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Contemporary Urban Development in Australia

            
             This paper examines the proposal to redevelop an area in South Sydney against some general principles extracted from a selection of classic urban design theorists. The ACI site development is part of the largest redevelopment project in Australia at present, that is, the Green Square/South Sydney Growth Center. The overall project will revitalize 275 hectares of largely redundant industrial area spanning four South Sydney suburbs. This paper investigates the claim that the overall project will set new benchmarks in urban design and planning. Specifically it analyses the urban design principles underpinning the master plans for both the ACI site and the overall Green Square Draft Structural Master Plan against principles derived from some well known urban design theories.
             Initially, a set of principles for quality design is extracted from a review of the work of a range of urban design and planning theorists including Camillo Sitte, Christopher Alexander, Jane Jacobs, William Whyte, Alan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard. The second part of the paper examines the urban design aspects of the two selected master plans in the light of this set of principles. The paper concludes that there are encouraging aspects of the master plans that appear to be.
             consistent with classic urban design theory. However, there remain some overriding concerns that.
             could well undermine such positive elements. In particular there are some ingrained issues that.
             appear to characterise much of contemporary development for various reasons. The paper.
             isolates these issues in an effort to determine what is achievable in terms of urban design given.
             the realities of the current operation of the development industry.
             1.0 INTRODUCTION.
             The largest major redevelopment project currently being undertaken in Australia is the.
             redevelopment of the Green Square/South Sydney Growth Center. The project aims to revitalise.
             275 hectares of largely redundant industrial area with residential and commercial pockets in the.


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