5.0 DETAILED ELEMENTS
105 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT One of the aims of the UDLS is to This section includes guidance on the establish a standard palette of Urban following Urban Elements: Elements and materials. These are ▪▪ Street trees; intended as a guide to inform the intended quality and character. ▪▪ Park trees; The materials for the public realm ▪▪ Vegetation; of the Stirling City Centre have been ▪▪ Surface treatments; considered in a holistic manner in order to achieve a cohesive and ▪▪ Street furniture; consistent public realm. ▪▪ Footpath alfresco areas; Materials and finishes have been ▪▪ Public art; and chosen to reflect and support ▪ the broad identity of a city, while ▪ Features - playgrounds and water strengthening the individual identity features. of each Character Precinct. They assist in providing clear, simple, legible streets and safe, robust, high quality and unique public spaces. While the general arrangement of each street and open space typology varies, they typically have similar components. This section of the UDLS is to be used as a reference when designing Urban Elements of the Stirling City Centre. It provides a rationale and design intent to support the material selection.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 106 Indicative Structure Street Tree Species List
Locally Native Native Deciduous Eucalyptus gomphocephala Agonis flexuosa Celtis australis Angophora costata Fraxinus excelsior Brachychiton populneus Fraxinus raywoodii Casuarina obesa Gleditsia tricanthos (Shademaster) Corymbia citriodora Jacaranda mimosifolia Corymbia maculata Liquidambar formosana Eucalyptus kondininensis Liquidambar styraciflua Eucalyptus patens Platanus orientalis var insularis Eucalyptus spathulata Ulmus parvifolia Melaleuca quinquenervia
Indicative Accent Trees and Group Planting Species List
Locally Native Native Deciduous Allocasuarina fraseriana Agonis flexuosa (Burgundy) Lagerstroemia indica Banksia attenuata Melaleuca styphelioides Pyrus calleryana cultivars Banksia grandis Corymbia ficifolia Sapium sebiferum Banksia littoralis Hakea laurina Robinia pseudoacacia (Frisia) Corymbia calophylla Banksia prionotes Eucalyptus marginata Eucalyptus cornuta Eucalyptus todtiana Melaleuca preissiana Melaleuca raphiophylla
Indicative Gateway Trees Species List
Locally Native Native
Eucalyptus gomphocephala Ficus hillli Ficus rubiginosa
Indicative Urban Place Street Trees Species List
Structure Tree
Platanus acerfolia
Note: All trees within Biophilic Precinct to be locally native or native evergreen. Exotic species should be used sparingly. Careful consideration should be given to certain species within an urban environment. Refer to section Considerations for Tree/Vegetation Selection for further details.
107 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 5.1 VEGETATION STREET TREES
Aims Street Tree Types ▪▪ Achieve 100% shade cover on ▪▪ Structure Trees - Dominant tree in footpaths - species and spacing; the street planted uniformly along the streets entire length; ▪▪ Ensure reliability and suitability for urban environments; ▪▪ Accent and Group Trees - Secondary tree planting which is ▪▪ Increase level of natural used to reinforce special street biodiversity; characteristics, functions or ▪▪ Reinforce the identity and story identity; and line of Stirling; ▪▪ Gateway Trees - Large focal point ▪▪ Respond to function trees planted at the key entries requirements - passive solar, into the City Centre. biophilic, water; and ▪▪ Reduce impact of the built form.
Angophora costata Agonis flexuosa Eucalyptus spathulata Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Platanus acerifolia Ulmus parvifolia Liquidambar styraciflua Jacaranda mimosifolia
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 108 Indicative Park Trees Species List
Locally Native Native Exotic Allocasuarina fraseriana Agonis flexuosa Fraxinus excelsior Banksia attenuata Angophora costata Fraxinus raywoodii Banksia grandis Brachychiton populneus Gleditsia tricanthos Banksia littoralis Casuarina obesa Jacaranda mimosifolia Corymbia calophylla Corymbia citriodora Liquidambar formosana Eucalyptus marginata Corymbia maculata Liquidambar styraciflua Eucalyptus gomphocephala Eucalyptus kondininensis Ulmus parvifolia Eucalyptus rudis subsp. rudis Eucalyptus patens Eucalyptus todtiana Eucalyptus spathulata Melaleuca preissiana Melaleuca quinquenervia Melaleuca rhaphiophylla
Note: All trees and planting within Biophilic Precinct to be locally native or native evergreen, with the exception of community and footpath gardens. Exotic species should be used sparingly. Careful consideration should be given to certain species within an urban environment. Refer to section Considerations for Tree/Vegetation Selection for further details.
Ficus carica Morus sp. Persea americana Olea europea Mulberry
109 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT PARK TREES
Aims ▪▪ Achieve good shade cover - species and spacing; ▪▪ Ensure reliability and suitability for urban environments; ▪▪ Enhance biodiversity and priotise use of locally native species; ▪▪ Encourage food production; ▪▪ Reinforce the identity and storyline of the Precincts; ▪▪ Create community landmarks; ▪▪ Respond to function requirements - passive solar, biophilic, water; ▪▪ Improve local micro climate; ▪▪ Grow large canopy trees; and ▪▪ Enhance the beauty of the area.
Trees in the Parks act as landmarks, enhance biodiversity and provide shade.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 110 WSUD Bioretention Swales
Shrubs Herbs Rushes and sedges Eutaxia virgata Dampiera linearis Baumea juncea Eremaea pauciflora Dianella revoluta Meeboldina roycei Euchilopsis linearis Patersonia occidentalis Meeboldina cana Eutaxia virgata Meeboldina coangustata Gastrolobium celsianum Meeboldina diffusus Hakea varia Chaetanthus aristatus Hypocalymma angustifolium Hypolaena exsulca Hypocalymma robustum Schoenoplectus validus Melaleuca lateritia Melaleuca teretifolia Melaleuca viminea Pericalymma ellipticum Regelia ciliata Regelia inops Scholtzia involucrata Taxandria linearifolia
Community and Footpath Gardens
Trees Herbs Vegetables Citrus sp. (Lime, orange, lemon, Thymus vulgaris Salad plants mandarin) Origanum vulgare Brassica sp. (Tuscan Cabbage, Kale) Ficus carica Ocimum basilicum Allium Sativum Morus sp. (Mulberry) Spinacia oleracea Persea americana Olea europea Carica papaya
Urban Planting
Shrubs Strappy Plants Groundcovers Adenanthos cuneatus Anigozanthos flavidus (hyrbrids) Grevillea obtusifolia Scaevola sp. Dianella revoluta Eremophila glabra Grevillea preissii (varieties) Dianella caerulea Kennedia prostrata Lomandra longifolia Trachelospermum jasminoides Juncus kraussii
Note: All trees and planting within Biophilic Precinct to be locally native or native evergreen, with the exception of community and footpath gardens. Exotic species should be used sparingly. Careful consideration should be given to certain species within an urban environment. Refer to section Considerations for Tree/Vegetation Selection for further details.
111 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT ADDITIONAL VEGETATION
Aims Vegetation Types ▪▪ Low water use ▪▪ Bioretention / Bioinfiltration Swales - Vegetated swales that ▪▪ Easy maintenance; provide efficient treatment of ▪▪ Ensure reliability and suitability stormwater. They are designed to for urban environments; convey stormwater and provide ▪▪ Increase natural biodiversity; water quality improvement prior to entering the Urban Stream. ▪▪ Encourage food production; ▪▪ Community and Footpath ▪▪ Reinforce the identity and Gardens - Verges or nature strips storyline of the Precincts; can be used for food production ▪▪ Respond to function and communal gardening. requirements - passive solar, Footpath gardens are managed biophilic, water; and by individuals or the local community. ▪▪ Respond to CPTED principles. ▪▪ Urban Planting - Low
maintenance and low water use garden beds with high level of uniformity. ▪▪ Native Seasonal Planting - Locally native seasonal planting should be considered as part of the place activation of the Urban Place Streets, Destinations and Gateways. It includes temporary installations of flowering plants in planters and road medians to brighten the city scape.
Seasonal planting to activate the streets Biofiltration swale in the streetscape Community Verge Garden
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 112 113 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT CONSIDERATIONS FOR TREE/ VEGETATION SELECTION
A primary aim for the Stirling City Species of note are as follows: Centre is to enhance biodiversity and Street Trees Gateway Trees create ecological corridors. Whilst a mix of native and exotic plants are ▪▪ Eucalyptus and Corymbia species ▪▪ Ficus species have invasive nominated within the strategy, exotic require regular tree health checks root structures (which can lift species should be used sparingly with as some species are prone to concrete and potentially damage locally endemic and native species shed limbs, hence are a potential pipework etc.), root barriers given priority. General considerations risk to public and infrastructure if should be considered to protect in selection include: not maintained well; infrastructure; and ▪▪ Ongoing checks for tree health ▪▪ Character precinct contribution; ▪▪ Jacaranda mimosifolia, once mature produce large amount and to prune out dead wood will ▪▪ Biodiversity contribution; of flowers, which when falling be required. ▪▪ Irrigation needs; can cause slip hazards, regular cleaning of walkways are required Fruiting Trees ▪▪ Soil preparation; in late October to November; ▪▪ Spatial restrictions (above and ▪▪ Platanus acerfolia, keep number ▪▪ Consider fruiting trees and below ground); of trees low as pollen can their impact (e.g. fruits staining footpaths, larger fruit may ▪ cause both physical and allergic ▪ Requirements for maintaining cause a trip hazard, fallen fruit tree health; and reactions; and ▪▪ Agonis flexuosa is very slow may attract vermin) therefore ▪▪ Contribution to minimising growing and advanced trees planting in wide garden beds maintenance. need to selected for planting for and in areas where management responsibilities are sustainable is Consideration should be given to impact. recommended; the use of certain species which ▪▪ Olea europea will seed into have known impacts that can Accent Trees adjacent garden areas and be detrimental within an urban handweeding or spot spraying environment (i.e. damage to paving, ▪▪ Banksias, establishment can be is required once plants start to infrastructure, dropping of limbs, slip difficult, plant specific soil types produce fruit; and hazards, allergies) if not correctly must be provided to promote ▪▪ Consider planting sterile fruit installed, maintained or managed. plant establishment and growth. Banksias often fall over after trees. two years if soils conditions are not suitable. Plant banksias in Urban and seasonal plantings clumps of 3 to 5m apart and ▪▪ Height restrictions (must not selecting feature trees after 2 to exceed 500mm) 3 years; and ▪▪ Robinia pseudoacacia, these trees form runners, root barriers are imperative if selected.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 114 ush concrete ush concrete kerb property boundary property boundary property driveway header course header Urbanstone Golden Gunmetal Precast kerb transition Concrete Unit Paver used in pedestrian path a streetscape ush concrete kerb ush concrete
Finish
Honed Milled Shortblast Urbanstone Golden Gunmetal Precast Concrete Unit Paver
Example of Kerb Type 1 and Flush kerb
Main Pavement Type 1 Rectangular format (600x300) exposed aggregate concrete unit paver with shot blast finish
Kerb Type 1 In situ concrete charcoal colour kerb with 300 wide x 150 deep profile (to match granite kerb)
Rectangular format (200x300) exposed aggregate concrete unit paver with shot blast finish
Flush Kerb
Figure 47: Indicative arrangement of materials
115 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 5.2 SURFACE TREATMENTS
Aims Pavements ▪▪ Reinforce the identity and story Main Pavement Type 1 Tactile Indicators line of the Precincts; Location: All streets except Urban Provide tactile ground surface ▪▪ Easy to maintain and install; Place Streets and Destinations indicators (TGSIs) in accordance with ▪▪ Readily available - preferably Rectangular format (600x300) Australian Standards (refer AS/NZS locally manufactured; exposed aggregate concrete unit 1428.4:2002). ▪▪ Represents value for money; paver with shot blast finish. Charcoal Preference is for tactile indicators to colour with 5mm diameter bluestone be laid in modular units. ▪▪ High quality; and rainbow quartz aggregate mix. Permeable Pavements ▪▪ Meets Australian Standards (slip Suggested Product: Urbanstone Provide in accordance with water resistance); ‘Golden Gunmetal’ management plan requirements. ▪▪ Consistency across the City Materials should be reflective of the Centre; Main Pavement Type 2 street type and precinct. ▪▪ Assist with sustainability - reduce Location: Urban Place Streets and Kerbs urban heat - light coloured, Destinations permeability; and Rectangular (600x300) format Kerb Type 1 ▪▪ Recycled component. exposed aggregate concrete unit Location: Urban Place Streets paver with milled finish. Charcoal In situ concrete charcoal colour kerb colour with 5mm diameter bluestone with 300 wide x 150 deep profile (to Management requirements and rainbow quartz aggregate mix. match granite kerb) ▪▪ Safety requirements (slip rating); Suggested Product: Urbanstone ▪▪ Commercial grade; ‘Golden Gunmetal’ Kerb Type 2 ▪▪ Ground preparation (trafficable); In situ natural grey concrete with semi Main Pavement Type 3 and mountable profile Location: Community Streets ▪▪ Not permitting non-standard In situ natural concrete with broom footpath surfacing and furniture Flush kerb finish outcomes on the public footway, In situ concrete 300mm wide, colour such as the continuation of to match other kerbs. Note: For trafficable areas around materials used on the adjacent destinations, insitu concrete Car Bays private property. surfacing to match paving should be Car bay Pavement Type 1 considered. Grates and covers Location: Urban Place Streets and Accent Paving City Precinct In the City Precinct service access Rectangular format (300x200) covers should be located beneath the Location: Urban Place Streets and exposed aggregate concrete unit paving material and marked by an Destinations paver with shot blast finish. Charcoal appropriate logo set into the paving Unit pavers reflective the street type colour with 5mm diameter bluestone and precinct. Suitable materials and rainbow quartz aggregate mix. include: ▪▪ Granite Cobbles; Car bay Pavement Type 2 ▪▪ Solid Bricks; and Location: All streets except Urban ▪▪ In situ coloured concrete Place Streets patterned and milled finish. Lateritic red asphalt NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 116 Urban Edge Batten Seat URB: SAT B332
Urban Edge Batten Seat URB: SAT B300W Custom Tree grate with integrated WSUD By Heine Jones
Cora Stainless Steel Bike Rail Street Furniture Australia Arqua Drinking Station
117 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 5.3 STREET FURNITURE RANGE
A uniform suite of street furniture Seating Rubbish Bin Enclosure is recommend for the Stirling City There are 3 suitable seat types: The design of the rubbish bin Centre. Elements include: enclosure should: Seating, rubbish bin enclosure, tree ▪▪ Seat with arms and back; grate, drinking fountain, bicycle rack, ▪▪ Be simple and discreet; and pole lighting . ▪▪ Seat with back; and ▪▪ Have dual bins for general waste ▪▪ Bench (no arms or back). Aims and recycle waste; ▪▪ Be located at regular intervals ▪▪ Well designed, robust and The seat should: along main pedestrian routes functional; and at major hubs (parks and ▪▪ Adds to the City’s identity; ▪▪ Be robust, comfortable and have square); a generous length; ▪▪ Contemporary design; ▪▪ Have a top to restrict access by ▪▪ Provides improved public amenity ▪▪ Have a contoured timber surface birds; and and comfort; ▪▪ Be sub surface fixing with ▪▪ Fit 120L sulo bin. ▪▪ Located to eliminate clutter and allowance to cater for uneven not encroach into pedestrian surfaces; Suggested Product: Cox Urban paths of travel ▪▪ Have a powder coated cast Furniture, Urban Edge Range, aluminium frame or stainless ▪▪ Allows for universal access; Enclosure EWL 121. steel frame; and ▪▪ Responds to different demographics (children and ▪▪ Have hardwood timber slates Rubbish bins should be emptied on a elderly); (sourced from plantation or regular basis to maintain a well cared sustainably harvested) or ▪▪ Constructed from durable for public realm. recycled HDPE plastic slats. materials and has longevity; ▪▪ Easy to maintain, clean, repair or Bike Racks replace; and Suggested Product: Cox Urban Furniture, Urban Edge Range, 3 Bike racks should be located ▪▪ Locally manufactured; and person Batten Seat. throughout the public realm in ▪▪ Cost effective and value for accordance with Australian Standard money. AS 2890.3 – 1993. The design should:
▪▪ Constructed of 316 grade stainless steel; and ▪▪ Be sub surface mounted.
Suggested Product: Cora Bike Parking Rail CBR2 or Urban Furniture, Urban Edge Range, BCR 201.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 118 Catenary lights as public art
Catenary lights in Urban Place Streets
Lighting as public art
Catenary lights Smart Pole with banners and lighting
119 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT Tree Grate Lighting
Tree grates will be integrated with LED options should be included. WSUD rain garden. Products should be investigated as Location: Urban Place Streets and Squares new technologies/products become available. The design of the tree grate should: Decorative Street Lighting ▪▪ Be designed to allow the Location: Urban Place Streets penetration of air and water to Multifunction pole that combines the soil; multiple street pole functions onto ▪▪ Minimise trip and slip hazards one designed structural urban and rubbish trapping properties; element. ▪▪ Be constructed from stainless steel or aluminium; and Accessories include:
▪▪ Incorporate public art and ▪▪ Banners; interpretation (eg. Maribyrnong City Council, Leeds Street, ▪▪ CCTV; Footscray by Heine Jones). ▪▪ Street signs; ▪▪ Traffic lights; and Drink Water Fountains ▪▪ Catenary lights. Drink fountains and water filling poles Suggested Product: Hub multifunction should: smart pole. Aluminium finish. ▪▪ Be located along main pedestrian routes and at major hubs; and Pedestrian Lighting ▪▪ Be accessible for people in Pedestrian scale pole (4 - 6m ) with wheelchairs. reflector shade top which directs light downwards and prevents light from being emitted upwards and hidden Suggested Product: Street Furniture light source. Australia Arqua fountain DF4 and pole DF 7.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 120 121 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 5.4 PUBLIC ART
A public art programme should be aligned with the development of the Stirling City Centre public realm to contribute to creating a vibrant and creative city.
Aims ▪▪ Embed public art into the fabric ▪▪ Support the local art culture by of the city including the public commissioning local artists and realm and architecture; community art projects ▪▪ Use public art to reflect Stirling’s ▪▪ Activate public spaces with history, diverse communities, temporary art; environment, creativity and ▪▪ Promote high quality public art in innovation particularly towards major new developments; and creating a biophilic city; ▪▪ Explore different forms of art ▪▪ Recognise and celebrate including pavement design in aboriginal stories and heritage in squares and plazas, lighting public spaces, canopies, interactive water ▪▪ Provide opportunities for all features, temporary art as well as people to participate; more traditional forms such as sculpture and murals. ▪▪ Create unique experiences that are universally accessible to all This strategy should be read in people; conjunction with the City of Stirling Public Art Strategy. ▪▪ Use public art to inspire creativity, make places vibrant and the pedestrian experience more enjoyable;
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 122 5.5 PLAYGROUNDS AND YOUTH ACTIVITY AREAS 5.6 WATER FEATURES 5.7 INTERPRETATION
Playgrounds and Youth Areas are Water is a central theme of the Interpretive signage should be used highly valued facilities that are Stirling City Centre identity, with to communicate significant cultural accessible to the whole community. the Urban Stream forming a main and environmental stories of Stirling A range of recreational facilities focus. Opportunities should be City Centre. Interpretation should including skate parks, playgrounds, explored to express and interpret be focused along the Urban Stream and hard courts will be provided water throughout the public realm, corridor and extend into the Biophilic within the open space throughout in particular within the Biophilic streets. Stirling City Centre relative to the Precinct. typologies described in Section 4. Aims Aims ▪▪ Interpretation should be Aims ▪▪ Locate water features in key integrated sensitively into the ▪▪ Provide local residents and destinations in the City Centre; public realm and can include visitors with safe, age appropriate signage, pavement design and ▪▪ Use harvested rainwater and recreational space that meet the sculptural elements. stormwater for water features; relevant Australian Standards; ▪▪ Ensure water is treated to ▪▪ Ensure local neighbourhoods appropriate Department of health have access to playground and standards dependent on the fitness equipment within easy nature of the water feature and walking distance to their home; the level of human contact; ▪▪ Design playgrounds that meet ▪▪ Provide a variety of water features future needs of the community; including interactive water, and ephemeral water and reflective ▪▪ Provide recreational facilities that ponds designed to relate to the will improve physical fitness of function of the destinations and children and youth. its precinct; and A detailed City of Stirling Skate and ▪▪ Use water features to ameliorate BMX Facility Strategy (Convic 2013) the microclimate. has recently been completed and should be read in conjunction with the UDLS.
Playgrounds should be safe, age appropriate and support the needs of the whole family.
123 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT Interpretation of the Urban Stream and the Biophilic Precinct should be integrated into children’s play experience to make learning fun
Water Feature can use rain water harvested from adjoining buildings. Rouse Hill Town Centre
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 124 6.0 IMPLEMENTATION
125 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT High levels of amenity, accessibility This section discusses the role of the and activation are critical to ensuring UDLS in future planning processes, the Stirling City Centre becomes a and key issues to be addressed to highly desirable location for residents, enable the principles and strategies businesses and their employees. A to be achieved. key contribution to achieving this will be provided by the public realm Potential short term implementation options are also included to ensure The UDLS describes a range of that project momentum and principles and strategies to achieve community confidence is built and these outcomes and ensures public maintained whilst the City Centre open space provision: develops over the anticipated 40 to 60 year time frame. ▪▪ Offers quality experiences, is visually appealing, is accessible, provides diversity of choice, is functional and appropriately located, has an appropriate amenity level; and ▪▪ Is sufficient to meet the end user demands and expectations relating to quality of POS and provision of various sporting, recreational and leisure amenities.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 126 6.1 ROLE OF THE UDLS ▪▪ The Structure Plan will provide WITHIN FUTURE PLANNING guidance on provisions pertaining PROCESSES to road reserves and Public Open Space (POS). The respective Provisions for making of an LDP’s prepared for the precincts Improvement Scheme are provided will provide a much greater level for in the amendment to Improvement of detail. In each case, these Plan 36 which applies to the Stirling provisions will be guided by the City Centre. The purpose of the UDLS; Improvement Scheme as outlined in ▪▪ The LDP’s will be closely the Planning Integration Workshop 1 informed by the UDLS in respect Agenda (Stirling Alliance 2013) is to to provisions applying to road “...enable urban renewal by applying reserve (including paving, road various planning principles that, and footpath widths, street trees, amongst other things, guide future furniture, etc) and POS (including land use development, funding use of parks and selection of arrangements and infrastructure species).; provision in an orderly manner.” ▪▪ The UDLS will be a reference The intention of the Stirling Alliance is document in the Improvement to revise the current Draft Structure Scheme; Plan (Stirling Alliance 2011) to ▪▪ The Improvement Scheme will reflect the proposed changes to key pursue developer contributions structural elements that have arisen and the details will be determined since its advertising in 2011. in the LDPs. The UDLS will help inform this process; and The UDLS will be a key report referenced in the revised document ▪▪ The Improvement Scheme Map is and will inform both the development expected to reflect the proposed of the Improvement Scheme and allocation of parks and urban Local Development Plans (LDP’s) spaces proposed by the UDLS. prepared for individual precincts. The relationship between documents is as follows:
127 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 6.2 GOVERNANCE AND THE ASSET AND PLACE MANAGEMENT available information, technical IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ▪▪ The provision and management resolution and stakeholder input. UDLS of public and communal spaces by private sector (Town Square, The scope of these studies (inc. The Stirling Alliance has been charged Market Forecourt, Transit asset/risk management & delivery) with planning the development of Square); can be developed following further the Stirling City Centre as a ‘Strategic ▪▪ Co-location of community input from the stakeholder groups and Metropolitan Centre’ however the facilities within private clarification as to which opportunities State Government (nominally the developments with ownership are likely to be supported. WAPC at present) will take a lead to be within GFA (i.e. Library/ role in implementation together with community centre co-located with Central to the success of the UDLS is the City of Stirling (as the ultimate Town Square within Westfield); the ongoing synergies/communication custodian of the City Centre), relevant ▪▪ Co-sharing of public open space between the City of Stirling, state agencies, utility providers and between the City of Stirling and stakeholders, and the lead delivery developers. other government departments agency to ensure future plans, (i.e. sporting ovals, carparking programs and policies developed are Strategies within the UDLS rely on and courts); responsive to and supportive of the the re-purposing of land and the ▪▪ Co-sharing of resources between UDLS as the project evolves. co-ordination and co-operation of private and public properties (i.e. these groups to capitalise on the rainwater harvesting from private FUNDING “win-win”opportunities that the UDLS buildings supplying POS water Funding for the capital works presents. features and water play); (including land acquisition and ▪▪ Integration of recreational and seeding capital) required to Key issues to overcome include: leisure activities within the urban implement the strategies identified stream floodplain and within road will be sourced from a combination of: LAND ASSEMBLY reserves (Linear Park); ▪▪ Council revenue. ▪▪ Conversion of government land ▪▪ Non-standard surface treatments ▪▪ External funding and grants to public open space reserves (i.e. LRT reserve); from other State and Federal (Linear Park, Celebration Place, ▪▪ Augmentation of existing Government agencies. Station North District Park); streetscapes within established ▪▪ Developer contributions pursued ▪▪ Acquisition of private land for neighbourhoods (All Precincts); within the Stirling City Centre public open space (Northern & and Improvement Scheme. Osborne Precincts) and Public ▪▪ Ongoing coordination of place ▪▪ Public/Private funding Access Ways (Station, Southern activation strategies & programs. partnerships . Woodlands Precinct); and ▪▪ Consolidation of existing under- Given the above issues, further Obligations of each party will be utilised parks will require existing studies will be required to progress determined within future detailed reserves to be re-purposed (i.e. individual opportunities within the implementation planning. Odin, Croxton, Laga, Elton, Bajada UDLS as they have been formulated Reserve). on the basis of varying degrees of
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 128 “South Station Precinct” Project1 . Tassel’s Place Preferred Option Bu ild the v illage square south of th e freeway ramp with permanent infrastructure (including lift + or – escalators)
Figure 48: Station Precinct South
Figure 49: Stream Park North
129 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 6.3 STAGING
The realisation of the Stirling City CATALYST PROJECTS Centre is anticipated to occur over Short term catalyst projects which a 40-60 year time frame. The key achieve short-term “wins” are catalysts for the ultimate build-out important to building and maintaining of the City Centre are driven by the community and stakeholder provision of new access roads and the confidence and project momentum. remediation of the former Hertha tip These short term wins should be site. These are currently medium and reflective of the project vision and long term propositions respectively. where possible be used to implement some of the proposed public realm Stage 1 of the project will include experiences, test concepts and to a development of current vacant progress the building of the future government land. Initial conceptual community and forecasting future planning of the public realm within change. stage 1 has been completed and incorporates the principles and The Master Strategy Workshop strategies outlined within this provided initial direction on document. These conceptual what catalyst projects could be plans were tabled at the Master implemented in the short term (0-5 Strategy Workshop. These plans years), these included the following and associated outputs from the (Refer Figures 48 and 49) : Workshop are provided in Appendices 5, 6 and 7. ▪▪ Station Precinct South ▪▪ Stream Park-North (Sarich Court to Howe Street) ▪▪ Herdsman-Stirling Bike Link
Further detail of these projects can be found within Appendix 7.
Additional potential short term projects are provided on the following page.
NOVEMBER 2013 PLACE LABORATORY | SYRINX ENVIRONMENTAL PL 130 6.4 TEMPORARY USES ON VACANT LAND Create a series of changing events or community facilities on vacant government owned land.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
These could include playgrounds, BMX park, or pop-up sea container city (e.g. Christchurch, NZ). Activation projects of this type (such as “No Vacancy” in New York) have been successfully implemented (novacancyproject.wordpress.com).
URBAN FARM
Establish short term community garden on government land. Design the community garden to be mobile so it can be moved to another location in the future.
TEMPORARY NURSERY
This nursery could be used to propagate locally endemic plant and tree species identified in the UDLS for use within the Biophilic precinct (biophilic streets, urban stream, green bridges etc). This could potentially be a community managed operation.
COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTRE
Establish a mobile Stirling City Centre redevelopment project office in a high profile location within the city heart which can act as both a sales office, as well as providing community information on the project and as a hub for community events.
131 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT 6.5 INCREMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UDLS Demonstration projects and catalyst schemes which support the vision and enable testing ground for approaches and partnerships
DEMONSTRATION BIOPHILIC STREETS Upgrade select streets to reflect the biophilic street concept and implement monitoring programme to test the street typology’s success in improving micro- climate and ecological outcomes. Possible locations include Sarich Crt and Twyford Place.
ESTABLISHING ELLEN STIRLING BOULEVARD AS AN URBAN PLACE STREET
Plant Ellen Stirling Boulevard with colourful annuals, shade trees and edible plants to make it a special street that people would like to walk along. Banners and flags, catenary lighting to bring a human scale to the streets.
ESTABLISH A BIKE SHARE SYSTEM Bike hubs, easy bike share and complete a fully connected temp cycle path network through the Stirling City Centre.
PARTNER WITH IKEA / WESTFIELD
Establish a courtesy bus from Westfield to Ikea and the train station. Free home delivery of medium and large goods if you catch the train to Ikea / Westfield Ikea partnership with Department of Housing, government and private developers to make gains in affordability of apartments.
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▪▪ Liaison with stakeholders to generate interest, provide any clarification and agree on “win- win” outcomes with respect to individual and group initiatives; ▪▪ Selection of the lead delivery agency and formation of a steering committee and agreement on who will champion the overall strategy and individual initiatives or groups of initiatives; ▪▪ Scope the required studies to enable the implementation of a meaningful short term catalyst project within the next 5 years; ▪▪ Scope future studies and investigations required to progress the feasibility of medium and long term initiatives and develop a program of projects; and ▪▪ Develop appropriate asset management models, risk management models and delivery
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City of Stirling future needs / recommendations: Consider designing plazas and communal areas to integrate opportunities for recreation, leisure and social development. Classified Sportsground. No formal facilities 142,532 Existing Allocation : Hertha North Reserve exist. Natural Conservation City of Stirling Definition: The primary purpose of these areas is to support intact or rehabilitated examples of the local natural environment such as bushland, wetlands and coastal habitats. City of Stirling future needs/recommendations:/ Opportunities for natural landscape should be creatively incorporated into the design. Major Playground Herdsman Lake Regional City of Stirling Definition: Large signature reserve that are high recreational (formal and informal sport) leisure, social, environmental and tourism value. City of Stirling future needs/recommendations: Strategy should reference the closest regional reserve. District City of Stirling Definition: Large Reserves that provide for concurrent organised, formal sporting and recreation (passive leisure, and informal active) uses for the surrounding suburbs Size: 5 – 20 ha Catchment: 2km catchment City of Stirling future needs/recommendations: Recommend one district reserve with adequate dimension to allow at least one full size senior porting oval (185m x 155m oval) Co‐ location recommended City already at capacity Lake Gwelup Sportsgrounds/Major Playground Robinson reserve Sportsgrounds Richard Guelfi Sportsgrounds Community City of Stirling Definition: Parks that service recreational and social hub of a community Size: 0.5 – 5 ha Catchment: 800m walkable catchment City of Stirling future needs/recommendations: La Grange Dongara – increase its functionality, profile and visual amenity, local accessibility and amenity to enable it to assist in serving as one of the recreational and social focuses. Stirling Civic Garden – Improve reserves profile and functionality Stirling Civic Gardens 105,985 Regional Playground/Picnic/BBQ La Grange Dongara 27,700 Major Playground Local City of Stirling Definition: Small parkland that services the regular low key recreation needs of the community Size: 0.2 – 2 hectare Catchment: 400m walkable catchment City of Stirling future needs/recommendations: Min of 3 quality areas of local POS Parks must have no drainage function, be accessible all year round, have a flat area for relaxation and kicking a football Osborne Reserve 5,385 Small playground/shade Croxton Reserve 1,555 Laga Reserve 713 Elton Reserve 718 Bajada Reserve 1, 456 Odin Reserve 827 Hertha Place Reserve 3,648 Small playground/shade Hertha Geneff Reserve 3,157 Hertha Geneff Luba Reserve 4,026 Talia Reserve 16,233 Wetland Talbot Way Reserve 5,552 Total 318,031 143 STIRLING CITY CENTRE URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY REPORT