This vision for Penang focuses on the area around the city’s airport. It aims to create a 20 year urban design framework to accommodate new urban development stimulated by the opening of a strategically placed bridge (Figure B). The completion of the bridge is expected to serve as a catalyst, encouraging major developments in this precinct. Penang Airport is surrounded by industrial factories that manufacture important technical products. Existing projects, such as the development of a convention centre, have been built to host events, and stimulate the tertiary economy. However the convention centre sits within a major industrial zone. Further development of this site is limited by low-density terrace houses that have been built next to the exhibition site. Informal “kampung” workers’ housing has also grown up illegally around the industrial area resulting in poor living conditions with a lack of urban services.To resolve these problems,

the proposal recommends a major urban district between the airport, and convention centre and the upgrade of existing settlements. The first move is to set up a Penang development authority to manage development over the 20 year period. The second move is to progressively sell 700ha of available land to developers to encourage developments at different moments in time as shown in the phasing diagram (Figure A). The creation of a “convention city” recasts the site as a major service hub giving the area a different character. The utilitarian streetscapes along the Tun Dr. Awang Highway are improved with the design of a 42 meter wide boulevard; integrating a MTR system along the new boulevard corridor. Along the boulevard 200ha of vacant sites are developed into new urban projects. The FSR will generally be between 2.5 and 3.5 for key sites.

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A. Project Staging B. Urban Design Framework C. Convention City Section D. Convention City Vision E. Convention CIty Masterplan F. Framework Aerial

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Celebrating 20 years of MUDD MUDD: Origins, Philosophy, Strategy

Professor Alexander Cuthbert

Soon after arriving in Australia from Hong Kong to take up the chair in Planning at UNSW, I met with Dean Ray Toakley and explained that I wanted to initiate an urban design program. Ray informed me that this had already been tried and had failed twice in the past. I remained necessary and he granted permission for my proposal to proceed. I sketched out the structural features of the program and the rest, as they say, is history. The fundamental concept was to the extent possible, include the whole faculty. I did not see a narrow of School were approached to see whether they wished to be involved. Fortunately both Professors from Architecture, Jon Lang and the late Paul Reid, Professor James Weirick from Landscape Architecture, Dr Bruce Judd as Head of the Graduate School of the Built Environment (GSBE), and myself as Professor of Planning, formed the core group. At that time urban design education was weakly developed, promoting the idea that urban design was simply big architecture. Globally there was not much competition, since the term â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;urban design; was conceptually absent in many developed countries. Hence our major competitors came largely from the United States and Britain, from Harvard, U. Penn, The Bartlett and a few other programs. MUDD commenced in 1994 with six students. From that time it has grown into its present form, with urban design program, simply because it was central to our global ideology. Over time the program has our competition remains the same, except perhaps for the entry of London School of Economics (LSE) into the scene, my old Alma Mater, and an institution that was to have a singular effect on our philosophy.

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Without this influence the term Development might never have been included into MUDD. It is an enduring credit to my UNSW colleagues that this idea was immediately grasped as significant. The concept of Development simultaneously offered a global world view and a cohesive philosophy for our disparate disciplines in the form of Spatial Political Economy, a cultural world view that LSE had nurtured for decades. Its major contribution as an integrating intellectual field was that it stood outside the narrow confines of professional and sectarian requirements, offering a major theoretical foundation for MUDD that was lacking in urban design as a whole. This position is potentially fractious and revolutionary in the sense that it approaches all development as social, and therefore goes counter to architectural, landscape architectural, planning and indeed building and real estate ‘theory’ as professionally based ideologies.

largely absent from the ’planning’ discourse. Similarly, mainstream urban design remains riddled with outdated ideas from the 1950’s thanks to Jose Luis Sert’s belief that urban design is merely project design, leaving the majority of ‘urban’ space untouched. Fortunately, the cement that can weld each disparate discipline to its neighbours within the New Urban Design lies in the historical and social dimension offered by (spatial) political economy, to which brilliant minds have contributed for over two centuries, starting with Adam Smith in 1776. Hopefully we can continue to struggle with its paradoxes and inconsistencies; the effort is indeed worthwhile.

For example, the idea that ‘less is more’ is clearly insufficient to explain architecture as a social process, without including some understanding of class conflict, the privatisation of public assets, and investment in fixed capital in the form of the built environment. Similarly in landscape, the subject can only be fully understood by acknowledging such fundamental processes as the transformation of nature by man into productive forces that then generate economies. Or similarly that the overproduction of commodities results in the ultimate exhaustion of nature and the creation of what David Harvey calls a landscape of capital. Planning probably needs spatial political economy more than the other disciplines, since many planners somehow feel that ‘planning’ is an independent factor in urbanisation, which of course it is not. The idea that planning is an epiphenomenon, that it is a servo-mechanism of the state, and that all so called ‘planning’ problems are social problems in disguise, is

“The concept of Developement simultaneously offered a global world view and a cohesive philosophy of our disparate disciplines in the form of Spatial Political Economy, a cultural view that LSE had nurtured for decades.”

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

MUDD Alumni Projects 20th Anniversary Celebration 1995-2015

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Brighton, England London, England Dublin, Ireland Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka Guiyang, Guizhou,China Zhuhai, Guangdong, China Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Wuhan, Hubai, China Beijing, China Shanghai, China Pudong, Shanghai, China Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia Waisai, Raja Ampat, Indonesia Bangdung, West Java, Indonesia Tahuna Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia Portland, Oregon, United States of America Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Adelaide, SA, Australia Coburg, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Pakenham, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Erindale Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia Cowra, NSW, Australia Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill, NSW, Australia Kellyville, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Granville, NSW, Australia Ryde, NSW, Australia Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: University of Brighton Estate Strategy Masterplanning Location: Brighton, England Company: HASSELL, Shanghai Studio Client: University of Brighton Estate Alumni role: Senior Urban Designer Type: Campus Masterplanning Brief: The project aims to create short and long term strategies to improve student social learning

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MUDD2007 Gu Bing

University of Brighton Estate Strategy Master Planning, Brighton, England, 2014-2015 Gu Bing is working as Senior Urban Designer at HASSELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shanghai Studio. With masters degrees in both architecture and urban design, her project experience ranges from new city masterplanning, precinct planning and urban design guidelines to architectural conceptual design. This project focused on creating place-making strategies to reinforce the University of Brighton Estate branding, identity and experience across 5 campuses to generate attractive opportunities for students social learning to be improved. The short term strategies that took place included installations and pop up-structures whilst strategies to respond to future university growth and development aspirations were put forward as long term solutions.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Old Street Junction 2013-2016 Location: Old Street, London Company: Transport for London Client: Internal (Transport for London) Alumni’s Role: Senior Urban Designer Type: Urban Intervention

Old Street Roundabout ROAD

Proposed wider 24hr bus lane

KEEP KEEP

Segregated cycle lane

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Brief: An urban intervention to improve pedestrian and cycling through an existing roundabout while unlocking public space in a dense urban environment.

A5201 A501 A50

Bus stop relocated

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Creation of new public space Old Street

New entrance to Old Street station Existing advertising structure retained Bus stop relocated

Separate cycle signals P

New loading bay

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New public space with potential for temporary retail units

BUS STOPP STO

Segregated cycle lanes

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New trafc island

Right turn into City Road banned

Existing kerbline removed Signalisesd pedestrian crossing

East subway rebuilt (Stepped access only)

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Subway access removed Barclays Cycle Hire docking station

Separate cycle signals CITY ROAD

STREET MALLOW

New raised table

Bus stop BBus lane

Segregated cycle lane

Southern subway rebuilt (Stepped access only)

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Underground station Tactile paving New road markings

New cycle parking

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MUDD2009 Marc Lane

Old Street, London, England 2013-2016 Marc Lane is a senior urban designer working at Transport for London. In his role Marc works alongside design engineers and an internal technical and commercial team to deliver the best possible public realm. His tasks include formulating a vision and objectives, site analysis, proposing layouts for engineering design, assessment of concept design and the refinement and preparation of public space layouts. Old Street Junction was initiated by Transport for London in 2013. The vision is to make Old Street Junction a place that enhances London’s ‘tech’ image, by providing a setting for modern architecture and world-class open space that is safe, bustling and highly accessible. The project is to be delivered by December 2016 at a cost of £50m.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS) Company: South Dublin County Council (SDCC). Location: Dublin, Ireland Project Team: Multidisciplinary team of architecture, engineering, planning and urban design professions. Consisting of staff from Local Authorities within Ireland. Hosted by SDCC, with representatives from Cork, Fingal and Kildare County Councils. Type: National design guidelines and standards. Client: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government Beginning end dates: Initiated February 2011Launched March 2013

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MUDD2008 Jason Taylor

Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets, Dublin, Ireland 2011-2013 With a Bachelor of Town Planning (University of New South Wales), Certificate of Urban Design (University of Sydney), Master of Urban Development and Design (University of New South Wales), Jason has had varied experience working in Planning and Urban Design roles within Ireland and Australia, in the public and private sectors, over the 15 years. Jason currently works for South Dublin County Council in an urban design role, with a focus on master planning, transport and urban design policy development and street network design. Acting as principle researcher, author and graphic artist, Jason worked on Ireland’s national design guidelines and standards by developing the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS) which became the solution to issues brought forward by Ireland’s shift in planning policy and road design standards, resulting in a gap between planning aspirations and road design outcomes. DMURS puts well-designed streets at the heart of sustainable communities. DMURS also takes an innovative, evidence based, approach to the management of speed in urban areas through the creation of self-regulating streets that better manage driver behaviour. By integrating a range of ‘place’ based design measures, along with a revised set of more conventional approaches, drivers are instinctively compelled to pay more attention to their surroundings and drive in a more cautious manner.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Al Raha Beach Development 2004-2020 Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Company: Aldar Properties PJSC Alumni role: Urban Designer Type: Mixed Use Precinct Brief: A mixed-use waterfront precinct for Abu Dhabi Size: 603 ha Project Cost: approx. $15 billion (USD)

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MUDD2000 Greg Dyson

Al Raha Beach Development, Al Raha Beach, Abu Dhabi 2004- 2020 Greg is a project urban designer for the developer, ALDAR Properties PJSC. For the Al Raha Beach Development he is responsible for preparing master plans, urban design guidelines and public domain plans. The vision for the Al Raha Beach Project is to create a world class mixed-use precinct, as a waterfront gateway to Abu Dhabi. The project brings together landmark architecture with commercial office and residential development, schools, hospitals and other community facilities. These built elements are integrated through a landscaped public domain that establishes a new precedent for quality urban design in Abu Dhabi. Since the Global Financial Crisis, in 2008, the scope of the project hasÂŹ been reduced.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Model Village at Ambalangado for Tsunami Victims 2005-2014 Location: Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka Company: SW Plus Architects Ltd Client: Unshaken We Stand, Reawaken Ambalangoda Type: Model Village Alumniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role: Lead architect and urban designer Brief: A model village for rehousing Sri Lankan tsunami victims. Size: 0.8 ha Cost: LKR 85 million

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MUDD1997 Shyamika Silva

Model Village for Tsunami, Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka 2005- 2014 Silva established SW Plus Architects Ltd with Christine Wallbeoff in 1999. In 2005, Silva was the lead architect and urban designer for the development of a model village to rehouse families that were struck by the 2004 tsunami. The project was supported by “Unshaken We Stand, Reawaken Ambalangoda” – a non-governmental organization. The project designed the public domain and new two-storey town houses for a multi-ethnic and multi-religious community on a 0.8ha site. Residential town houses and store houses with retail at the ground floor were designed along with public facilities such as a children’s playground and community centre that includes a primary school and library.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Guiyang New World Development Location: Guiyang, Guizho Province, China Company: HOK Alumni role: Chief designer and project manager Type: Park System Brief: Production of an urban design framework for a continuous open space system with seamless connections to surrounding neighbourhoods. Size: 240 ha

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MUDD2002 Yuan Zhe

Guiyang New World Re-Development, Guiyang, China 2012- ongoing Yuan Zhe was the chief designer and project manager for the Guiyang New World Redevelopment Project by HOK Asia Pacific planning team. The proposal involves the design of a network of green spaces and takes inspiration from Guiyang’s unspoiled, rolling landscape to establish a 6.2-km “Jade Necklace”. The continuous green system connects the various residential areas, regional parks, shopping precincts and high-density, transit-orientated development on the northern edge of the new Guiyang Central Business District. The increased connectivity for pedestrians and bicycles promotes health-focused lifestyles that are less dependent on cars. The Jade Necklace functions as green infrastructure and integrates a water management network for the development, promoting Guiyang’s image as an eco-city.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Zhuhai Pingsha New Town 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ongoing Company: Atkins Client: Zhuhai Pingsha New Town Administration Bureau Location: Zhuhai, China Alumni Role: Project Manager Type: `New precinct Brief: Gaolan Port region calls for a service centre that includes both business and urban functions. Size: 53.3 ha

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MUDD2008 Ye Chen

Zhuhai Pingsha New Town, Zhuhai, China, 2013-ongoing As a key member of the design team for Zhuai Pingsha New Town, Ye Chen is responsible for arranging workshops, controlling design quality and presenting ideas to the client. The aim of the project is to design an administrative service centre for the port of Zuhai. The scheme seeks to promote the maritime character of Zhuhai city. This is achieved through acknowledging that the ocean is not only an important resource for the region, but also brings vitality and character to the urban area of Zuhai Pingsha New Town. The design reshapes the existing canal, making it a blue axis that integrates the internal wetland park with the urban character of the new precinct. Within the central area a water body is developed to accommodate a small marina, introducing maritime experiences into the heart of the site.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: PingAn Finance Centre 2008-2016 Location: Futian Business District, Shenzhen, China Company: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York Client: PingAn Life Insurance Company of China Alumni role: Project Director Type: Commercial building with an observation deck Brief: To design an architectural master piece that integrates high-performance energy efficiency into every aspect of the design Size: 459,525m2

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MUDD2003 Yu Zhizhe

Pingan Financial Centre, Shenzhen, China 2008-2016 Yu Zhizhe is a director at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), New York; a globally recognised architectural firm. Since joining KPF in 2007, Yu Zhizhe has focused on the design and development of high-rise buildings in dense urban environments. KPF and Zhizhe Yu have specialist expertise in the demanding technical requirements of super-tall building design. The 660m-tall PingAn Finance Centre (PAFC) in Shenzhen is among the most significant projects Zhizhe is managing and a good example of “super-tall”. As the project director she is overseeing every technical aspect of the project. The vision is to create an architectural form evoking the “pioneering spirit” of Shenzhen. This more expressive objective also needs to be reconciled with the technical demands of delivering high-performance and energy efficiency for every aspect of the design. PAFC is predicted to sustain 46 percent annual savings in energy costs over a conventionally constructed commercial building of the same scale. The project is expected to be completed by 2016.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Qianhai Hong Kong/Shenzhen Cooperative Zone Bonded Port & Shipping Service Precinct 2013-2015 Company: HASSELL (in collaboration with the Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen) Location: Shenzhen, China Project Team: Andrew Wilkinson, Richard Mullane, Gu Bing, Xuen Ying, Della Zhang, Siqing Du, Shirley Ma, Liu Hao (UPDIS), Gu Xue (UPDIS) Type: Concept Planning, Urban Design & Guidelines Brief: To develop an urban design framework for short-term and long term development of the tax-free port and logistics precinct, Client: Qianhai Development Zone Authority Beginning end dates: February 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 2015 Size: 340 ha

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MUDD2007 Richard Mullane

Qianhai Hong Kong/Shenzhen Cooperative Zone Bonded Port & Shipping Services Precinct, Shenzhen, China 2013-2015 Richard is an architect and urban designer. He holds masters degrees in both urban design and social science (international urban development) and is a PIA certified practicing planner. Richard is passionate about design processes being both collaborative and context-responsive. He leads a team of urban designers in HASSELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shanghai studio, undertaking a range of projects across China and other cities across Asia. The design proposal involves a conceptual plan for the 340-hectare site within the Qianhai Zone, or Qianhai Hong Kong/Shenzhen Modern Service Co-operative Zone. Qianhai Zone is a special new economic zone that will serve as an experimental business area for testing new policies enhancing cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong in the financial, logistics and IT service sectors. It is estimated that the Qianhai Zone will take up to 25 years to develop. As the only precinct within Qianhai with aspect towards the ocean and Hong Kong, the HASSELL and UPDIS winning concept turned the precinct towards Hong Kong used an open space framework as the bones of a phased transformation of this site. A central green wedge, with adjacent public and civic exhibition facilities is at the heart of the precinct. The transformation of the recreational waterfront is then linked into this wedge and the core of the precinct. This completes the green waterfront proposed within James Cornerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original master plan for Qianhai City and lifts land value which, when zoning changes are introduced, will act as catalyst for logistics making way for mixed use shipping services.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Finance and Technology Innovation Centre for Wuhan Location: East Lake District, Wuhan, China Company: SOM Shanghai Office Client: 1. The Administrative Committee of Wuhan East Lake High Technology Development Zone 2. Wuhan East Lake High Technology Development Zone Land Resources 3. City Planning Bureau Alumni role: Urban Designer Type: Technology and Finance Precinct Brief: The project aims to create a technology and finance innovation centre for Wuhan Size: 23.5 ha

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MUDD2012 Ma Xinzheng

Innovation Demonstration Zone, East Lake District, Wuhan China, 2012-2013 Ma Xinzheng is working as an urban designer at SOM, Shanghai. This project establishes a long-term framework for the National Innovation Demonstration Zone of East Lake. The bold vision involves creating a technology and finance innovation centre for Wuhan. Ma Xinzheng developed the urban design framework and coordinated with clients and consultants.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Olympic Overlay Beijing 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Common Domain Company: Beijing Organising Committee of the 29th Olympic Games 2008 (BOCOG) Location: Beijing, China Alumni role: Regional Manager Type: Precinct for a MegaEvent. Brief: to provide overlay facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympic venues Size: 1,000ha Project Cost: 60million USD / 400million RMB

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MUDD2003 Fu Yuan Yuan

Olympic Overlay Beijing 2008, Beijing, The Common Domain, Beijing China Fu Yuan Yuan joined the Beijing Organising Committee as an assistant project manager before being promoted to Regional Manager of the Common Domain Overlay. The overlay involved resolving the organisational and technical requirements necessary to deliver the temporary elements essential to the Olympic mega-event. The scale and importance of the Olympics was a first for China and it was necessary to help overcome numerous complicated challenges. The solution was to use â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Operational Designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. This approach had proved useful in previous games and ensured standardised project management and sensitivity to the particular demands of the many small events and projects that made up the Olympics.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Yangpu River Water Front Redevelopment 2012-2013 Location: Yangpu Waterfront (Southern Region) Company: The Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, Shanghai Alumni role: Urban Planner & Designer Type: Urban Renewal Brief: Redevelopment of a historical industrial waterfront to a mixed use modern precinct Size: 1300 ha, consisting of 15.5km of riverside area

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MUDD2011 Wang Mengya

Urban Design For Yangpu Waterfront, Shanghai, China 2012-2013 Wang Mengya is a designer and project manager at The Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, Shanghai. She was the chief planner and designer of the Yangpu Water project in the Southern Region of China. This project aims to transform the old Yangshupu by creating public spaces along the riverside to enhance the pedestrian environment. The primary aim of this urban renewal project was to protect and interpret the material and non-material heritage of the area. The masterplan establishes four waterfront precincts that are linked by a sequence of public spaces and landscaped corridors. These spaces connect the old warehouses, which shall be adaptively reused for commercial, residential and cultural purposes.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Transit Oriented Development at Pudong, Shanghai 2014 Location: Xinchang, Pudong, Shanghai Company: AECOM Client: Pudong Light Rail Transit development & investment Co., Ltd. Alumni role: Hu Min-Project Director; An Jing- Principal Designer Type: New Town Competition Winning Entry Brief: New town masterplan Size: 147 ha

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MUDD2003 & 2009 Hu Min (2003), An Jing (2009) New Town near Xinchang, Pudong, Shanghai, 2014 - Ongoing Hu Min and An Jing are experienced development professionals working at AECOM. Together Hu Min (project director) and An Jing (principal designer) worked on the conceptual masterplan for a New Town, situated in the Pudong district of Shanghai. The competition winning design was for a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) as the town is situated on Shanghaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Metro Line 16 on the central development axis of Pudong. The design entry submitted by AECOM includes a residential district and provides commercial and industrial service facilities to support the global centre of Pudong. The development integrates water elements from the ancient city of Xinchang. The project is to function as a catalyst for the development of neighbouring areas.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Maqiao Club and Residences 2012-2016 Location: Minhang District, Shanghai Company: Shanghai Guyin Real Estate Ltd Co. Alumni role: Design Department Manager Type: Urban resort and Residences Brief: The design calls for an urban resort and residences and conservation of heritage items. Size: Phase 1 -19.5 ha

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MUDD2002

Johnson Tan Boon Loke

Maqiao Club and Residences, Shanghai, China 2012-2016 Johnson Tan Boon Loke is managing the design department at Shanghai Guyin Real Estate company. The role of the design department deals with the engagement and co-ordination of consultants, day to day design and project issues, liaison with the local authorities as well as providing technical support to the construction team. The Maqiao Club and Residences project involves the design of an urban resort and the careful integration of architectural and landscape heritage. The resort will include 44 villas, many of them built using the original fabric of village houses from the Ming and Qing period. Around ten thousand heritage camphor trees have also been relocated as part of the project. The vision for the project is to create a strong spirit of place so it shall remain a legacy for future generations. Before their removal the houses were meticulously recording with photography, videos, and measured drawings. The houses were then taken apart piece by piece with each component marked and coded to ensure conservation of their physical fabric. The resort will be managed by a world class boutique resort operator.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Ningbo International Airport and Logistic Park 2012-2013 Location: Southwest of Ningbo city, Zhejiang, China Company: The Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, Shanghai Alumni role: Urban Planner & Designer Type: Urban development Brief: Regulatory planning of the airport land and its related functions Size: 600 ha

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MUDD2011 Wang Mengya

Ningbo International Airport and Logistics Park, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, 2012-2013 Wang Mengya is the principal designer and project manager at The Urban Planning and Design Research Institute, Shanghai. Wang Mengya was part of the project team that prepared the regulatory plan and urban design strategy for the Ningbo International Airport that is among the most important aviation hubs in eastern China. The planning for the Ningbo International Airport and Logistics Park has been conceived as a two stage process. The first stage was concerned with the creation of a 30 year urban design framework for the airport. The next stage involved the design of supporting and related enterprises, such as luxury hotels and resorts as well as the surrounding urban precincts.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Central One â&#x20AC;&#x201C; SimpangAmpat Location: Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia Company: Fang & Associates Architect Client: Dato Tan Alumni role: Junior Architect Type: New Town Precinct Brief: Masterplan for an eco-township that takes advantage of site being re-zoned for residential and commercial purposes Size: 36 ha Project Cost: RM $650 million

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MUDD2011

Krisada Sungkram One Central- Simpang Ampat, Penang, Malaysia 2011-2013 Krisada is working as an architect at Fang & Associates Architects. She worked on the schematic design for this project in Simpang Ampat, Penang. The completion of the second second strategically placed bridge in 2014 has resulted in major urban development in this precinct, particularly the housing sector. The site is located in close proximity to the bridge. Former oil palm plantations near the new bridge have been rezoned for commercial and residential developments. The site being rezoned is envisioned as a new ecotownship that is safe, sustainable and set in a lush green natural environment. The 36ha project, still at a conceptual stage, is located next to a train line and a river that loops around the site and provides a natural waterfront setting for the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main commercial core.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Eco-Beach City of Waisai 2013 – on going Location: City of Waisai, the capital of Raja Ampat Regency in Waigeo Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia Company: Department of Architecture and Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada Client: (1) The Ministry of Public Work Republic of Indonesia, (2) Department of Public Work West Papua Province, (3) Local Government and Department of Public Work Raja Ampat Regency. Alumni role: Development of urban design guidelines Type: Urban Design Guidelines for Waisai Brief: Urban design guidlines for the development of Waisai. Size: ± 95 ha

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MUDD2001

Dyah Titisari Widyastuti Eco-Beach City of Waisai, Raja Ampat, Indonesia 2013-ongoing Dyah is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. As well as teaching urban design, he is committed to designing projects in collaboration with colleagues, students and alumni. The vision for this project was to develop the eco-beach city of Waisai, to be a compact, resilient, green and sustainable city. The project commenced with a study of the city of Waisai in a university based studio. Along with his colleagues, Dyah was responsible for structuring and developing the urban design guidelines.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Bandung Technopolis 2013 - ongoing Location: Bandung, West Java, Indonesia Company: AECOM Client: Government of Sangihe Island. Alumni role: Executive Director Type: New Town + Tech-park Brief: Masterplan for the Gedebage area of Bandung Size: 500 ha

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MUDD1999 Sibarani Sofian

Bangdung Technopolis, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia 2013-ongoing As the executive director of the Bandung Technopolis project, Sibarani is involved in taking the vision for the project and developing it into a workable master-plan which will guide development for 15 years into the future. Sibarani’s company, AECOM, was commissioned to produce the masterplan for the Gedebage area of Bandung, which has been selected as the site for a new city centre. The new city will include a central business district, government offices, new residential areas, an integrated transit hub, a tech-park and large-scale landscape projects. The development will function as a satellite city of nearby Bandung. The Technopolis concept is conceived as a solution to reduce development pressure on the historic centre of Bandung as well as unlocking the potential of the young, creative, and technically capable population. The project references innovative tech centres such as Silicon Valley and Singapore’s Biopolis. The next step involves taking the new urban design guidelines and integrating them into the government’s planning and regulatory framework . This project is an urban experiment for Bandung and Indonesia.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Sangihe Talud Island Project 2005-2006 Location: The City of Tahuna in Tahuna Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia Company: Hexamatra, Manado Client: Government of Sangihe Island. Alumni role: Team leader Type: Master plan for infrastructure and development

LAND USE MAP PLAN

Kol AKENGBAWI

Brief: to stimulate growth in the area of Manente in Tahuna through technical planning and urban design

Kol BEHA BARU

Kel MAHENA Kol BEHA

Size: 80 ha

Kol MITUNG

ANGGES

Kel MANENTE PANENEKENG Kel SOATALOARA II Kel SOATALOARA I Kel BUNGALAWANG Kel APENGSEMBEKA Kel SAWANG BENDAR

Kel DUMUHUNG

Kel TONA II

Kel ENENGPAHEMBANG Kel BATULEWEHE

NAME OF PROJECT

LOCATION

MASTER PLAN FASTER GROWTH Permukim NAME OF DRAWING/PLAN MANENTE AND an Kawasan TECHNICAL PLANNING Perkantoran Kebun FOR BUILDING AND Land Use Map Plan Campuran Permukim Kawasan Lindung Kawasan Perdagangan an UTILITY SPECIAL Kawasan Setempat dan jasa KawasanWisata Campuran Kawasan Perkantoran AREA Kebun Campuran Kawasan Perdagangan dan jasa Kawasan Campuran

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Kel TAPUA NG

LEGEND

Tahuna City

THE GOVERNMENT OF KABUPATEN SANGIHE ISLAND

Kel TONA I

KEL. TIDORE

Kawasan Pelabuhan

Kesehatan/Rumah Sakit Pangkalan Angkatan Laut

SCALE Permukim an Kawasan Perkantoran Kebun Campuran Kawasan Perdagangan Kawasan Lindung dan jasa Setempat Kawasan Campuran Kawasan Wisata

Kawasan Pelabuhan Kawasan Lindung / Rawan Bencana Kesehatan/Rumah Sakit TPI Pangkalan Angkatan Laut

Kawasan Lindung Setempat Kawasan Wisata

Kawasan Lindung / Rawan Bencana TPI

Kawasan Pelabuhan Kesehatan/Rumah Kawasan Lindung / Rawan Bencana Sakit Pangkalan Angkatan Laut TPI

Ibukota Kecamatan Jaringan Jalan Utama

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MUDD2005

Febriane Paulina Makalew Sangihe Talaud Island Project, Tahuna Island, Indonesia 2005-2006 Febriane is working as a lecturer at Manado State Polytechnic. He is also a research scholar in a doctoral program in civil engineering at Hasanuddin University Makasar, Indonesia. The objective of this project was to foster economic growth in the area of Manente in Tahuna through urban planning and design. Currently the region does not attract investments due to a lack of the required infrastructure, facilities and unplanned, innefficent landuse. The area of kelurahan Manente has the potential to accomodate an increased population building upon the exisiting residential functions of the area.The brief required the design of residential areas, civic facilities, road infrastructure and a network of open spaces. The project was directed by urban planning consultant Hexamatra Manado, North Sulawesi Indonesia.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Ankeny Burnside Development Framework Implementation, 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA Company: Porland Development Commission (PDC) Alumni Role: Senior Project Manager Type: Urban Renewal Project- Park embellishment and construction, educational institution relocation historic building renovation, oriental medicince school relocation and historic building, renovation, corporate headquarters relocation and new building construction. Brief: To gain public support for the revitalisation of the historic core of Portland, and invest public money into the district to stimulate private investment.

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MUDD2003 Kevin Brake

Portland Ankeny Burnside Framework, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2006 Kevin is currently a senior development manager at Urban Growth. With an undergraduate in Construction Management and Real Estate Finance from Washington State University, USA, he came to the MUDD program with an interest in pulling together design and construction. He now has over 15 years of experience in driving projects to completion in the public and private sector. This project is from his time at the Portland Development Commission for the Portland Ankeny Burnside. The vision for the project was to relocate the arts and crafts precinct to free up sites identified as critical development of the area. Coordination of the project involved a number of stakeholders, overlaps of ownership and divided into three separate construction projects. Whilst acting as senior project manager on the project, Kevin managed planning outcomes and implementation of work as well as gaining city council and PDC Board approval which allowed for the project to grow and continue.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Linear Park Matute Remus 2009-2011 Company: Eco Habitat Location: Guadalajara, Mexico Client: SEDEUR, Urban Development Secretary of Jalisco State, México Alumni Role: Project Director, Urban Designer and Consultant Type: Urban renewal Linear Park Brief: public space design for area underneath a viaduct with strong connections to surrounding neighborhoods Size: 1km in length Project Cost: 555’000,000 million pesos

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MUDD2007

Rodrigo Ochoa Jurado Linear Park Matute Remus, Guadalajara, Mexico 2009-2011 Rodrigo is working as the urban designer and consultant for Eco Habitat. In this role he has significantly contributed to the design vision for the Linear Park of Matute Remus. The project was conceived as a way to recover unused space beneath a newly constructed road viaductâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. The project involves the design of a series of recreational public spaces under the viaduct. The public spaces re-uses materials from the viaducts construction to create urban furniture and other elements. The landscape design uses endemic planting to make the design distinctive to Guadalajara. The linear park transforms potentially wasted spaces into a positive, people-orientated design over one kilometer in length.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Bowden Urban Village 2010 - ongoing Location: Bowden, Adelaide, South Australia Company: Annand Associates Urban Design Client: Renewal South Australia Alumni role: Project Urban Designer Type: Urban Renewal Brief: Re-design of masterplan and new urban design guidelines Size:16.3 ha Cost:$1 billion

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MUDD1999 Evy Anwar

Bowden Urban Village, Bowden, Adelaide, SA, Australia 2010-present Evy is currently working as a consultant urban designer for Pittwater Council and as an associate urban designer with Kaunitz Yeung Architecture. She worked on the Bowden Urban Village (BUV) project in Adelaide in a previous job with Annand Associates Urban Design. This project was part of Adelaideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30 year plan to increase the density around important transport nodes. As the project urban designer, Evy worked on the review and re-design of the existing master plan and developed new urban design guidelines for the project. Construction for this project will commence by early 2016.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: The Coburg Initiative 2007-2010 Location: Coburg, Victoria Company: Moreland City Council Alumni role: Urban Designer Type: Urban regeneration Brief: To revitalise Central Coburg into a smart city of the future Size: 42 ha Cost: $1 billion

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MUDD2005 Munir Vahanvati

The Coburg Initiative, Coburg, VIC, Australia 2007-2010 Munir is the unit Manager at Department of Urban Design, Moreland City Council. He is responsible for delivering the Coburg Initiative Masterplan and the Moreland Design Code. For the project Munir was required to develop various concept design scenarios, test development yields, and to develop possible built form and public realm characters for the area. The Coburg Initiative aims to develop Coburg as the prime shopping, living, employment and activity precinct in Moreland. The plan is designed to create an attractive system of streets and space that supports high quality living environment, offering a range of housing choices, including high density housing. In the plan public transport, bike, and pedestrian facilities are integrated and linked with networks of green space. The proposed high-quality public realm addresses safety and accessibility issues.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Pakenham Activity Centre 2013-2014 Location: Pakenham, Victoria, Australia Client: Cardinia Shire Council, Victoria, Australia Alumni Role: Strategic Planner Type: Urban Renewal Brief: Strategic planning of urban renewal to create a new activity centre and precincts Size: 181 ha Project cost: $200,000 [Only for document preparation

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MUDD2012 Liu Zhuoqin

Pakenham Structure Plan, Pakenham, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2013-2014 Liu Zhuoqin has been working as a strategic planner for state and local governments in Victoria since graduation. In 2013, she was personally involved in the preparation of the draft structure plan for Pakenham, one of two designated metropolitan activity centres in Cardinia Shire. Liu Zhuoqin was actively involved in the formulation of new ideas for the activity centre that included shared spaces and orbital roads to reduce the dominance of through traffic at the town centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main retail core. Envisioned as the heart of a new sustainable, healthy and prosperous community, the Pakenham Activity Centre project is currently in the draft stage and undergoing public consultation.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Erindale Group Centre Master Plan 2010-2012 Location: District of Tuggeranong, Wanniassa, ACT Company: ACT Government Alumni role: Urban Designer Type: New Precinct Brief: To create a vibrant centre offering a convenient mix of community facilities, services, transport and housing opportunities Size: 90 ha

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MUDD2009 Cindy Lee

Erindale Group Centre Masterplan, District of Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia, 2010- 2012 Cindy was the chief urban designer of Erindale Group Centre Masterplan. She directed the creation of the design vision, developed design strategies and liaised with the numerous stakeholders involved in the project. During the two-year process, Cindy was the key person responsible for writing and producing the master plan documents. As the new hub for Canberraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s southern suburbs, the Erindale Group Centre aims to deliver a diverse and accessible mix of community facilities, services and new housing opportunities. The master plan and accompanying planning codes aim to create a thriving community and business hub that is resilient to future changes. This project incorporates the broader strategic objectives of the ACT Government, including population growth, active living and transport planning, while balancing the needs of businesses and communities.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Archikidz Goes Bush 2014 Location: Cowra, NSW, Australia Company: Archikidz Client: Cowra Public School Alumniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Role: Director Type: Workshop Brief: Archikidz is a not for profit organisation, providing a dynamic learning platform for inspiring and educating kids about the built environment Project Cost: $40,000

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MUDD2010 Vanessa Trowell

Archikidz Goes Bush, Cowra, NSW, Australia 2014 Vanessa has recently joined Archikidz as a director. The Archikidz initiative seeks to instil in children an understanding that they have a role to play in shaping the world around them and that the decisions they make can help to create better communities and a sustainable future. A key component of Vanessaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is expanding the breadth of industry engagement and developing participatory opportunities for children on real projects, empowering them as citizens. This includes development of school curriculums, broad industry engagement and partnership education programs. The Archikidz program of education communicates to children the importance of urban design and investment in the future of our cities.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Sydney Light Rail: Inner West Light Rail Link 2014 Location: Sydney, Australia Company: HBO+EMTB Urban and Landscape Design Client: Transport of New South Wales Alumni role: Urban Designer Type: Public infrastructure Brief: Design of nine light rail stations for the new inner west light rail extension line Size: 5.6km Project Cost: approx. $176million

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MUDD2005 Xie Yan

Sydney Light Rail: Inner West Light Rail Link, Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill, Sydney, NSW, 2014 Yan is working as an urban designer at HBO+EMTB Urban and Landscape Design. She worked on the design of the light rail stations and their integration with adjacent neighbourhoods.The Inner West Extension of the Sydney Light Rail system runs from Lilyfield to Dulwich Hill providing nine new stops along 5.6 kilometres of new line bringing new life to the former Rozelle freight rail line. The design has revitalised a redundant public resource providing an efficient and sustainable public transport service that has improved accessibility and amenity for the community. The revitalisation of the former freight line supports the NSW Governments initiative to provide transit oriented development close to the city, and will have a transformative effect on local neighbourhoods.The design concept was to improve connections with the existing areas by optimising visibility of the stops and improving pedestrian connections. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Line identityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; was created through the consistent design of station furniture and each station was designed to have its own expression and character.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: North Kellyville Precinct 2007-2008 Location: North Kellyville, Hills Shire, Sydney, Australia Company: The Hills Shire Council, Sydney, Australia Client: Department of Planning and Infrastructure, Sydney, Australia Alumni role: Master Plan Project Team Leader Type: New Precinct Brief: Masterplan and development control plans for the North Kellyville precinct Size: 707 ha

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MUDD1998 Carlos Frias

North Kellyville Precinct Development, North Kellyville, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2007-2008 Carlos is the director of design at Urbis, an interdisciplinary consulting firm operating in Australia, Asia and the Middle East. Carlos led the project team responsible for the development of the master plan for the North Kellyville Growth Centre precinct in Northern Sydney. The design process included production of an Indicative Layout Plan (ILP), a Development Control Plan (DCP) and an amendment to the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres 2006) that make sure that the vision and objectives for the precinct will be met. Today, the precinct is progressively taking shape with the recent approval of a development application for a mixed used building that includes 4,000 m2 of retail and over 200 apartments.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Granville Planning Proposal 2008-2016 Company: MacroPlan Dimasi Location: Parramatta Road, Granville Project Team: MacroPlan Dimasi (planning and economics), Catylis properties (Development Managers), Architectus (Urban Designers). Type: Planning Proposal (Rezoning) Brief: Rezoning from B5 with a floor space ratio of 2:1 to B4 Mixed Use with a floor space ratio of 6:1 Client: Janpec Pty Ltd Beginning end dates: Dec 2013 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dec 2014 Size: site area = 5,000m2. Proposed building height = 110m. Floor space ratio = 6:1 Project Cost: $45m

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MUDD2010 Carlo Di Giulio

171-189 Parramatta Road, Gramville, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2008-2016 Carlo joined the urban planning profession in 2004 with permanent appointments at several metropolitan Sydney Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. During this time, he undertook mainly statutory urban planning functions, including Development Applications for major urban release areas such as Middleton Grange. In 2007, he gained a position in private consultancy where he undertook both statutory and strategic planning projects. During this time, he also gained experience in the NSW Land and Environment Court appeals process. Carlo is passionate about maintaining Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to offer improved lifestyle opportunities to Sydney residents, including recent arrivals. He firmly believes this can be achieved by changing the perception of urban renewal and urban consolidation in Sydney. The project 171-189 Parramatta Road was collaboration between MacroPlan Dimasi and Architectus where the objectives focused on the urban renewal of a high accessibility town centre such as Granville Train Station whilst generating a building envelope which maximised yield, without unreasonably impacting upon amenity in the public domain. The project aimed to consider the proposal with respect to the existing strategic and statutory planning framework including local policies as well as state planning policies such as the former metropolitan planning strategy. The economic impacts of losing potential employment generating lands had to be considered. All these matters were documented in a planning proposal report which accompanied the entire application to Parramatta City Council.

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MUDD Alumni

Project Fact Sheet Project Name: Top Ryde City Living 2011-2014 Location: Ryde, Sydney Architect: Robertson+Marks Company (Developer): Crown Group Client: Bevillesta Pty Limited Alumniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role: Architect and urban designer Type: Urban Renewal Brief: A mixed use, commercial and residential development on top of a shopping centre. Size: 33,555m2

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MUDD2002

Lesley Thomas Jacobs Top Ryde City, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2011-2014 Lesley has been working with Robertson + Marks as an architect and urban designer. He was part of the Top Ryde core design team that worked on conceptual masterplanning and schematic designs through to preparing final DA documentation and design reports for the project. The development application for the revitalization and redevelopment of the site involved the consent for the demolition of an existing shopping centre and construction of a mixed-use, commercial, retail and residential development. Top Ryde City Living is located on top of one of the largest shopping centres in Sydney. In this incongruous setting it provides resort style living with over 1ha of landscaped gardens, a beautiful infinity-edged swimming pool, viewing platforms and other community facilities. Top Ryde City, has encouraged the development of a vibrant community in a luxurious landscape with panoramic views of the city and its hinterland.

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Class of MUDD20

Who Are We? (Left to Right)

Lingxiao Zhou ( China), Xing Xin (China), Li Shengye (China), Luo Hao (China), Wang Zhichao (China), Li Tang (China), Scott Feier (China), Bethany Mann (Australia), Hu Yunze (China), Vidhya Gopala Pillai Ramesh (India), Yu- Husan Lin (Taiwan), Yin Yee Wu Shiyao (China) (Below) Wang Yayun (China), Wang Yilin (China), Sazia Afrin Monika (Bangladesh)

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Jackson (Australia), Brigitta Schyns (Australia), Parisa Nikkhoo (Iran), Fan Yeyun (China), Jia Qiuyu (China), Xiaofeng Liu (China), Lu Lau (Hong Kong), Du Yifeng (China), Laras Primasari (Indonesia), Ye Peng (Singapore), Gao Dengkeqin (China), Gu Jinglin (China),

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Student Experience Cape Town

The MUDD Program was privileged to have been invited by Catherine Stone, Director of Spatial Planning & Urban Design, City of Cape Town, to work directly with the city on critical urban investigations. A team of twelve students led by Dr. Scott Hawken and Emeritus Professor Jon Lang visited Cape Town from the 6th of November, 2014 through to the 21st of November. After a brainstorming introduction session presented by the city council officials, the studio teams were assigned to study and explore development possibilities of two precincts: 1) an informal settlement on the Cape Flats and 2) an urban renewal project in the city centre. The studio in Cape Town was based in the offices of our gracious host, The Department of Spatial Planning & Urban Design, City of Cape Town. The MUDD and MUPs students undertook joint field trips, participated in joint briefings, and attended a coordinated program of guest lectures. Having been aware of the socio-political history of South Africa, it was all the more interesting to interpret how the remnants of the Apartheid regime have affected the city’s urban form through direct experience. Walking through the hot, sandy township of Khayelitsha we saw such things as the school children heading home at the end of the day. Seeing such ordinary routines in extremely difficult environments left us with poignant memories. The feeling of division is permanently carved into the city’s urban form, the physical legacy of a plan that was calculated to separate poor blacks from rich whites. However, the end of apartheid did little to return integration to cities. Therefore, the obvious question was ‘can urban design be employed as a tool to create a democratically inclusive city?’ Twenty years after its first democratic election, Cape Town was the 2014 World Design Capital, a honour bestowed to cities ‘which recognise design as a tool for social, cultural and economic development’. One of the most striking experiences of the city was recognising how the natural landscape features and man-made infrastructures had been used by the apartheid government to keep individuals separated. Today these same railways and parks are being reconsidered as ways to unite those same areas. Also observable were the attempts to reconfigure the city physically and socially by upgrading the city’s transit systems and informal settlements and providing vibrant new open spaces and infrastructure where the citizens can gather and trade can flourish.

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The studio had the opportunity to visit projects such as Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project at Harare, Khayelitsha. The project demonstrated how social engagement and urban design can be used as tools to address crime and security. VPUU projects are characterized by the creation of well-lit and visually continuous “safe routes” that link major entry and exit points through dense informal settlements. The route had busy community facilities, watchtowers and safe houses along its length. Despite our previous study back at UNSW we didn’t really know what to expect in Capetown. We were in for the experience of a lifetime!!

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MUDD 20 - Urbanisation & Urban Design

Student Experience Valparaíso

On the 7th November 2014, 14 students from China, Indonesia and Australia arrived in Valparaíso, Chile, after spending many hours in transit. Each individual in the studio had a unique skillset and understanding of cities due to their varied cultural backgrounds. We had studied Valparaiso in Sydney but nothing compares to understanding gained through lived experience. One never starts with a blank canvas and so we began with a series of site visits exploring the multiple facets of Chilean city life. This included: the formal city, the abandoned city, the steep city, the historical city, the colourful city and the informal city. We explored them all and along the way were fortunate enough to meet many inspiring and generous people. We were graciously invited to work at the DUC campus in collaboration with local students, academia and practitioners. A key moment for the studio occurred during a brainstorming session where we discussed all the key site conditions, issues and strengths of the city. This led to a change in strategy for our studio as instead of the initially proposed transect approach; we draw upon the writing of Jaime Lerner and applied an Urban Acupuncture methodology to our site selection process. All too often a one-type solution is applied to different urban contexts. The urban acupuncture approach gave us the opportunity to develop unique ideas within an overall strategy. From Valparaiso, we then travelled to continue our studies in Santiago at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile where we developed our strategic frameworks. We were amongst an inspiring and creative campus and lucky enough to interact with local studio groups who too were developing ideas and frameworks for Valpariaso. Whilst trying to brush up on our spanish, we lived and worked in Santiago, engaging with the culture, eating the cuisine and exploring the city. From open aired markets to informal street carts and performers, we used our experiences to strengthen our sensors at all scales of understanding the dynamics of the city. It is in the variations and imperfections that a city’s character is shown and this is definitely the case with Valparaíso. The subtle aspects of urban life are often what determine a projects success or failure. The opportunity to undertake an international urban design studio in a unique city outside of one’s own experience is immensely valuable and has helped shape us in our quest to become better urban designers within this increasingly global world.

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A. Class site visit to a community centre, Las Canas Cerros, Valparaiso B. Site visit to architect and host Michel Bier’s affordable housing project in Valparaiso C. Class celebration dinner after final studio presentation in Santiago with guest panelists D. Interim Presentation banners at Catholica Universidad, Santiago E. Our studio’s site selection process at the Residencia DUC F. Class ‘Selfie’ on a harbour boat trip taken on our last day in Valparaiso.

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MUDD20 Bethany Mann Naracoorte, SA, AUSTRALIA

In 2010 I graduated from RMIT University, Melbourne with a Bachelor of Interior Design (First Class Hons). These formative years at RMIT helped me develop and become familiar with the design process and expanded my understanding of designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential to shape the everyday spaces we inhabit. On graduating, I received an ACC AustCham scholarship that led me to undertake an Interior Design position with Australian Architecture practice HASSELL in China working between the Beijing, Shanghai and Melbourne studios. I was also fortunate enough during my time in Melbourne to work with CoDesign Studio on a number of social and community driven initiatives. These opportunities have allowed me to work with various talented, creative and dedicated individuals on a range of commercial, residential and hospitality projects. Design for me was a strategic problem-solving tool and during these years of practice I found myself wanting to explore designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential to solve contemporary issues and not be limited by scale, discipline or commerciality. So in 2013 I challenged myself and relocated to Samoa in the Pacific Islands, working for a local Engineering Company in partnership with a Housing NGO (Habitat for Humanity). Using my design skills in a completely different context and being stretched in my management capabilities was a completely rewarding life experience. All these experiences helped solidify the fact

that working cross-culturally in a multi-disciplinary and multi-scalar design approach was something that truly excited me. I saw Urban Design to be a discipline that supported this way of working and after much deliberation I decided to be a student again and enrolled in the MUDD program. Undertaking the MUDD program has been a 12-month intensive period of learning, testing and growing. Working with students from across the globe in a collaborative studio-based approach is an ideal laboratory for learning. The Urban Design History and Case Study courses have helped shape a body of knowledge and list of precedent projects that I know I will draw upon and reference in future projects. Having the opportunity to travel to Valparaiso, Chile to engage with issues of informality and disaster resilience through design thinking in an educational framework was truly inspiring and highlights the strong positioning the MUDD program takes in relation to a global and holistic understanding of Urban Design. I came into this program wanting to test my ability to apply design thinking to urban issues at a greater scale. Not only have I had this opportunity multiple times over but I have been equipped, encouraged and provided with the resources to do so at a greater capacity. I truly believe Urban Design as practice has the ability to help the world in a positive way and the MUDD program has given me confidence to simply get out there and try.

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MUDD20 Vidhya Gopala PillaiRamesh Tamil Nadu, INDIA

To pursue my interest in architecture, I joined the Bachelor of Architecture program at SRM University. I was awarded a scholarship to participate in the Semester Abroad Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA as a part of my Architecture major. My education at MIT offered me a chance to learn, interact and think about architectural design on a global level as I had the opportunity to work with some of the best academicians and researchers. Urban Design captured my interest as when I was introduced to it at MIT. After studying the building form as a freestanding entity, I had developed a special interest in the study of their groups with respect to their urban setting, physical, social and environmental context. I joined the Masters of Urban Development and Design degree at UNSW since it integrates well with my career goals and academic interests. The MUDD program integrates concepts and principles of architecture, planning and landscape into a core sequence of urban design studios through a balance of required and elective coursework. The coursework and related exploration serve as a base for the more theoretical and exploratory nature of the studio experience that provides the opportunity to develop the skills necessary in a future career. Vital to the teaching philosophy is the adherence to design excellence through inspiration from a broad body of knowledge and sources. In this manner, the aim is to draw

upon examples and experience learned from the past while adjusting to the changing needs of the future. This approach helped me recognize and understand the crucial role of an urban designer in the transformation of cities, the demands of the profession and the need for new interpretation and better approaches towards design and its related process. As an integral part of the MUDD program, the International Design Studio is a highlight of the degree. Travelling to Cape Town helped me recognize the unfamiliar design challenges that we come across while designing for the less affluent community in a different urban context. This studio engages with global patterns of urbanisation, the culture of the city and the design dimension of urban development through the direct experience of an international city. The educational experience is further enriched by the network of students from different ethnic, political and philosophical backgrounds that contributes to a wonderful learning experience. More than anything, it brings you closer to discovering yourself and making friends with so many people from all over the world! As India opens its ways to the world economies, the interest and demand for new urban patterns to adapt to these economies is progressively being felt. I desire to be a part of this urban development and contribute in my own specific way to accomplish the best possible results.

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MUDD Alumni List 1995-2015 AFGHANISTAN: Mohammad Nadir Omar (20052006)

AUSTRALIA: Jorge Alvarez (2005-2006), Tracey Bentick (2004-2005), Genevieve Blanchett (2012-2013), Adrian Bonanni (2005-2006), Emma Booth (2010-2011), Jillian Bywater (2007-2008), Gilead Chen (20052006), Irene Hiu Wah Chan (20042005), Anthony Charlesworth (2008-2009), Laurence Cheung (2008-2009), Jacqueline Connor (2007-2008), Jaclyn Cowan (2011-2012), Carlo Di Giulio (2009-2010), Glenda Marie Dunn (1999-2000), Greg Dyson (19992000), Mathew Egan (2010-2011), Duncan Fraser (2005-2006),Sylvia Georges (1999-2000), Shaheer Gobran (2005-2006), Marika Hahn (2005-2006), Amanda Higgins (2006-2007), Joseph Heng (2012-2013), David Hunter (2011-2012), Scott Jackson (2014-2015), Nick Jonmundsson (2010-2011), Leonard Kelly (19961997), Kuo Felix Chein-Peng (2000-2001), Vincent Shie Yue Lam (2000-2001), Marc Yves Lane (2009-2010), Connie Yin Yee Lau (2013-2014), Cindy Sin Yee Lee (2008-2009), Evelyn Kin Wah Lee (2009-2010), Lei Pei (20042005), Louis Louis (1998-1999), Amelia Lynch (2004-2005), Samir Mahmoud (2004-2005), Carla Mamaril (2006-2007), Bethany Mann (2014-2015), Peter Mann (1998-1999), Celeste Martin (2012-2013), Peter McManus (2009-2010), Sabina Miller (20122013), Clement Miu (2005-2006), Richard Mullane (2006-2007), Andrew Napier (2001-2002), Sally Ng (1996-1997), Carmel Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor (2006-2007), Salma Osman (20122013) ,Trevor Patton (1996-1997), Caroline Pembroke (2013-2014), Glen Rabbitt (1996-1997), Mark Raymundo (2007-2008), Brett Roantree (2008-2009), William Robertson (2011-2012), Venetin Aghostin-Sangar (2012-2013), Lorraine Sarayeldin (2003-2004), Brigitta Schyns (2014-2015),

Eden Shepherd (1999-2000), Ryan Smith (2012-2013), Felicia Sugiaman (2013-2014), Jason Taylor (2007-2008), Ludwig Tewksbury (2001-2002), Vanessa Trowell (2006-2007), Kirrily Vincer (2007-2008), Stephen White (2001-2002), David Wolski (20122013), Ada Wong (2005-2006), Peter Woodley (2005-2006), Howard Yu (2002-2003), Bonnie Kin Yi Yue (2011-2012), Jess Yue (2007-2008), Karen Wang (20072008), Zhu Weijun (2006-2007)

BANGLADESH: Anis Uddin (2000-2001), Mohammad Omar Sharif (2009-2010), Sazia Afrin Monika (2014-2015)

BHUTAN: Latha Chhetri (2004-2005), Karma Dorji (2003-2004), Tshering Dorji (2011-2012), Chhado Drukpa (2008-2009), Sailesh Humagai (2006-2007), Tashi Penjor (20082009), Karma Wangchuck (20002001), Tashi Wangmo (2003-2004)

BOTSWANA: Nchunga Kanyenvu (2005-2006)

BRAZIL: Ana Cristina Lage (2000-2001)

CAMBODIA: Sok Toeur Sim (2012-2013)

CANADA: Anthony Ferri (2009-2010), Sean Galloway (2000-2001),Wan Gilbert Pui Ban (1999-2000), Su-Jan Yeo (2004-2005)

CHINA: An Jing (2008-2009), Bai Fan (2009-2010), Bi Lei (2007-2008), Bu Jinbo (2009-2010), Cai Zhenbo (2008-2009), Chang Lulu (20112012), Chen Dong (2013-2014), Chen Weilun (2001-2002), Chen Li Wen (2006-2007), Chen Xiaofeng (2004-2005), Chen Haifeng (19992000), Chen He Ying (2007-2008), Chen Jing (2010-2011), Chen Ping (2010-2011), Chen Wei (2009-

2010), Chen Wei (2011-2012), Chen Xi (2010-2011), Chen Yanxi (2013-2014), Chen Yuhao (20132014), Cheng Pengfei (20042005), Chu Ting Ting (2002-2003), Cui Zhen (2012-2013), Dai Wen (2012-2013), Du Yifeng (20142015), Duan Yan (2010-2011), Fan Yeyun (2014-2015), Feng Xiao (2007-2008), Fu Yuan Yuan (20022003), Fu Xin (2011-2012), Gao Dengkeqin (2014-2015), Gao Fei (2007-2008), Gao Jie (2011-2012), Ge Qiaoying (2010-2011), Gong Li (2006-2007), Gu Bing (20062007), Gu Jinglin (2014-2015), Gu Yan (2003-2004), Guo Beiyi (20122013), Guo Shijie (2012-2013), He Jun (2008-2009), Hu Min (20022003), Hu Yunze (2014-2015), Hu Xin (2003-2004), Huang Luohua (2008-2009), Huang Po-Chun (1999-2000), Huang Wen-Ying (2006-2007), Ji Ziyu (2012-2013), Jia Liyang (2008-2009), Jia Qiuyu (2014-2015), Jiao Tong (20112012), Jiang Fan (2013-2014), Jiang Xiao (2010-2011), Lai Disi (2008-2009), Lei Gangrong (20052006), Lei Gao (2005-2006), Li Chengwei (2011-2012), Li Ding Qing (2008-2009), Li Jian (20012002), Li Jing (2011-2012), Li Li (2011-2012), Li Shengye (20142015), Li Tang (2014-2015), Li Weiwang (2003-2004), Li Weiwei (2011-2012), Li Yi (2008-2009), Li Yue (2006-2007), Li Xiang (2010-2011), Liu Fan (2007-2008), Liu Xiaofeng (2014-2015), Liu Xiaomeng (2012-2013), Liang Jin (2006-2007), Lin Zhijie (20062007), Ling Yun (2008-2009), Liu Jian (2006-2007), Liu Liya (20112012), Liu Shuyi (2003-2004), Liu Ting (2006-2007), Liu Zhouqin (2011-2012), Long Jun (20122013), Lu Feier (2014-2015), Lu Xijun (2011-2012), Luo Hao (20142015), Ma Jiting (2009-2010), Ma Qiao (2008-2009), Ma Xiayang (2004-2005), Ma Xinzheng (20112012), Ni Yun (2003-2004), Qi Zhifang (2010-2011), Qiu Xiaojing (2004-2005), Ren Jingya (20102011), Sang Xiaojing (2004-2005), Shen Licen (2010-2011), Shen Jun (2011-2012), Sun Bing (20092010), Sun Xiao (2013-2014), Su

Zhi (2003-2004), Tang Hao (20082009), Tao Yueshan (2010-2011), Wan Guyi (2012-2013), Wang Bo (2002-2003), Wang Chao (20022003), Wang Chenyu (2013-2014), Wang Geng (2008-2009), Wang Jian (2011-2012), Wang Mengya (2010-2011), Wang Sheng (20062007), Wang Shu (2007-2008), Wang Xiaobo (2012-2013), Wang Xinbo (2012-2013), Wang Yan (2004-2005), Wang Yayun (20142015), Wang Yilin (2014-2015), Wang Zhichao (2014-2015), Wu Han Qing (2005-2006), Wu Hao (2010-2011), Wu Qi (2008-2009), Wu Shiyao (2014-2015)Wu Yifei (2003-2004), Wu Yue (2004-2005), Wu Zhi Yong (2005-2006), Xiao Ruyu (2013-2014), Xie Hong (2002-2003), Xie Xiaopan (20032004), Xie Qin Yi (2006-2007), Xie Yan (2004-2005), Xing Xin (20142015), Xing Yan (2001-2002), Xu Hanbing (2005-2006), Xu Jiaoni (2011-2012), Xu Ke Fei (20012002), Xu Pian Pian (2006-2007), Xu Shan Shan (2009-2010), Xu Yi (2013-2014), Xu Ying (2010-2011), Xu Zhiyuan (2007-2008), Yan Jia (2004-2005), Yang Fan (20102011), Yang Ke (2001-2002), Yang Lei (2002-2003), Ye Chen (20072008), Yin Yin (2002-2003), Yu Haiwen (2013-2014), Yu Lechuan (2003-2004), Yu Rong (19961997), Yu Xiang (2007-2008), Yu Yehang (2010-2011), Yu Zhizhe (2001-2002), Yuan Zeng Cheng (2012-2013), Yuan Zhe (20012002), Zhai Xiaoling (2008-2009), Zhang Chun (2002-2003), Zhang Detong (2003-2004), Zhang Meng (2011-2012), Zhang Minjie (20102011), Zhang Wei (2010-2011), Zhang Yanan (2011-2012), Zhang Xian (2008-2009), Zhang Xiao Chen (2010-2011), Zhang Xin (2009-2010), Zhao Ruyun (20092010), Zhao Jiuzhou (2009-2010), Zheng Yufei (2011-2012), Zeng Xin (2004-2005), Zhen Bo (20042005), Zhou Boying (2011-2012), Zhou Lingxiao (2014-2015), Zhou Ruizhe (2012-2013), Zhou Yimin (2006-2007), Zhu Chao (20102011), Zhu Wen (2011-2012)

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(2006-2007), Zhu Chao (20102011), Zhu Wen (2011-2012)

COLOMBIA: Carlos Frias (1997-1998)

ERITREA: Gabriel Tzeggai (1996-1997)

FRANCE: Pascal Bobillier (2005-2006)

GERMANY: Vera Graefin Von Schwerin (20042005)

HONG KONG: Chiu Chi Yeung (2005-2006), Louis Hok Man Lee (20022003),Lee Mo Yi (2004-2005), Sum Wing Sze (1999-2000), Phyllis Wong (2003-2004), Yu Lap Kei (1998-1999)

INDIA: Srikanth Adigopula (1999-2000), Jahnavi Ashar (2007-2008), Nidhi Bhargava (2005-2006), Guru Prasanna Channa Basappa (20062007), Amitabha Choudhury (1998-1999), Devaki Darshan Bubbar (1995-1996), Niladri Dutt (1997-1998), Shalinee Dutt (2005-2006), Jude Fernando (2000-2001), Deepak George (2003-2004), Vidhya Gopala Pillai Ramesh (2014-2015), Leslie Thomas Jacob (2001-2002), Rituka Kapur (2013-2014), Neha Lala (2009-2010), Vikram Mathew Ninan (2000-2001), Jagdeep Oberoi (2001-2002), Ashutosh Vadnere (2004-2005), Kashyap Rangan (1999-2000), Munir Vahanvati (2004-2005)

INDONESIA: Maria Adriani (2006-2007), Ari Arwin Aldrianzah (2000-2001), Esa Anugerah (2007-2008), Evy R Anwar (1998-1999), Ira Astriani (2000-2001), Agus Surjawan Batara (1997-1998), Diah Piyaloka Citaresmi (2002-2003), Mario Daenuwy (2004-2005), Agem Dendihardo (2004-2005), Ary Ediyanto (2005-2006), Novi Rozana Gantaman (1997-1998), Felicia Gunawan (2011-2012), Aloysius Iwan Handono (19961997), Yennie Hartawan (20012002), Irene Irma Hendranata

(2002-2003), Buddy Indrasakti (1996-1997), Andri Irfandri (2000-2001), Busono Wibowo Isman (1997-1998), Firsta Ismet (1997-1998), Raynaldo Kurnioseputro (2012-2013), Puri Advanty Indah Lestari (20052006), Handi Limandibrata (20022003), Yolanda Louhenapessy (1997-1998), Febriane Makalew (2004-2005), Lulu Muhammad (1996-1997), Akbar Nusantara (2005- 2006), Windiani Octavia (2000-2001), Tiyok Prasetyoadi (1997-1998), Yudhie Prastowo (2001-2002), Doni Priambodo (1999-2000), Laras Primasari (2014-2015), Fachri Dwi Rama (2006-2007), Ratih Renaningtyas (2013-2014), Dian Erliana Sari (2000-2001), Monik Setyaningsih (2001-2002), Sibarani Sofian (1998-1999), Realrich Sjarief (2009-2010), Purnama Hadi Sunarya (1996-1997), Achmad D Tardiyana (1998-1999), Gunarti Tanudjaja (1996-1997), Wiranti Teddy (2006-2007), Nadia Shevila Thohari (2012-2013), Francisca Ira Tjahja (2000-2001), Susanti Widiastuti (2002-2003), Dyah Titisari Widyastuti (2000-2001), Ichsanna-Samba R Widyastuti (1996-1997), Virendy Wijaya (2007-2008), Annisa Yumaladini (2010-2011)

IRAN: Lili Halimian Avval (2010-2011), Mahmoodreza Vahidi (2014-2015), Parisa Nikkhoo (2014-2015), Sahar Rahmanynejad (2010-2011)

IRELAND:

Rodrigo Ochoa Jurado (20062007), Gerardo Ortiz (1998-1999)

NEW ZEALAND: Paula Costello (2008-2009), Kuhu Gupta (2009-2010), Michael Kemeys (2010-2011), Feng Hui (2006-2007), Liu Yu-Ning (2001-2002), Szeto Chi Wah (1998-1999), Imogen Williams (2007-2008), Timothy Williams (2008-2009), Charles Wang (2010-2011)

PAKISTAN:

Ibrahim Rafeeq (1997-1998)

MEXICO: German Castillo (2009-2010),

UNITED KINGDOM: Clare Billingham (2002-2003), David Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien (1995-1996)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

SINGAPORE: Ahmad Kamal Abdul Ghani (20022003), Choo Hin Yin (1995-1996), Foo Kai Kiat (2005-2006), Lee Fook Ngan (1999-2000), Loh Chin Hui (2001-2002), Seah Ye Peng (2014-2015), Malvin Soh Keng Chuan (2002-2003), Wong Yen Nee (2009-2010)

SOUTH KOREA: Jue Hee Nam (1997-1998), Jang In-Taek (1998-1999), Jung Jinmo (2004-2005), Kim You Jung (20052006), Kwak Kye-Bong (19981999), Lee Yuntai (2002-2003), Park Eunju (2013-2014), Shin Woo-Hwa (1998-1999)

Erik Adams (2010-2011), Ryan Andersen (2005-2006), Gabe Bayram (2002-2003), Nathaniel Bettini (2009-2010), Kevin Brake (2002-2003), Nick Chapin (20012002), Pasqual Contreras (20092010), Alec Gelgota (2012-2013), Peter Hinteregger (1995-1996), Maggie Hoi (1998-1999), Russell Kosko (1998-1999), Shihomi Kuriyagawa (2011-2012), Kathleen McDowell (2007-2008), Susan McLaughlin (2007-2008), Geoffrey Morrison-Logan (1997-1998), James Shelton (2004-2005), Max Stember-Young (2011-2012), Erica Tinio (2009-2010), Reginald Wheeler III (2002-2003)

VENEZUELA: Giancarlo Cerutti Di Ludovico (2003-2004)

Janaka Dharmasena (2002-2003), Shyamiga Silva (1996-1997), Nadira Yapa Mendis (2002-2003)

MALDIVES:

UKRAINE:

Herman Calangi (1999-2000), Roberto Evangelio (1998-1999), Anthony Yan (2011-2012)

JAPAN:

Lee Ling (1997-1998), Leong Siew Leng (1999-2000), Ooi Li Jou (2009-2010), Krisada Sungkram (2009-2010), Tan Boon Loke Johnson (2001-2002), Yong Chenhow (2004-2005)

Urun Demir (2003-2004), Duygu Ince (2005-2006)

PHILLIPINES:

SRI LANKA:

MALAYSIA:

TURKEY:

Oleksandra Babych (2001-2002)

Amna Majeed (1995-1996), Waqas Jamil Afridi (2006-2007)

Sarah Rock (2001-2002)

Tsuyoshi Otawa (1996-1997), Takeshi Suzuki (1999-2000)

Chompootep (1999-2000), Piyachat Kangsdal (2003-2004), Pochara Kittisakdi (2000-2001), Rath Muengpaisan (2013-2014), Thanong Poonteerakul (20032004), Sompatsorn Bamrungsak (1996-1997), Sirat Wattanavijarn (2000-2001)

TAIWAN: Chiu Kuo-Wei (2001-2002), Grace Hu (2005-2006), Hao-Ting Chung (2011-2012), Kao Min Chun (2009-2010), Ko Chuan Hsin (1998-1999), Lin Yu-hsuan (20142015), Ni Ming-Te (2001-2002), Tsai Chicheng (2000-2001), Tsai Hui-Chu (2009-2010), Stephanie Wang (2000-2001), Wu Ju Fang (2004-2005)

VIETNAM: Dao Chi Trong (1997-1998), Huynh Hung Kiet (2011-2012), Huynh Thi Mai Phuong (20132014), Khuc Thi Thuy Ngoc (2010-2011), Nguyen Hong Duong (2012-2013), Nguyen Khanh Tung (2013-2014), Nguyen Truc Anh (2000-2001), Nguyen Thai Tran (2001-2002), Pham Thi Thu Huyen (2006-2007), Phu Duc Tu (20002001), Tran Tuan Anh (1999-2000), Vo Anh (2007-2008)

THAILAND: Suphot Chaisilprungrueng (1999-2000), Nattakarn 2014-2015 Graduating Class in BLACK. Graduating Class and former graduates are listed according to the International Studio year.

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Acknowledgements The MUDD20 staff and students would like to thank a long list of generous personalities who have made, and continue to make, the program an outstanding success. The list below includes many, but definitely not all, of a large cast of intellects, developers, administrators and designers, who have contributed to the education of the MUDD20 students in Sydney and around the world. Dr Scott Hawken would like to thank the following people for contributing to the Advanced Urban Development and Design Studio UDES0002. For engaging workshops and lectures a sincere thankyou goes out to: Geoff Turnbull (community activist and co-ordinator of community organisation Redwatch); Jane Freeman and Michael Harrison (from urban design firm Architectus); Prof Donald McNeill (from the Institute for Culture and Society at UWS); Glynn Richards (from Lend Lease), Amy Bendall and Tim Wise (from the City of Sydney’s urban design unit); and Assoc Prof Gary Glazebrook (transport consultant). Thankyou to Dr Gethin Davison (AGSU, UNSW), Linden Crane (Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture), and Geoff Turnbull (Redwatch), for their thoughtful critique on the students’ final presentations. A special thankyou to Amy Bendall (City of Sydney) and Glyn Richards (Lend Lease) for their practical guidance and continued engagement with the course from year to year. On behalf of the International Capetown Studio, UDES0003, Dr Scott Hawken and Professor Jon Lang would like to thank the following: Catherine Stone and Cedric Daniels for making the Capetown studio possible and welcoming us in the first instance. It has been an unforgettable experience. Thankyou to Liezel Kruger-Fountain and Marco Geretto, Senior Urban Designers in Capetown’s Spatial Planning & Urban Design, for their enthusiasm and detailed briefing on the project sites. Thankyou to Shahnaaz Mosaval, for providing technical GIS support, leading up to, and during our stay. Thankyou also to Annelise De Bruin for insights during the final student presentation. Students and staff would like to warmly thank Capetown’s Spatial Planning & Urban Design Department for their hospitality. The Master of Urban Design and Development students have gained so much through the free and open interaction with the Capetown office. Thankyou also to: local landscape architect Tarna, from Tarna Klitzner Landscape Architects for her amazing tour of the VPUU project; thankyou to James

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Fernie of Uthando, for his introduction to local social initiatives in the townships; to Dr Julian Raxworthy, Lecturer at UCT, for assisting with arrangements in Capetown; to Julian Cooke, Professor Emeritus at UCT and editor of the South African Institute of Architects’ journal for his lecture; to University of Capetown Landscape Architecture Student Amy Thompson, for the fascinating presentation of her Masters project on the township of Europe; to James Pierre du Plessis, Project Architect at Wolff Architects, for a tour of his finely crafted Watershed project at the V&A. Thanks also to Prof Sue Holliday and students from the MUPs program for their collaborative input during the studio in Capetown and back at UNSW. Thankyou to Arlene Segal and Prof Karl Fischer for their thoughtful jury critique of the Capetown work back at UNSW. For their generous support for the UDES0003 Valparaíso-Santiago Studio, Professor James Weirick thanks our hosts - in Valparaíso, Michael Bier of Pacific Architecture Chile and Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Urbano Contemporaneo (DUC); in Santiago, Professor Roberto Moris Iturrieta, Escuela de Arquitectura & Estudios Urbanos and Centro CIGIDEN (Gestión de Desastres Naturales), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Particular thanks is extended to Francisco Quintana, Subdirector de Extensión, Escuela de Arquitectura PUC and his staff for organising Studio space on the PUC Lo Contador Campus and facilitating all aspects of our workshop at PUC. We deeply appreciate the enthusiastic support, guidance and information on the Valparaíso periphery provided by Professor Andrea Pino Vásquez, Arquitecta Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and Professor Lautaro Ojeda Ledesma, Arquitecto Universidad de Valparaíso and their participation in the Design Jury at PUC. We thank the other members of the Design Jury: Professor Cristina Felsenhardt Rosen, Universidad Diego Portales; Professor Angela Mimica G.,Esquela de Arquitectura, PUC, Professor Gaston Cañas, Arquitecto Universidad Mayor, UNSW MusDev alumnus, Cristóbal Noguera E., Arquitecto Universidad Diego Portales, and Michael Bier, whom we also thank for a truly memorable light plane flight over Valparaíso, a guided tour of his community housing projects, a boat tour of Valparaíso harbour and with Paz Undurraga Castelblanco, Arquitecta exceptional hospitality at DUC. In Sydney we thank Corinne GirardYoung, Eladio Hernando of Corkery Consulting and Arlene Segal for their contributions to the final Design Jury of the Valparaíso Studio. Professor James Weirick thanks Brendan Randles, Architectus and Jiang Xiao for their contribution to UDES0001 Urban Design Studio 1. Professor James Weirick expresses special thanks Dr Penelope Seidler AM, Polly Seidler and Greg Holman from Harry Seidler & Associates for their support for the Seidler & the City Studio, and to Vladimir

Belogolovsky for his contribution to the Design Jury. We learned from a diverse range of dynamic and informative lectures in 2014-2015. In UDES0009 we thank: Bob Perry for speaking on the “Agoradynamics” of cities around the world and Anne Warr for her fascinating lecture series on urban heritage. Both present in Dr Scott Hawken’s Urban Landscape and Heritage course. This year Linden Crane also assisted as a dedicated tutor. Many thanks for your intelligence and sensitivity to urban landscape, heritage and student learning Linden! Emeritus Professor Jon Lang and Professor James Weirick thank the following professionals and BE colleagues for their Urban Development & Design Case Study presentations in UDES0006: Philip Thalis, Hill Thalis for Canberra City to the Lake; Arlene Segal for Modi’in New Town; Professor Alec Tzannes, Dean FBE for 286 Sussex Street; Bob Perry, Scott Carver for Wentworth Point, Homebush Bay; Helen Lochhead, Deputy Government Architect for a critical survey of Citymaking Projects; Jane Freeman, Architectus, for Epping Town Centre Urban Activation Precinct. The MUDD Penang Urban Design Studio acknowledge the following people and organisations for their support. In Sydney Jodi Lawton, Kathleen McDowell, Krisada Sungkram, Li Jou Ooi, Professor Michael Neuman and Zeng Cheng (Emily). In Penang: CK Mok, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang; Kartina Mohamed, Think City; Khadijiah, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang; Neoh Siew Yin, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang; Nurliza Binti Must Amam, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang; Phua Chin Eng, Landdart Design; Rosli Bin Haron, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang; Zamzamah, Department of Town and Country Planning, Penang. A special thanks to Laurence Loh, (Executive Director, Arkitek LLA Sdn. Bhd; and President Heritage of Malaysia Trust, Penang Heritage Trust) for his support, insight and warm welcome to Penang. For critical assistance in Communication in Urban Design UDES0010 and guest workshops in many MUDD design studios a sincere thankyou to Jodi Lawton who puts in countless hours of her professional time, and is so dedicated to the program. Finally an especially important thank you to Professor Alec Tzannes, Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment; Professor Alan Peters, Director of the Graduate School of Urbanism; Professor Bruce Judd, Director Australian School of Architecture and Design; Graham Hannah and the BECU team; the marketing team led by Marie Caccamo; and administrative assistants Lisette Araujo and Misha Pavelkova; for their dedicated support and general goodwill for the MUDD program.

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Program Outline

The intensive one calendar year program involves two acedemic semesters plus a summer term, which includes a compulsory field project and design studio in a major international city.

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Executive advisors Professor James Weirick Dr. Scott Hawken Jodi Lawton (Lawton Design)

Program of Study for full-time Candidates:

MUDD20 | 2014 — 2015

Sponsorship Brigitta Schyns (Director) Lau Yin Yee (Connie)

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015 Urbanisation & Urban Design Valparaíso | Cape Town | Penang | Sydney

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Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Contact Professor James Weirick Director, Urban Development & Design program

Web: www.be.unsw.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: fbe@unsw.edu.au

Tel: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: j.weirick@unsw.edu.au Red Centre West Wing Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052, Australia www.be.unsw.edu.au

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Master of Urban Development & Design

Contributors Publisher Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales

Program Outline

The intensive one calendar year program involves two acedemic semesters plus a summer term, which includes a compulsory field project and design studio in a major international city.

Master of Urban Development & Design

Executive advisors Professor James Weirick Dr. Scott Hawken Jodi Lawton (Lawton Design)

Program of Study for full-time Candidates:

MUDD20 | 2014 — 2015

Sponsorship Brigitta Schyns (Director) Lau Yin Yee (Connie)

Master of Urban Development & Design 2014-2015 Urbanisation & Urban Design Valparaíso | Cape Town | Penang | Sydney

MUDD20_folio Cover and inside cover v1.indd 1

Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia

Contact Professor James Weirick Director, Urban Development & Design program

Web: www.be.unsw.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: fbe@unsw.edu.au

Tel: +61 2 9385 4799 Email: j.weirick@unsw.edu.au Red Centre West Wing Faculty of Built Environment The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052, Australia www.be.unsw.edu.au

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