1. Homebush Bay 
Union Carbide Site
Development
Multiplex
Trafalgar
SynmanJustinBialek Architects
ParsonsBrinkerhoff

2. Agenda
5.45 Introductions, purpose of the meeting
5.50 Way forward on consultation re site development
6.00 Multiplex experience and what they are about
6.10 SJB experience and what they are about
6.20 Current community experience with development at Rhodes
6.30 Ideas for the ‘Renewing Homebush Bay’ project
Starting point - Development Control Plan
Initial ideas generation - SJB Architects
Key directions - discussion - All
7.30 Agenda for the next meeting/date
7.40 close

3. Who are we?
Multiplex
SJB Architects
Community 

4. Renewing Homebush Bay Project - Starting Points
Development Control Plan


5. Subject site

{Trafalgar/Multiplex are redeveloping the former Union Carbide site: B}

6. Regional Environmental Plan
Permits
Land for residential development
Land for parks and open spaces
Land for mixed development

7. Development Control Plan
Requirements to:
Create a specific identity for Rhodes Peninsula
Create a street layout that maximises connections, is permeable and safe
Creates public spaces that supplements and connects to existing networks
Ensure ecological sustainability
Optimise public transport
Create a lively public domain
Provide a high quality built environment
Provide workplace and housing choice 

8. Development Control Plan
Sets out controls for:
street layout and character (nominated by street)
public spaces and what they contain 
pedestrian amenity and accessibility
cycle and public transport
parking
ensuring views are provided
landscaping
street furniture, lighting and public art
design at water’s edge
on site water management 

9. Development Control Plan
Sets out controls for:
Built form - uses, setbacks, storeys, building bulk, diversity of housing, building materials
Noise controls, privacy, sunlight, ventilation, waste management

10. Layout
{showed map of SREP 29 area showing street layout, parks, open space}

11. Public Domain:
Along the foreshore
Land set aside at specific points
{showed map of some of the public open space, part on Northern tip of Orica site, some on Southern part of Trafalgar site}


12. Initial Ideas Generation - Multiplex Ideas Competition
{Extracts from SJB ideas book}

13. Initial Ideas Generation – Initial worries 
Block sizes 


14. Initial Ideas Generation – Initial worries 
Vistas 


15. Initial Ideas Generation – Initial worries
Street Definition


16. Masterplan {Development control Plan - Issues Summary}


17. Suggestion

18. Is the Street Layout Better?
Primary Secondary and Tertiary Streets clearer?

19. Stabilisers and Connectors
{stabiliser buildings at Water and Ridge, connectors in between then}

20. What else is important? 
Variety and Texture
{photo of newington from air and distance
Newington has little variety of scale and texture}

21. Example of variety and texture 
{drawing of looking at buildings face on}

22. Conceptual outline of site with variety of types of buildings
{Conceptual - hard to explain in words, but see the site suggestion}
23. Site suggestion 
See traf_suggestion.jpg and compare it with the DCP layout: traf_dcp.jpg (NB the suggestion only relates to a part of the area covered by the DCP. the area is approx that marked in red.)


24. Renewing Homebush Bay Project – Process
Start ideas generation – talk with community liaison group
Community newsletter
Open community session
Prepare Development Application
Submit to Planning NSW – early 2003
Open community session
Exhibition 
Determination