Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres

The future ability of urban centres in Australia and around the globe to adapt and respond to big challenges of climate change, economic development and social inclusion, will depend on how well we embed structural and social resilience within these built environments. Such a complex urban resilienc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Caldera, Savindi, Desha, Cheryl, Reid, Sacha, Newman, Peter, Mouritz, Mike
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79521
_version_ 1848764068062560256
author Caldera, Savindi
Desha, Cheryl
Reid, Sacha
Newman, Peter
Mouritz, Mike
author_facet Caldera, Savindi
Desha, Cheryl
Reid, Sacha
Newman, Peter
Mouritz, Mike
author_sort Caldera, Savindi
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The future ability of urban centres in Australia and around the globe to adapt and respond to big challenges of climate change, economic development and social inclusion, will depend on how well we embed structural and social resilience within these built environments. Such a complex urban resilience agenda presents a major collective challenge for designers, planners and engineers to work out with politicians, developers, financiers and community leaders. Central to achieving integrated design responses for thriving centres is the challenge of mobility, ensuring transit corridors that enable cool, comfortable and reliable transitions between home and workspaces, education, health facilities, entertainment and recreation. Refocusing design efforts on interstitial spaces between destinations will require collaborative processes and co-creation in a design space currently dominated by siloed approaches to traffic management, transport planning, precinct design and engineering, architecture and landscaping. With the aim of bridging these silos, this study – by an interdisciplinary team spanning engineering, science, business and planning – evaluates key literature to create a Place Making Framework that comprises seven principles and associated practices to address critical components of structural and social resilience within the built environment. The paper applies the framework to four urban fabric types, highlighting opportunities and considerations for regeneration development projects, towards urban environments where people can thrive in ways that are good for people and planet.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:13:28Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-79521
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:13:28Z
publishDate 2020
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-795212020-11-23T07:03:38Z Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres Caldera, Savindi Desha, Cheryl Reid, Sacha Newman, Peter Mouritz, Mike The future ability of urban centres in Australia and around the globe to adapt and respond to big challenges of climate change, economic development and social inclusion, will depend on how well we embed structural and social resilience within these built environments. Such a complex urban resilience agenda presents a major collective challenge for designers, planners and engineers to work out with politicians, developers, financiers and community leaders. Central to achieving integrated design responses for thriving centres is the challenge of mobility, ensuring transit corridors that enable cool, comfortable and reliable transitions between home and workspaces, education, health facilities, entertainment and recreation. Refocusing design efforts on interstitial spaces between destinations will require collaborative processes and co-creation in a design space currently dominated by siloed approaches to traffic management, transport planning, precinct design and engineering, architecture and landscaping. With the aim of bridging these silos, this study – by an interdisciplinary team spanning engineering, science, business and planning – evaluates key literature to create a Place Making Framework that comprises seven principles and associated practices to address critical components of structural and social resilience within the built environment. The paper applies the framework to four urban fabric types, highlighting opportunities and considerations for regeneration development projects, towards urban environments where people can thrive in ways that are good for people and planet. 2020 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79521 fulltext
spellingShingle Caldera, Savindi
Desha, Cheryl
Reid, Sacha
Newman, Peter
Mouritz, Mike
Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title_full Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title_fullStr Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title_full_unstemmed Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title_short Principles of Design for ensuring Sustainable Urban Centres
title_sort principles of design for ensuring sustainable urban centres
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79521