RESIDENTIAL

BELLVISTA ESTATE STAGES 3 & 4

Innovative integration of ‘engineered landscape’ solutions to achieve cost-effective WSUD within a residential neighbourhood estate in the context of an extremely flat coastal plain and catchment environment. 

Landscape Principles in Practice:

• Value Our Landscape:  Design employs an appreciation of the value of landscape to inform and enhance urban stormwater management solutions within a traditionally ‘difficult’ development context.
• Protect – Enhance – Regenerate:  Decision-making hierarchy based on protection of natural water systems, integration of stormwater treatment into the landscape, protection of water quality, reducing runoff and peak flows & adding functional landscape value while minimizing development costs.
• Design with Respect: Design driven by desire to respect existing landscape structure and values in order to devise sustainable solutions to stormwater management. This approach underpins an integrated design process taking into account urban planning, traffic management, pedestrian and landscape design considerations. 
• Design for the Future:  Design proposes new approaches to sustainable stormwater management for landscapes, demonstrating how central landscape systems such as hydrology can inform and enhance urban design from the outset, rather than functioning as an ‘add on’.
• Embrace Responsive Design:  Collaborative approaches between researchers, local government, and community expand potential for innovation in improved landscape design and management techniques. Ongoing education & research on the value of healthy hydrological systems builds environmental connectivity at a local and broader landscape scale.

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