Cultural Places and Spaces 2036

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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 . 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- 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 , 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 , 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 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 , 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.

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CONNECTIVE CITY 2036 LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT | For exhibition not Council policy 79 Retain community facilities but make Community facilities also support residents The City’s large RSL and sports clubs, including Low cost, leasable office space for not-for- them work harder experiencing disadvantage by providing Bankstown Sports Club, already provide for the profits will help community service providers to a physical location for local services and community; we will consider opportunities to provide services. We will explore opportunities Several legacy community facilities reflect programs. For example, the City includes harness further capacity through partnership to temporarily lease under-utilised spaces to service provision models that are no longer several migrant resource centres and youth arrangements. community service providers as they become current, such as early childhood health clinics, centres. established. senior citizens’ centres and scout and guide Facilities for a culturally diverse halls. Other facilities are based on historic Other organisations in the City provide spaces community Flexible, adaptable spaces patterns of development and suburban delivery for hire, such as sports clubs and RSL Clubs. Cultural places and spaces strengthen social More flexible and adaptable spaces in existing models which are no longer fit for purpose – Council will also continue to provide affordable connections between people of diverse local facilities would meet contemporary for example, some facilities are isolated from and accessible spaces that include all cultures, and foster a thriving, dynamic and provision models that cater to a range of public transport but have large parking areas. community members, regardless of income. welcoming community. Community facilities community needs. Some of these facilities are under-utilised, Leisure and aquatic infrastructure provide spaces for local programs and of varying quality, and create maintenance, Community space should be flexible to services, English language classes, cultural and renewal and planning challenges. Trends in the use of leisure and aquatic facilities changes in ways of living and working within the show that many now incorporate other uses, community groups – as well as informal meeting community. The need for multipurpose spaces Enhance the effectiveness of existing such as allied health services to create spaces and events that enable residents to should be balanced with the need for purpose- facilities health and fitness hubs, or cafes and social build community and place-based connections. built spaces for specific uses such as galleries spaces. The use of new technologies assists and exhibition spaces. Through new operating models such as with access to spaces and programming, partnering with community based organisations Recognising these facilities as part of a and there are opportunities for centres to be Cultural and creative facilities also showcase to manage some facilities and services network will recognise the relative strengths multipurpose, including other types of spaces and celebrate the diversity of the community. (e.g. youth services group) could be given of particular facilities to avoid duplication that the community can use. Existing facilities in the City that reflect the management responsibilities in exchange for cultural richness of the community include of services while making a range of spaces facilities. As the community grows there will be shifts in women’s rest centres and health centres. available. participation in recreation and leisure activities There may be temporary and low impact Other facilities are frequently booked by that may require a shift in Council’s role and Greater understanding and recognition activations that will activate facilities at limited prayer groups and other religious and cultural provision of infrastructure. In some cases, we of our indigenous cultural places and cost to Council, such as co-working spaces. organisations. will broaden the flexibility of certain facilities, spaces across the City or better integrate them with their surroundings; Community facilities will need to continue to Improve prosperity and equity through Council acknowledges the prior occupation of in other cases we may be transitioning the use be inclusive of all people, as well as culturally investment priorities the land by the Darug and the Eora peoples and to better reflect current participation in certain sensitive, to encourage the social and civic will seek opportunities to recognise Aboriginal Cultural places and spaces support social sporting codes or other trends. participation of all residents. Facilities help inclusion and equity by providing accessible, to build cross-cultural and intergenerational and Torres Strait Islander heritage through affordable facilities, places and services. The As with community infrastructure, many understanding and trust, as well as individual physical features of the City and by supporting City’s network of community facilities includes facilities will be getting to the end of their and community wellbeing. community cultural activities. In a spatial affordable early childhood education and care usable life and new facilities, or consolidated context this is about understanding indigenous Affordable spaces for community services, facilities and programs for young facilities elsewhere, will be investigated. story lines across the City, the significance of people and older people, opportunities for services providers physical elements - rivers, landforms, sites Partnerships with other providers of conflict, sites of recognition - reflecting education and lifelong learning (including in As commercial rents increase in association the cultural memory of the landscape and the Council’s libraries) and access to technology The City’s many schools offer opportunities for with new development and renewal and us to collaborate with agencies like the NSW history of our first peoples. Community facilities act as catalysts for revitalisation of local centres, there is a risk Department of Education and local private that existing community services could be Council commits to a greater understanding and local economic development, creativity schools to increase access to school facilities and enterprise by providing work spaces displaced. The City includes a relatively recognition of our indigenous cultural places – in particular meeting spaces, arts and cultural high proportion of people who experience and spaces across the City and will develop a that support emerging businesses. There facilities and open space and sporting facilities. may be opportunities to develop economic disadvantage, as well as a high number of City-wide Indigenous Cultural Heritage Study development spaces linked to enterprise We have established an effective working recently arrived immigrants and refugees. These that will inform the New Planning Framework corridors and economic centres throughout the relationship with the NSW Department of people require community services, which in and future reviews of Connective City 2036. City – for example, co-working spaces, maker- Education to deliver joint and shared use turn require affordable floor space. spaces and social enterprise start-up hubs. projects across the City (e.g. Other facilities, such as libraries, could be used Neighbourhood Centre). This work provides a by local entrepreneurs as workspaces, or for foundation for future opportunities. Places and spaces will allow for understanding, meetings. expression and recognition of Aboriginal cultural heritage.

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SOUTH DISTRICT PRIORITY ACTIONS CBCITY2028 PLAN COLLABORATION RESPONSIBILITY TIME FRAME

Deliver metropolitan-scale cultural Investigate feasibility and location of a new metropolitan scale cultural GSC, CreateNSW, GSC spaces and places in Bankstown City facility in the Bankstown CBD as part of the Bankstown Collaboration process Sydney Metro, TfNSW, Centre Sydney Water, DPIE

Deliver metropolitan-scale cultural Community engagement informs the development of new cultural places and GSC, CreateNSW, CBC spaces and places in Campsie Town spaces in strategic centres Sydney Metro, TfNSW, Centre Sydney Water, DPIE

Provide inspiring and city defining New metropolitan-scale cultural places and spaces are well-funded and CreateNSW CBC cultural places and spaces subject of an integrated design review process

METROPOLITAN Integrate the community’s individuality Community engagement informs the development of new cultural places and CBC to create welcoming and culturally spaces in strategic centres appropriate places and spaces

Commit to greater understanding and Develop and deliver a City–wide indigenous cultural heritage study CreateNSW, CBC recognition our Indigenous Cultural Metropolitan Land Places and Spaces across the City Councils

Match community infrastructure size Community infrastructure provision to be informed by agreed centres DPIE CBC and type with centre size and type hierarchy and any place-based plans developed for centres

Provide a diverse range of sizes and Develop a network approach to the provision of community infrastructure and DPIE CBC, DPIE types of community infrastructure services

Achieve a wide range of adaptable and Explore opportunities for multipurpose community infrastructure as part of CBC multi-functional places and spaces any community infrastructure strategic planning

Explore opportunities for infrastructure that meets triple bottom line CBC Achieve socially, environmentally and outcomes as part of any community infrastructure strategic planning economically sustainable infrastructure

Advocate for and participate in the delivery of joint-use and shared facilities DoE, Office of Sport, CBC, DoE

CITY SHAPING Shape infrastructure by community with relevant agencies, departments and private sector stakeholders DPIE participation and partnerships

Evidence-based community infrastructure planning informs all place-based DoE, Office of Sport, CBC, DPIE Future proof community infrastructure plans, strategies or planning proposals. Develop a Community Facilities DPIE during planning and design phases Strategy that promotes flexible design and shared use.

Support temporary activation of Simplify processes for temporary uses on public and private land Sydney Trains CBC vacant or poorly-used community infrastructure

·· Delivery: By 2021 (0–2 years) By 2021 and 2024 (2–5 years) Beyond 2025 (more than 5 years) South District Plan Directions: Please refer to pages 13-15. CBCity2028 Transformations: Please refer to pages 13-15.

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