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Contemporary Urban Development in Australia

 


             2.2 The need to examine the urban design principles derived over time.
             The above principles or qualities have been derived over time, and are the culmination of the work.
             of many urban design theorists. According to Schurch (1999) neither a well developed body of.
             theory nor a core of practitioners has arisen in the urban design field despite numerous responses.
             which have come in "fits and spurts" to post war development. A focussed examination of how.
             well modern development complies with the qualities of successful urban spaces that have stood.
             the test of time, requires more than an application of the broad concepts noted above. In order to.
             determine a set of criteria for evaluating the quality of contemporary urban design, it is necessary.
             to examine the work of the better known theorists and practitioners on the topic. For this reason,.
             this paper presents a review of urban design principles that have evolved over time as the result of.
             different contributions of various theorists and practitioners.
             The following section presents the main principles of quality design of selected celebrated urban.
             design or city planning commentators including Camillo Sitte, Christopher Alexander, Jane Jacobs,.
             William Whyte and Allan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard. Some ideas are less than 10 years old,.
             others date back 30, 40 and in the case of Sitte, over 100 years, however all are considered.
             classic works that are still relevant and current at least by some commentators.
             The criteria established from this review will then be applied to the masterplans for both the ACI.
             site and the Green Square redevelopment area in South Sydney in order to analyse these.
             examples of contemporary development in terms of urban design quality.
             2.3 Camillo Sitte.
             Collins and Collins (1986, 20) suggest there are three milestones in the literature of the building of cities. These are the writings of Vitruvius (dating back to classical Roman times), Alberti (a.


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