Cultural Places and Spaces 2036 Bunjil Place- City of Casey, Victoria by Louis Mokak and Christine Phillips, FJMT Studio 76 CONNECTIVE CITY 2036 LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT | For exhibition not Council policy Evolution 7 Cultural Places and Spaces Connective City 2036 aims to build on the City’s attributes as one of the most diverse communities in Australia. Cultural places and spaces will service and Cultural places and spaces strengthen social connection between people of diverse cultures, and foster a thriving, dynamic and welcoming community. celebrate many cultures, languages, activities and A diversity of large, medium and small cultural places and spaces is needed to serve our growing community. age groups. A diverse range of large, medium and small cultural places and spaces will be established to meet community needs and enhance the lives of all people living and working in the City. This infrastructure is part of a broader network of community infrastructure that includes the Green and Blue Webs. CONNECTIVE CITY 2036 LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT | For exhibition not Council policy 77 Distinctive and valued cultural places and spaces that support social networks and encourage connection, community expression and healthy lifestyle choices are at the heart of Connective City 2036. PRIORITIES Deliver metropolitan, cultural spaces and places to support a future population of 500,000 Building on the City’s opportunities, Transformative metropolitan cultural places and spaces need to infrastructure Provide inspiring and City-defining cultural places meet not only community needs but Several pieces of metropolitan community Provide a diverse range of sizes and types of community also represent a range of different infrastructure have the potential to shape infrastructure. growth and place civic and community facilities sizes to provide the City’s population Match community infrastructure size and type with centre size & type. with the infrastructure required. at the heart of urban transformation. Integrate the community’s individuality to create welcoming and Connective City 2036 recognises three High quality, iconic community facilities will culturally appropriate places and spaces. scales of infrastructure: metropolitan, enhance a sense of place and community city-shaping and community- identity as an area transforms. Achieve a range of adaptable, multi-functional places and spaces. supporting: In Canterbury-Bankstown metropolitan Build socially, environmentally and economically sustainable infrastructure can include the following ideas this draws infrastructure. Metropolitan infrastructure: that are subject to further exploration and people from across Greater Sydney, providing investigation: Shape infrastructure by community participation unique experiences that entertain, inspire & partnerships and invite exploration of ideas and activities. · Improve the design quality of the proposed The design and setting of these places and new City and South West Metro. spaces takes people out of the everyday by · Expanding the role of the Bankstown Arts offering space for contemplation, expression, Centre, including a new gallery, to raise it to a connection and recreation. They can be stand- level commensurate with Bankstown’s role as alone or a cluster of spaces and places that a strategic centre; Indicators together provide a metropolitan destination. · Implementing the Bankstown Cultural Trail The Chapel Road Precinct provides a cluster 2019 2036 (identified in Bankstown Complete Streets). of cultural places and spaces that together will deliver metropolitan-scale community · Implementing the Blue Web Actions infrastructure. (Evolution 4); · Implementing the Green Web actions Metropolitan infrastructure identified by the (Evolution 5); Proportion of NSW Government, such as Belmore Stadium cultural places · Supporting key sporting facilities to enhance and Bankstown Velodrome, will be funded and and spaces that maintained by NSW Government. their use or transition to new uses where are multi-purpose, appropriate; accessible and meet community City-shaping infrastructure: is key to · Creating high quality public domain n/a 100% needs quality urban living. Investing in high quality improvements as part of the Chapel Road community facilities that enhance community Precinct, including public art; wellbeing will embed community needs and · Exploring shared facilities with education aspirations at the core of the City as it grows facilities in the Chapel Road Precinct; and changes. Integrating this infrastructure in precincts will occur in the Chapel Road Precinct · Developing a major new cultural precinct at and the Eastern Lifestyle and Medical Precinct. Campsie; and · Working with the Australian Government to Community-supporting infrastructure: relocate SBS to Canterbury-Bankstown. provides a focus for suburban and local The viability of these items is subject to further Community community activities and events. It provides infrastructure is investigation over the 20-year timeframe and spaces for small, local events and programs based on place- are not committed. 5 % that meet the social, educational, cultural and n/a based need and planning recreational needs of the community. Enhancing The City is host to the Dunc Gray Velodrome, the 100% the function of existing facilities will be a key only one of its type in NSW. It is important that opportunity, particularly for facilities in centres the NSW Government support Council in the identified for growth. upkeep of Metropolitan scale infrastructure to ensure they continue to play their important role Casa da Musica - Porto, Portugal by for sports, arts and culture in NSW. Philippe Ruault, OMA. Dynamic and imaginative and well constructed architecture improves sense of place and attractive civic places. Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com 78 CONNECTIVE CITY 2036 LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT | For exhibition not Council policy City-shaping infrastructure Focus on delivery in growth centres City-shaping social infrastructure involves and precincts to support sustainable planning in creative ways. Planning and growth delivering city-shaping infrastructure requires Improved uses of community, leisure and a nuanced understanding of contemporary aquatic infrastructure supports socially local social conditions and broader social sustainable growth in line with the demographic trends, such as the ageing population, rapid profile and population projected to be living digitisation and climate change. Recognising and working in the City’s 34 centres. that unexpected events and trends may emerge during the planning horizon, and providing Revitalisation of facilities as part of a holistic effective city-shaping infrastructure to make approach to urban renewal will maximise the room for these wildcard trends to thrive, will be value of the urban transformation in the Chapel a key part of Connective City 2036. Road Precinct and the Eastern Lifestyle and Medical Precinct. City-shaping infrastructure in Canterbury- Bankstown benefits and leverages the Many other centres already include existing coordinated investment and planning in community facilities that could be better precincts such as the Chapel Road Precinct and integrated into the urban fabric to enhance Eastern Lifestyle and Medical Precinct. character and activation, while diversifying the range of activities. Open space and community facilities need to be adaptable to events of various scales. Connective City 2036 includes investigation of the viability of the following high-level ideas Community-supporting infrastructure within the lifetime of this plan: Community-supporting infrastructure includes · Locations for cultural and creative integrated multipurpose facilities, local infrastructure within Campsie Town Centre; community halls and meeting spaces, district · Expanded and enhanced community facilities libraries, child care centres, and cultural and to build on vibrant centres that are already creative facilities. cultural destinations; and Although some of these facilities may be · High quality public domain, including public underutilised in the short and medium term, art, in the Eastern Lifestyle and Medical there is potential to explore transitional and Precinct and growth centres. pop-up uses that activate these facilities for The viability of these items is subject to further local communities, and to review their function investigation over the 20-year timeframe and use. and are not currently committed until further A high level supply and demand analysis investigation into detailed viability is carried completed to inform Connective City 2036 out. suggests that to ensure an equitable and The City is host to key city-shaping accessible spread of community-supporting infrastructure, such as Belmore Sports Ground, infrastructure, each catchment area should a 10,000 seat capacity rectangular stadium, have at least one integrated multipurpose and Memorial Oval, a premium cricket oval. facility; community spaces within local These facilities play important roles in attracting community centres or as part of other people to the City, but also in activating development; access to district or higher level libraries; and access to cultural and creative surrounding centres. facilities. The analysis provided the following directions that will be examined in more detail as places grow and change. Arab World Institute - Paris, France by Jean Nouvel. Double skin buildings improve sustainable design and