20thMay
The brightly coloured playground equipment provides physical, tactile and visual entertainment for children of all ages and abilities. A number of educational pieces allow for passive play and the ‘village road and shops’ concept incorporated into the design encourages children to role play. The gardens surrounding the playground extend the exciting play space. The garden design and plant selection encourages children to explore the gardens and discover the variety of plants. A ‘secret’ entrance to the playground features mosaic artwork incorporating designs created by the children living and playing in the surrounding neighbourhood.
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Posted by emf at 5:15 PM. Placed in Awards_, Landscape Architecture category
20thMay
Cowra Shire (the Shire) is located in the Lachlan Valley and sits in the heart of country New South Wales. The Shire is situated approximately 300 kilometres west of Sydney and covers an area of 2,800 square kilometres with a growing population of 13,000. This region supports strong agricultural and rural based industries including horticulture, aquaculture and viticulture. The major urban centre, Cowra Township, is a vibrant and expanding retail and commercial centre and acts as a sub regional service centre within the catchments of the larger regional centres of Orange and Bathurst.
Collie was appointed by the Cowra Shire Council to complete a Land Use Strategy (Strategy) in response to a planning reform initiative of the NSW Department of Planning. The Strategy forms part of a comprehensive process and provides the necessary strategic framework to guide the preparation of the new local environment plan (LEP) for Cowra Shire. The Strategy addresses critical land use planning issues affecting the Shire, including:
- the impacts and implications of Cowra’s future urban expansion – encompassing the residential, industrial and commercial sectors in the Cowra Township and the surrounding villages of Billimari, Darbys Falls, Gooloogong, Morongla, Noonbinna, Wattamondara, Woodstock and Wyangala;
- the competing needs at the rural / township interface – including future residential subdivision in rural areas, appropriate allocation of rural residential land, natural resource management and ecologically sustainable development.
The Strategy:
- identifies key land use issues;
- identifies opportunities and constraints that will affect future development in the Shire and translates them into a landuse framework;
- incorporates measures to ensure future development in the Shire responds appropriately to the environment;
- develops a set of planning criteria that can be incorporated into the local environment plan;
- includes a series of framework plans to guide future development in Cowra Township, other villages throughout the Shire and rural areas;
- provides an implementation framework.
The Strategy will ensure that future rural and urban developments are sustainable and compatible with the Shire’s environmental resources and best meet current and future needs of the local communities. The Land Use Strategy provides the necessary strategic framework for the Cowra Shire for the next 25 years and beyond.
Awards
- 2009 Local Government Excellence in the Environment Awards: Local Government Excellence for municipalities with a population of less than 20,000 – Cowra Land Use Strategy
- 2009 Local Government Excellence in the Environment Awards: Runner up Local Government Excellence for Environmental Sustainability – Cowra Land Use Strategy
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Posted by emf at 5:10 PM. Placed in Awards_, Strategic Planning category
31stDecember
A new community to the west of Melbourne, Tenterfield is now home to over 3500 people in an area of about over 108 hectares.
Collie was involved from the beginning of the project providing VicUrban, the developer, with planning, urban design and landscape architecture services. Collie tasks included:
- statutory planning inputs including preparation of amendment documents to facilitate a rezoning, representation of the client at a panel hearing and preparation of all permit applications;
- urban design in respect of development concepts and then a subdivision layout including lot types, lot mix, lot layout and road patterns and areas set aside for public open space;
- organisation of investigations of soil conditions, flora and fauna significance and archeological issues;
- a landscape assessment report, masterplan and landscape plans;
- WSUD design of swales, wetlands and related elements including a new and landscaped main watercourse feature;
- feasibility and budgeting cost indications;
- agreements and approvals from various stakeholders including Melton Shire Council, Melbourne Water and the Wurrundjeri.
Awards
- UDIA 2009 National Awards for Excellence: Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing
- UDIA (Vic) 2008 Awards for Excellence: Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing
- UDIA (Vic) 2007 Awards for Excellence: Residential Development of more than 250 Lots
- PIA 2005 Awards for Planning Excellence: Commendation for Environmental Planning and Conservation
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31stDecember
Collie assisted Kew Development Corporation Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Walker Development Pty Ltd) to gain planning approval for the subdivision of stage 1 of the former Kew Residential Services site, in accordance with the endorsed Walker Development Plan – Kew (WDPX – XK) prepared by Collie. Stage 1 covered approximately 8 hectares of the WDPX – XK area and incorporates 75 residential lots ranging in area from 372 to 1072 square metres (including twenty community housing lots), a network of local streets and six areas of public open space, which will be integrated with the proposed future development of the remainder of the site. Collie was involved in addressing planning, urban design, native vegetation, heritage, traffic and landscape considerations relating to the site. The project involved extensive negotiations with the Department of Human Services, Boroondara City Council, Heritage Victoria and the State planning department.
Collie also assisted Kew Development Corporation Pty Ltd to gain approval for a sales and land information centre within stage 1 and assistance with applications for native vegetation removal and the construction of dwellings on lots under 500 square metres within stage 1.
Awards
- UDIA (Vic) 2008 Awards for Excellence: Judges Award
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Posted by emf at 4:00 PM. Placed in Awards_, Development Planning category
31stDecember
The planning of Jacksons Hill (a new suburb incorporating the former Caloola Training Centre at Sunbury) has involved:
- extensive site analysis;
- investigations to determine uses for a range of historic buildings on the site;
- public consultation;
- local structure planning;
- detailed subdivision planning;
- co-ordination of an urban design team responsible for the preparation of the Jacksons Hill Development Guidelines and detailed urban design issues;
- planning for a primary school, a school for children with special needs, neighbourhood centre, significant areas of open space and open space links, equestrian trail, areas of archeological sensitivity and the retention of many significant stands of existing trees;
- planning for the development and expansion of the Victoria University of technology at the centre of the site.
Awards
- PCA 2008 Innovation and Excellence: Award for Master-planned Communities
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Posted by emf at 3:30 PM. Placed in Awards_, Strategic Planning category
31stDecember
Aurora is approximately 20 kilometres north of the Melbourne central activities district and consists of about 634 hectares of land. Aurora aims to raise the benchmark within the land development industry by demonstrating new and innovative ways to manage our finite resources. Aurora will be a pioneer in the reuse of water and energy efficiency.
The Aurora Development Plan: Part 1 (ADP1) relates to Section A of Aurora and is approximately 37 hectares. The ADP1 designates proposed housing areas and other main land uses, collector and arterial street layouts and the location of community facilities for a comprehensively planned development of land. The ADP1 forms the framework for more detailed planning at the subdivision and permit application plans stages.
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Posted by emf at 11:55 PM. Placed in Awards_, Development Planning category
31stDecember
Planning, urban design and landscape architect services for the redevelopment of the 25 hectares Laurundel Hospital site. The development was in three main precincts – the residential, Village and mixed use retail precinct. The project work included:
- collaboration with a multi-disciplinary consultant team;
- production of an initial landscape assessment report;
- assistance with the preparation of urban design options in response to site and to client requirements;
- formulation of a landscape masterplan;
- assistance with the development of the urban design manual for the residential precinct;
- asistance with tree sensitive design of residential lots;
- facilitation of statutory planning approvals for the residential precinct;
- development of statutory planning approval models for the Village and the mixed used retail precincts.
Awards
- AILA 2005 Awards (Vic)
- Peter Todd Prize in Landscape Architecture
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Posted by emf at 11:55 PM. Placed in Awards_, Landscape Architecture category
31stDecember
Tenterfield is truly an ecologically sustainable development. Water sensitive urban design principles are a core part of how Tenterfield has been designed and constructed. Bio-retention swales are included in most local streets and on main roads and as part of the over 32 hectares of public open space at Tenterfield. Collie has also designed a 1.7 hectares wetland complete with boardwalks and habitat planting. Collie has helped VicUrban achieve a development that improves significantly the water conservation and quality prior to it reaching Kororoit Creek and Port Phillip Bay.
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Posted by emf at 5:30 PM. Placed in Awards_, Landscape Architecture category
