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Brisbane Foreshore Parklands Project
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Landscape Architect: City Design, Brisbane City Council
Location: Wynnum / Manly & Sandgate/ Shorncliffe. Brisbane, Queensland
Summary
The Brisbane Foreshore Parklands Project has been a major open space project for the Brisbane City Council. As part of Council’s 2004/05 budget, $24 million was dedicated to the rehabilitation of the foreshores in the suburbs of Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Wynnum and Manly.
The project by City Design was to undertake the master planning and preparation of the Project Concept Plan report.
The project aimed to develop quality landscape settings that realise the opportunities and constraints associated with the natural, cultural and built environments of the foreshore open space network. This included the creation of outdoor spaces responding to Brisbane’s subtropical living, promoting views to Moreton Bay, cultural interpretation of local context and opportunities for new and ongoing community events and festivals.
The brief for the master planning project was informed by consultation that considered all stakeholders and included the objectives of:
- optimising the recreation and amenity potential of foreshore parks for residents and visitors
- identification of the unique qualities of each of the foreshore landscapes and facilitating amplification through the design
- developing a clear planning and design intent that is able to be expressed across different sites and over the staged development
- establishing a framework for sustainability that runs through the project into implementation, utilisation and management.
Primary Planning Themes
Through the consultation the project team distilled seven key themes to guide and permeate the planning, consultation, design, delivery and performance of the project. They are:
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Community - Engage and strengthen the community. Be responsive to their needs and aspirations. Encourage ownership through community involvement in planning, design, management and performance monitoring of park facilities and use.
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Sustainability - Develop and demonstrate sustainable design outcomes in the project to enable education and experience.
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Site Context & Functionality - Ensure that the context provides a full range of recreational opportunities and that the design of the foreshore areas accommodates flexibility and variety in the planning and design of landscape spaces.
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Natural Environment - Retain, promote and build upon the natural environment ensuring biodiversity and user appreciation and education.
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Landscape Amenity - Ensure the preservation of a strong sense of place by providing a hierarchy of quality, comfort, meaning and flexibility in spaces and experiences. Respond to the diversity of users with a diversity of spaces and experiences.
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Accessibility - Provide convenient, safe and legible access for all wherever practical. Identify and promote urban linkages to public transport nodes, commercial centres, local parks and reserves.
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Recreation - Design for varied, accessible and balanced range of recreational opportunities and provide facilities and infrastructure to support these and allow for yet undetermined uses.
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Cultural Heritage - Protect, enhance and promote the cultural heritage of the area and build on existing values to express cultural literacy through planning and design initiatives. Promote education through interpretation, environmental / cultural celebration and recognition of local heritage.
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