Online Form Submission
Title: Re: The Bays Precinct: Call for Great Ideas Details:
"The Bays Precinct represents a tremendous opportunity for Sydney. As previously noted in our submission of 10 July 2015, some of the opportunities that we have identified are further explored below.
1. Different Bays Precinct areas - Bays Waterfront Promenade, Bays Market District, White Bay Power Station, White Bay/Cruise Terminal, Rozelle Bay, Rozelle Rail Yards and Glebe Island could have specialisations, which could dramatically enhance both the liveability of the area and its appeal as a tourism/recreational destination.
By liveability, we suggest that these areas could provide both employment and housing, making the area one where people might choose to live and to work. This objective could be supported by all the other prerequisites to the establishment of a potentially self-sustaining community: childcare services, health services, green space and access to the harbour for recreational boating and fishing.
SSROC urges strongly that the whole area should be considered from this perspective, as well as achieving design excellence in areas within. As stated in our submission, the areas could be developed as follows:
• The Bays Market is already known for Sydney Fish Market and this should be reinforced. • Some precinct locations could be developed and with time targeted and positioned to assume regional, national and international fame for hi-tech, knowledge and research, corporate headquarters, small scale ‘bazaar’ type business and bargain prices.
• Other precincts could be known for environmentally efficient and friendly built environment, eco-friendly technology and products – retail and wholesale.
• Another precinct could be cultural precinct and flourish with Aboriginal, contemporary creative and performing art and reinforce CBD cultural economy.
2. There is a great opportunity to establish an indigenous cultural facility in the precinct. This
development would require separate, meaningful engagement with the Eora Nation and other Aboriginal nations in the Sydney metropolis. It could present our nation’s indigenous heritage as a tourism
destination, but above all it could promote reconciliation. It could create the opportunity for collaboration and participation, and for indigenous Australians to present their own history, culture and achievements.
A real indigenous icon within the metropolitan area, such as museum that tells the story of the Eora Nation and other Aboriginal Nations in the Sydney basin, should be given priority. The iconic initiative should take residents and visitors on a journey (in pictures, arts and other ways) that covers pre-settlement Indigenous Australia, colonial/coming of Europeans, present day Australia, reconciliation, Aboriginal struggles and celebration of achievements in past and contemporary Australia. There is an opportunity to create a truly iconic facility that could become a major international attraction, based on participation and the Aboriginal community and a celebration of their history, culture and achievements.
See, for example, http://moa.ubc.ca, http://www.aboriginalheritage.org/museum/ and some of the exhibits of the Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of NSW.
The building itself could be an architectural icon, incorporating elements of Aboriginal art, design and culture, which could be as notable a part of the Sydney iconography is as the Bridge and Opera House are today. The image below is of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Its striking architecture echoes the iconography of the first nations people of that part of Canada, and its interior is bright, spacious and
engaging. It is a major tourist attraction in the area.
There is also a huge opportunity to present the future of Sydney and the nation by the proactive
deployment of low-carbon emission technologies, and excellence in design for basic essential functions such as waste management. The existing former power station could be used to mount a substantial solar array, symbolising – but also realising – the future power of power generation. An energy-from-waste plant could also be used, signalling our city’s transition to the circular economy. It could be part of the former power station site, or it could be an architectural feature in its own right.
The image to the right is of Spittelau incineration plant, one of several plants in Vienna. This could be not just a symbol the future for waste management, but a real example of a community that generates minimal waste while maximising the benefits that can be achieved from the materials it consumes. The idea could be further enhanced (in accordance with NSW policy for energy-from-waste) by ensuring that urban design accommodates the necessary pre-cursors to energy-from waste
processing. That means urban design that accommodates collection of materials for recycling and of...PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHMENT FOR FULL SUBMISSION (exceeds word limit for web form)."
20 July 2015
To whom it may concern,
Re: The Bays Precinct: Call for Great Ideas
The Bays Precinct represents a tremendous opportunity for Sydney. As previously noted in our submission of 10 July 2015, some of the opportunities that we have identified are further explored below.
1. Different Bays Precinct areas - Bays Waterfront Promenade, Bays Market District, White Bay Power Station, White Bay/Cruise Terminal, Rozelle Bay, Rozelle Rail Yards and Glebe Island could have specialisations, which could dramatically enhance both the liveability of the area and its appeal as a tourism/recreational destination.
By liveability, we suggest that these areas could provide both employment and housing, making the area one where people might choose to live and to work. This objective could be supported by all the other prerequisites to the establishment of a potentially self-sustaining community: childcare services, health services, green space and access to the harbour for recreational boating and fishing.
SSROC urges strongly that the whole area should be considered from this perspective, as well as achieving design excellence in areas within.
As stated in our submission, the areas could be developed as follows:
• The Bays Market is already known for Sydney Fish Market and this should be reinforced.
• Some precinct locations could be developed and with time targeted and positioned to assume regional, national and international fame for hi-tech, knowledge and research, corporate headquarters, small scale ‘bazaar’ type business and bargain prices.
• Other precincts could be known for environmentally efficient and eco-friendly built environment, eco-friendly technology and products – retail and wholesale.
• Another precinct could be cultural precinct and flourish with Aboriginal, contemporary creative and performing art and reinforce CBD cultural economy.
2. There is a great opportunity to establish an indigenous cultural facility in the precinct. This development would require separate, meaningful engagement with the Eora Nation and other Aboriginal nations in the Sydney metropolis. It could present our nation’s indigenous heritage as a tourism destination, but above all it could promote reconciliation. It could create the opportunity for collaboration and participation, and for indigenous Australians to present their own history, culture and achievements.
A real indigenous icon within the metropolitan area, such as museum that tells the story of the Eora Nation and other Aboriginal Nations in the Sydney basin, should be given priority. The iconic initiative should take residents and visitors on a journey (in pictures, arts and
other ways) that covers pre-settlement Indigenous Australia, colonial/coming of Europeans, present day Australia, reconciliation, Aboriginal struggles and celebration of achievements in past and contemporary Australia. There is an opportunity to create a truly iconic facility that could become a major international attraction, based on participation and the Aboriginal community and a celebration of their history, culture and achievements.
See, for example, http://moa.ubc.ca, http://www.aboriginalheritage.org/museum/ and some of the exhibits of the Australian Museum and the Art Gallery of NSW.
The building itself could be an architectural icon, incorporating elements of Aboriginal art, design and culture, which could be as notable a part of the Sydney iconography is as the Bridge and Opera House are today. The image below is of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Its striking architecture echoes the iconography of the first nations people of that part of Canada, and its interior is bright, spacious and engaging. It is a major tourist attraction in the area.
Photo: moa.ubc.ca, accessed 20/7/15.
3. There is also a huge opportunity to present the future of Sydney and the nation by the proactive deployment of low-carbon emission technologies, and excellence in design for basic essential functions such as waste management. The existing former power station could be used to mount a substantial solar array, symbolising – but also realising – the future power of power generation. An energy-from-waste plant could also be used, signalling our city’s transition to the circular economy. It could be part of the former power station site, or it could be an architectural feature in its own right.
The image to the right is of Spittelau incineration plant, one of several plants in Vienna.
This could be not just a symbol the future for waste management, but a real example of a community that generates minimal waste while maximising the benefits that can be achieved from the materials it consumes. The idea could be further enhanced (in accordance with NSW policy for energy-from-waste) by ensuring that urban design accommodates the necessary pre-cursors to energy-from-waste processing. That means urban design that
accommodates collection of materials for recycling and of bio-degradable materials for composting. Buildings should allow for garbage trucks to enter, pick up and exit without reversing: that means adequate height and space for this purpose. Garbage chutes can be installed within buildings and even on the street, when a new development such as this permits for these features to be built in.
Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Waste-to-energy Uploaded by Gralo~commonswiki 12/10/06
SSROC greatly appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the call for great ideas, fully supports this approach. I hope that you will find the above ideas a useful contribution, and I would be happy to discuss them further and to participate further the design process.
Yours faithfully,
Namoi Dougall General Manager
