CENTRAL AIRSPACE:

URBAN VILLAGE

Central air space was another practice in urban design studio in order to redevelope the central station of Sydney  , make the better use of deid spaces around it and make the city more alive. In this practice as a team we use Urban Village concept in Jane Jacopes novel. This time we worked in larger group consisted of 6 people.So one of the experiences was to work in a big team. We also leaned how to use feasibilty in our design.

 Description of Design:

  Urban Village as a concept, provides an alternative to modern patterns of urban development common across western cities, namely decentralization, suburbia and urban sprawl. Drawing inspiration from Jane Jacobs novel ‘The Death and Life of Great America Cities’, the following key components that make up a good Urban Village are: vibrant streets, self-contained, mixed-use, Diversity, Different buildings types, Mix of old and new,Medium Density, Good Public Spaces,Walk able, the ‘street’ as the center of activity and fine-grained nature.

The proposed site is bordered by Chippendale,Haymarket, Ultimo, Sydney CBD, Surry
Hills and Redfern.All of these areas havedistinct and unique qualities.the proposal is to create an UrbanVillage that is a hybrid of the surrounding neighborhoods, to connect, bring together and create flow between the surrounding precincts.

Site Access

80% of people in the Sydney CBD area are office workers. By drawing upon the diversity and
character present in the surrounding areas the aim was to avoid creating a mono-culture development.fosters diversity, increases connectivity between the surrounding suburbs, gives back to the community through quality public spaces, encourages pedestrian and bike transit, possesses an animated street life, is mixed use, is constructed of contemporary and heritage buildings, ranges in scale, has key anchor institutions and overall projects a strong sense of place.

To develop a feasible project we propose to build a platform over Central Station and utilize the
airspace in this corridor.