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Rhodes East Public Domain Report March 2017 Issue G Rhodes East Public Domain Report March 2017 Issue G Prepared for: Prepared by: DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT TURF DESIGN STUDIO 23-33 Bridge St 95 The Kingsway Sydney Cronulla NSW 2000 NSW 2230 P: 02 9228 6111 P: 02 9527 3380 W: www.planning.nsw.gov.au W: www.turfdesign.com Rhodes East Priority Investigation Area DRAFT Structure Plan MAY 13, 2016 27 Acknowledgements Client Consultants DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT ROBERTSDAY PTY LTD ELTON CONSULTING www.planning.nsw.gov.au www.robertsday.com.au www.elton.com.au JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP www.jacobs.com HILLPDA CONSULTING FLUX CONSULTANTS PTY LTD www.hillpda.com.au www.fluxco.co Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 4.3.5 Street Hierarchy 1.1 Project Overview 4.4 Parks 1.2 Background Information & Project Brief 4.5 Key Places 4.5.1 Leeds Street Foreshore 2.0 PUBLIC DOMAIN OPPORTUNITIES 5 4.5.2 Rhodes East Gateway 2.1 What is Public Domain? 4.5.3 River Pool 2.2 Opportunities 3.0 VISION AND PRINCIPLES 7 5.0 DCP RECOMENDATIONS 39 3.1 Vision and Principles 5.1 Street Paving Masterplan 4.0 PUBLIC DOMAIN PLAN 8 5.1.1 Paving Masterplan 4.1 Urban Framework and Strategies 5.2 Public Domain Streetware 4.1.1 Cycle and Pedestrian Networks 5.2.1 Urban Streetware 4.1.2 Open Space Network and Habitat Systems 5.2.2 Foreshore Streetware 4.1.3 Public Domain Heritage 5.2.3 Neighbourhood Streetware 4.1.4 The Corners Strategy 5.3 Public Domain Greenware 4.1.5 Public Domain Community Facilities 5.3.1 Street Tree Masterplan 4.1.6 Public Art Strategy 5.3.2 Urban greenware 4.2 Character Areas APPENDICES 49 4.3 Street Network and Typologies A1. Background Information Response Table 4.3.1 Context Sensitive Streets A2. Foreshore Pool Case Studies 4.3.2 Green Streets 4.3.3 WSUD 4.3.4 Street Furniture Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report Introduction 5 4 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW 7 The Rhodes peninsula is located between Brays Bay and Homebush Bay on the southern bank of 7 Parramatta River and enjoys an extensive foreshore with great views across the river, and beyond to the Sydney CBD 16km east. 2 8 6 The recent development of Rhodes West has delivered a number of quality open spaces and a continuous publicly accessible foreshore. The Rhodes East masterplan seeks to deliver a holistic public domain vision for future development 14 that completes the open space networks of Rhodes West, retains the existing qualities of the place, and establishes a unique identity for the Rhodes East precinct. 15 16 1.2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION & PROJECT BRIEF RHODES PENINSULA Several documents (prepared by others) have been key to understanding the existing layers of the site, 18 and current aspirations for its future. Particularly, the Rhodes Peninsula FRONTDOOR2FORESHORE 1 Rhodes Waterside Park Open Space Master Plan (June 2015) written by Corkery Consulting has been key to understanding the 2 Rhodes West Foreshore 3 Peg Paterson Park site’s broader context and peninsula-wide strategies that council have recently adopted to achieve an 9 4 Mill Park integrated masterplan. 5 John Whitton Bridge Park 6 Shoreline Drive North Park 7 Uhrs Point Reserve 8 10 King George V Reserve 9 McIlwaine Park RHODES EAST 3 17 10 Churchill Tucker Reserve 11 Brays Bay Reserve 1 12 Rhodes Park Vision: Rhodes East will be a model for human scaled, sustainable, low-rise high density redevelopment 13 Lovedale Place Reserve incorporating heritage integration supported by a forward thinking transport strategy and meaningful 14 Cropley Street Reserve 11 15 Cavell Avenue Landscape Area connections to the water, with a community identity built on the existing sense of place. 16 CentralPhoenix Park Park 17 Town Square 18 Community Precinct Objectives 2 Ǣ Sustainability – planning for the future with a suite of robust infratsructure and ecological systems that support social connectivity and economic longevity. 12 Ǣ Active Transport strategy - Encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport ahead of private vehicles. Ǣ Affordable Housing - Deliver a minimum 5% affordable housing for key workers in the area. Ǣ Human-Scale High-Density Low Rise Development of 2-15 Storeys – achieve a significant 1 increase in residential density without the extensive need for high-towers. 13 This document considers the information and recommendations of these studies in the development of a consolidated public domain vision. Excerpt from Rhodes Peninsula FRONTDOOR2FORESHORE Open Space Master Plan (June 2015), with Rhodes East site area outlined. This diagram clearly illustrates the contrast of a connected open space network in Rhodes West, and the highly fragmented open spaces of Rhodes East. Open Spaces of the Master Plan 4 | INTRODUCTION Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report Public Domain Opportunities 2.1 WHAT IS PUBLIC DOMAIN? Public Domain is defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary as ‘land owned directly by the government’. Present-day urban development is seeing the notion of public domain redefined, as privately owned open space becomes increasingly available for the enjoyment of the general public. For the purposes of this report it is important to clarify that in addition to government owned open space, the proposed public domain plan also includes a number of privately owned open spaces and through- site links that are freely accessible by the general public and therefore considered to be part of the public 2domain network. 5 | Public DOMAIN OPPORTUNITIES Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report 2.2 OPPORTUNITIES STRENGTHEN OPEN IMPROVE FORESHORE INTEGRATE ART INTO MITIGATE BARRIERS SPACE CONTINUITY/ ACCESS THE PUBLIC DOMAIN TO PUBLIC DOMAIN LEGIBILITY CONNECTIVITY Improve continuity and The presence of art in the Potential to extend Rhodes’ quality of foreshore public domain contributes Strategies such as overpasses, western waterfront public access. The unique to cultural identity, thru-site links, tunnels, parklands around the peninsular location education, and wonderment signalised intersections and headland to connect with of Rhodes provides in the everyday experience. pedestrian priority thresholds King George Park and many opportunities for can combine to significantly McIlwaine Park. This in community access to the improve the walkability of turn will establish broader foreshore. neighbourhoods. Focus areas regional connections include Concord Road, the along the north and south Railway line, and both bridges Parramatta River Foreshore on the northern waterfront. Riverside Lünen. Germany Barangaroo Headland Foreshore, Sydney ‘Cartwheeling Youngsters’ by artist Pedestrian underpass, central Milton and to the Homebush Bay Caroline Rothwell, West Rhodes Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Bridge. IMPROVE WAYFINDING OPEN VISTAS TO WATER ENHANCE AND ENHANCE PUBLIC / CONNECTION TO THE MEANINGFULLY AMENITIES FORESHORE FROM Open vistas to the water INTEGRATE EXISTING STREETS at the ends of streets (e.g. LANDSCAPE AND KEY Increase vibrancy of streets Visual connection to the CHARACTER and open spaces. Provision In addition to a cohesive water from Cavell Avenue of quality paving, street Develop an appreciation wayfinding signage strategy, is blocked by industrial furniture, drinking fountains, for the sites past and future redesign of key nodes / buildings). and other facilities creates a intersections will strengthen uses. (e.g. Consider how public domain where people legibility of the public domain, significant existing trees can want to stay and play. e.g. Pathway connection guide design decisions and under Ryde Bridge is not be meaningfully integrated visible from end of Leeds St from the outset). (west side). View to Parramatta River foreshore from Cairns Foreshore Redevelopment, QLD Existing heritage listed trees along Hastings Street, Noosa, QLD north Blaxland Rd, Rhodes East Llewellyn St, Rhodes East BETTER UTILISE SPACE UTILISE LARGE PROVIDE RECREATION ON HERITAGE SITES DEVELOPMENTS TO FACILITIES SPECIFIC TO FUND / CONTRIBUTE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY Improve use and amenities TO MAJOR while protecting, preserving PUBLIC DOMAIN e.g. Walking, cycling, and enhancing the INFRASTRUCTURE dragon boating, riverfront significance of heritage sites swimming, dog walking, e.g. Land bridges / e.g. Rhodes Community Hall, table tennis, badminton, tunnels, community Uhr’s Point Reserve, King etc. facilities. George V Park, McIlwaine Park and street trees on Cavell Avenue. Existing character of Uhr’s Point Reserve, Land Bridge over highway, Vancouver Dawn Fraser Pool, Balmain Rhodes East 6 | Public DOMAIN OPPORTUNITIES Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report n Vision and Principles natio sti Acti de ve s a Tra e a ns c po 3.1 VISION AND PRINCIPLES pa r s t n The broader open space principles for Rhodes, established by Corkery Consulting’s Rhodes e p Peninsula FRONTDOOR2FORESHORE Open Space Master Plan, (June 2015) are: O Ǣ A Peninsula of Places Ǣ Visual Coherence in the Public Domain Creating a Creating a Ǣ A Connected and Legible Open Space Network Ǣ Community Engagement and Partnerships series of key Network b S Ǣ Sustainable Open Spaces u o H community of context c l i a a These principles have been acknowledged in the development of guiding principles specific i l to Rhodes East. The following principles for Rhodes East assume that any design proposals c places sensitive N o e S t should be made with a respect for the existing community and site heritage, with a view to w + streets enhance the existing values for the benefit for the future community. o t r r k o i n The Rhodes East public domain principles are: p g s n a 1. Creating meaningful connections to the water r T 2. Create a network of ‘Context Sensitive Streets’ 3. Creating a series of key community places meaningful 3 connections with the R t e ita cr ab ea water H tio al na nt l A me me iron nity Env 7 | VISION & PRINCIPLES Rhodes East Public DOMAIN Report Legend Public Domain Plan Precinct Boundary Proposed Ferry Wharf Location The proposed public domain plan delivers a pedestrian priority Rhodes Station environment that encourages engagement with the landscape as part of the everyday experience.
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