Urban Design Framework

Urban Design Framework August 2021 Contents 1 Suburban Rail Loop 4 1.1 Our approach to urban design 5 2 Introduction 6 2.1 Why is urban design important? 6 2.2 Value outcomes 7 3 Purpose 8 3.1 Urban design documents 8 4 Background 10 4.1 SRL objectives 10 4.2 Precinct development principles 11 4.3 Policy context 12 5 Framework structure 13 6 Vision & urban design aspirations 14 7 Urban design principles & objectives 15 8 Precinct Ambitions 19 Cheltenham Precinct 20 Clayton Precinct 21 Monash Precinct 22 Glen Waverley Precinct 23 Burwood Precinct 24 Box Hill Precinct 25 9 Glossary 26 Appendices 27 Appendix A – Legislative and policy context 27 2 Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework Figure List Figure 1 – Surburban Rail Loop alignment 4 Figure 2 – Clayton Precinct 5 Figure 3 – How urban design works across different scales of a project 6 Figure 4 – Relationship between design decisions and costs over the life of a project 7 Figure 5 – Primary Suburban Rail Loop documents for urban design 8 Figure 6 – Glen Waverley Precinct 9 Figure 7 – Precinct Development Principles 11 Figure 8 – Monash University 12 Figure 9 – Framework structure 13 Figure 10 – Box Hill Precinct 14 Figure 11 – Burwood Precinct 15 Figure 12 – Monash Precinct 19 Acknowledgement Suburban Rail Loop Authority respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land and pays respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework 3 1 Suburban Rail Loop Suburban Rail Loop is a city and State-shaping project that will transform Victoria’s public transport system and support vibrant precincts across Melbourne. It includes a new rail link connecting key destinations across our suburbs and will deliver broad and long lasting social benefits for Victorians Suburban Rail Loop is a city and State-shaping The 90-kilometre Suburban Rail Loop will link project that will transform Victoria’s public transport every major rail line from the Frankston line to the system and support vibrant precincts across Werribee line, via the airport, better connecting Melbourne. It includes a new rail link connecting Victorians to jobs, retail, education, health services our middle suburbs and creating jobs, healthcare, and each other. It will ease congestion and take education, housing and retail opportunities in our pressure off the existing transport network. Three fastest growing suburban precincts. transport super hubs at Clayton, Broadmeadows and Sunshine will connect regional services Suburban Rail Loop will cut congestion across the to Suburban Rail Loop, so passengers outside entire transport network and create thousands Melbourne won’t have to travel through the CBD to of jobs to drive Victoria’s economic recovery easily access employment, world-class hospitals and and growth. Suburban Rail Loop presents an universities in the suburbs. opportunity to contribute to Victoria’s long-term economic recovery as a major economic stimulus As well as delivering significant transport benefits, program. Delivered over decades, Suburban Rail Suburban Rail Loop provides an opportunity to plan Loop has the potential to be a focus for sustained the services, amenity and infrastructure we’re going job creation and investment in Melbourne’s middle to need outside of the CBD for future generations. suburbs in the medium to long-term, galvanising Suburban Rail Loop will be delivered in stages our reputation as one of the world’s most liveable over several decades, with SRL East between cities and ensuring the State’s ongoing prosperity. Cheltenham and Box Hill to be delivered first. SRL North Broadmeadows Fawkner Bundoora Heidelberg Melbourne Airport Mernda SRL West To Hurstbridge Reservoir To Seymour To Doncaster To Bendigo To To Lilydale/Belgrave To Ballarat Box Hill Sunshine To Geelong Werribee Southern Cross CBD SRL East Burwood Flinders Street Williamstown Alamein Legend Glen Waverley SRL East and SRL North SRL East (Cheltenham – Box Hill) SRL North (Box Hill – Melbourne Airport) Monash SRL West (Melbourne Airport – Werribee) Melbourne Airport Rail Sandringham Metropolitan rail network Clayton Regional rail network Cheltenham Transport super hub NEIC (National Employment and Innovation Cluster) Port Phillip Bay To Gippsland Cranbourne Major health/education precinct Frankston Figure 1: Surburban Rail Loop alignment 4 Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework 1.1 Our approach to urban design Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) is committed to achieving high quality urban design outcomes by: • Fostering an understanding that investment • Working with communities and relevant in the built environment is a contribution authorities to understand local considerations to Melbourne and opportunities to enhance urban • Building in-house capability and fostering design outcomes champions to guide high quality • Developing complementary creative place- design outcomes making and activation strategies to generate • Adopting best practice urban design civic pride and enhance sense of community. management processes and embedding guidance to raise awareness of the value of design, and to enable the integration of high quality design outcomes at every stage of the SRL lifecycle Figure 2: Clayton Precinct Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework 5 2 Introduction The Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework (Framework) has been prepared by SRLA to provide high level guidance for achieving high quality urban design outcomes for SRL. The Framework will be used to guide planning and design, assess design proposals and ensure high quality design outcomes. 2.1 Why is urban design important? Urban design is the practice of shaping the built Achieving high quality design requires good environment to improve the quality and overall processes and guidance that optimise outcomes productivity, connectivity and liveability of our and value for money - it does not need cities. It is more than just the appearance of the to cost more. built environment. Urban design also relates to the Good urban design requires a multi-disciplinary functional, environmental, economic and social approach with input, collaboration and coordination outcomes of a project. of many different specialists including planning, As illustrated in Figure 3, urban design operates on architecture, engineering, heritage, customer a variety of scales, from precinct neighbourhood experience, sustainability and landscape planning to the design of a station forecourt or architecture amongst others. public park. High quality urban design should underpin SRL, from the largest to even the smallest urban initiatives. PRECINCT SITE Precinct structure Site planning Built form Urban Activation Places & elements Figure 3: How urban design works across different scales of a project Good urban design processes and outcomes are important because they improve: • Functionality, character and spirit of public • Ecological systems, sustainability and the places for individuals and communities resilience of urban environments • Levels of comfort, accessibility, safety and • Community connectedness, health and wellbeing, inclusiveness of places and pride of place. • Expression of social and cultural values While urban design is often tailored for a specific associated with places project, the dynamic and evolving nature of urban • Socio-economic composition, diversity and environments means that realising urban design economic vibrancy of urban areas outcomes is a long-term process. 6 Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework 2.2 Value outcomes Consideration of the urban design objectives The diagram below is drawn from the Office of the alongside technical requirements, from the earliest Victorian Government Architect’s procurement stages and throughout the delivery of the project, guidance document Government as a Smart Client, will optimise the benefits and outcomes of the August 2013. Figure 4 illustrates the diminishing program. Altering the urban environment at later ability to affect the quality of design outcomes stages of the project to achieve urban design as the project progresses through its stages objectives can be challenging and costly. of delivery. Effectiveness of Cost of changes Cost Value design decisions to design Preparation Design Construction Figure 4: Relationship between design decisions and costs over the life of a project To achieve urban design value outcomes SRLA will 3. Collaborative: engage with community adopt design processes engaging with the following and relevant stakeholders and adopt a design values and associated commitments: multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to 1. Common vision: create a lasting legacy for planning and design. Melbourne through great urban design and 4. Governance: establish design review processes place making. that include an Urban Design Advisory 2. Accountability: prepare urban design Panel (UDAP), and draw on expertise from documents to guide the planning, design and industry and stakeholders, at all stages of the evaluation of station and precinct developments; program life-cycle. and adopt best practice urban design management processes. Suburban Rail Loop Urban Design Framework 7 3 Purpose This document provides a framework to guide and ensure high quality urban design outcomes through the program’s lifecycle — from inception, planning and design, through to delivery, operation and management. The urban design principles and objectives set out 3.1 Urban design documents in this Framework will: The Framework provides high-level program wide • Ensure

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