Re-Imagining Urban Sites
In his presentation titled: “Reimagining urban sites,” American city-making architect Stan Eckstut focuses on the public domain and creation of iconic public spaces above architecture when designing large scale urban redevelopments.
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TRANSFORMING URBAN PLACES THROUGH ARTWORK INTERVENTION
With his Studio’s largest and most ambitious work to date completed in December 2023 at Rozelle Bay, we consider the impact of artist and architect Chris Fox’s vision on the urban realm in Sydney.
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Sydney Central Station Metro Upgrade: a new heart uplifts the urban realm
The Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade has unclogged the heart of the nation's busiest transport hub and delivered significant benefits to the wider city, says architect Troy Uleman.
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THE DRYING GREEN AT SYDNEY’S GREEN SQUARE – THE WORLD’S FIRST ECOLOGICAL ENGINE
This unique design of Australia’s most technologically advanced urban park, in an inner-city area of Sydney undergoing considerable densification, is based on ecological and origami principles.
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BRINGING AN URBAN DESIGN TO REALITY
The eminent American urban design and city planning educator, advisor and practitioner Jonathan Barnett addresses a central urban design issue – how to bring an urban design concept to reality.
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Envisioning a New Urban Future for Southern California
The case is made for a return to timeless principles of urban design, and for a paradigm shift that will allow genuine urban nodes to evolve in the existing stretches of suburban sprawl.
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Bring on the street colonnade
an historical survey presents the case for the street colonnade in New South Wales today as useful and valuable, not least because it is culturally embedded.
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Taronga Zoo – Nura Diya Exhibit
Set on Cammeraigal country, this unique urban and public space project is the latest in a series of major works completed at Taronga Zoo. The new exhibit will be adding to the rich history of the Zoo, as planned landscaped public space.
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Leveraging Sydney Central Station in the over-rail precinct
With a 24-hectare over rail deck set to create a a new precinct on the southern edge of the Sydney's CBD, Sydney Central Station should be hosting the party, not left at the door.
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QUAY QUARTER LANES – A CONTRIBUTION TO SYDNEY’S PUBLIC DOMAIN AND URBAN REVITALISATION
Building upon Sydney’s streets and laneways, an integrated pedestrian precinct and living environment of great charm and economic value has been developed behind Circular Quay. This unique city shaping project has been designed by a collaborative team as a complement to the massive new developments which surround it and that are changing the city skyline.
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