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This book comprises a selection of works aimed towards forging new ideas on urbanism and its constant alignment with carbon dependan-cies. Currently the developed world and the masses which it accomo-date, produce a 'carbon footprint' far beyond the margins of a sustain-able urban paradigm.

To nd an urban system which reaches carbon neutrality, ideas of urban typologies, growth strategies and living patterns inherently respond to questions regarding food production, transport, energy and many other urban issues.

A collection of works lie herein which seek to throw light upon new directions and possibilities in thinking about future urban arrange-ments.

CONTENTS

2Jessica TringaliWally Stanton Vesna Vujanov Ana ZambranoSalima Youssef

1Robert Sinclair-KyddCraig Robilliard Jordan SoriotDhinushka PremanandaAmani Salameh

5Daisy TheemanJerey TseBon ScottDyan PrakashAlan Wang

6 Maria SaeedRobinson Toro

2Jessica TringaliWally Stanton Vesna Vujanov Ana ZambranoSalima Youssef

3Ashlee StocksElisabeth Pitt Kat PlastirasChris Raddatz

4Annum TasneemEunkyung SeoYing SuZhao Zhang

Zhuoming Wu

6 Maria SaeedRobinson Toro

7Mark ShibataMeelad YaqoJustin SpangnoloYelena SmetannikovMichael Paraska

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Stress on resources and infrastructure is an ever-increasing problem for the modern city. With the population of the Sydney Metropolitan area set to double over the next thirty years, creative and intelligent solutions need implementation. The South-West Growth area opens itself for strategic urban development due to its proposed rail link and geographic location. Through strategic exploration of urban connectivity, perme-ability, and conservation of existing environmental fabric, we developed a master plan that is more than just a city; it is a genetic code for sustainable urban development. The initiatives we have proposed for Leppington can be implemented with similar eect within analogous environments that are under pressure from urban growth. The primary aim lies in signicant carbon emissions reduction and the creation of a healthy, thriving urban centre. These initiatives require a level of commitment to be held to a slightly varied lifestyle that will benet both the natural and built environment. By combining the advantageous traits of urban and rural living, an ecient, functional and comfortable city can be created.

Our Leppington city aims to provide unique and exciting opportunities for residential and commercial growth set in a zero-carbon framework. The intensication of existing agricultural land through the proliferation of vertical farms and arable land dispersed throughout the building fabric will spark a food culture as well as improve agricultural yield and productivity. Commercial growth will centre around an industry of recycling, reuse, and renewal. This will take form through energy production and product-based industries.

Natural habitats can be encapsulated, protected, and conserved using a walkable cell-structure that responds to a number of activation points including but not limited to natural green belts, habitation paths, and fertile agricultural grounds. The walkable cell structure is a response to car-less city and enables a growth pattern acceptable by residents allowing them access to all needs of modern living. Using an intensied residential model whilst avoiding an inherent want for large dwellings, a new under-standing and connectivity with nature can be achieved.

Conservation and IntensicationExisting native bush land for conservationExisting fertile agricultural land/ proposed deep root cropsExisting farmers gardens/ areas of proposed vertical farms Existing livestock farms/ increase livestock production

Permeable Environment

Connectivity and Infrastructure

Primary eco green belt Proposed habitat connectionsExisting water systems Proposed reservoirs and catchment arteries

South Western rail-link Elevated tramway system Bicycle paths External arteries / parking

Vertical Farming Industrial Zone

Residential Retail, Commerce, Business

Growth Attractors Phase I Growth Phase II Growth Phase III Growth

CRAIG ROBILLIARD I ROBERT SINCLAIR-KYDD I JORDON SORIOT I DINUSHKA PREMANANDA I AMANI SALAMEH


In todays society the notion of the street has become one focused around car travel and less community orientated. Due to the intimidation that is now presented by trac, children are no longer able to play on the streets, or adults meeting to chat, forcing such activities to be moved to the conning sectors of their homes, sidewalks and backyards.

With the challenge of achieving a carbon neutral city, we were forced to redene the concept of a street. This prompted the idea of bringing the street back to the commu-nity, and thus street reclaiming became a driving factor for the Leppington Master plan.

Our proposal seeks to bring the community back to the streets and thus create an interactive and engaging community environment. The primary objective of the proposal is to eliminate the use of carbon reliant transport. This has driven the desire to design a community based around the use of walkways, whereby all required amenities are within a desirable walking distance for residents.

With the primary objective of the Master plan to reclaim the streets for a carbon neutral community, the consequent elimination of the automobile forced street design to be focused on pedestrian and bicycle usage. This prompted a more uid and continu-ous street design for pedestrian movement, without the grid like structure of existing streets. To accommodate for a completely walkable city, a 1.5km radius (10-15 minute walk) from the proposed Leppington station was created, with the border of the city formed from the existing streets and creeks within the city.

The main spine streets through Leppington, sought to connect the new CBD with the outskirts of the city, thus sprawling major connections. Services and entertainment are located along these main pathways to ensure all required facilities are within close proximity to residents and also acting as a passive surveillance system.

Residential densities were then located around the city which prompted the develop-ment of the various streetscape scales. The scales varied from those creating the most direct routes and those which are concentrated in the residential areas, each varying in design and layout corresponding with their main uses.

Overall, with the concept of street reclaiming driving the design of the Master plan, focusing on pedestrian movement and access, our Leppington provides a new and innovative streetscape which visually and physically juxtaposes what we know as a city today.

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RECLAIMING THESTREETS

WALLY STANTON I JESSICA TRINGALI I VESNA VUJANOV I SALIMA YOUSSEF I ANNA ZAMBRANO


There exists, currently a state of dierence between the lived experience of the city and the structure behind it. This dierence can be expressed in terms of space and time, or relative speed. Our perception of urban life is one of high speed. We can access food, water, energy and transport quickly within the built fabric and waste is removed from the system correspondingly fast. The reality of these systems; the space and time required to ensure our experi-ence of them is nearly instant, is shockingly vast. Water is brought in from kilometres away, food is sourced from distant coun-tries taking days to reach the supermarket shelves. Energy is generated over great periods of time in places far removed from the city itself. Our waste products cover large areas of land and slowly eect the earth and distances we expect to travel over very short periods of time ensure our transport system is consuming and inecient.

It is this dierence, between our lives and what makes them possible, that the Urban Collective aims to address. It is in this dierence that the possibilities of sustain-ability lie. For our lives to become sustainable they must be integrated, not removed, from the systems that support them, so that, as a whole, they are self perpetrating, not destructive. The concept of a mega structure- a city within a building- merges the two. By removing personal motorised transport from the urban paradigm, the city folds in on itself. This reduces space without hindering human activity. The resultant environment is fundamentally integrated, dense and congested. The behaviour of the occupants and the built fabric generate the support systems of energy, water and food at the same time as the concentration of these services denes the pattern of living; a sustainable urban diagram.

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800 m

COMPONENT REMOVAL COMPACT SYSTEM NEW CONFIGURATION HUMAN EXPECTATIONS

MEGASTRUCTURE

Kinetic pick-up point

main power grid

congestion

CONGESTION THROUGH DENSITY AND DIVERSITY:A VIBRANT CITY

CONGESTION PROVIDES PICK UPS FOR KINETIC ENERGY

MEGASTRUCTURE

transport

water

built fabric

waste

food

energy

information

people

time

distance

transport

water

built fabric

wastefood

energy

time

distance

Integrated Urban Living Paradigm

transport

water

built fabric

waste

food

energy

information

people

transport

water

built fabric

waste

food

energy

information

people

time

distance

CURRENT URBAN LIVING

PROPOSED URBAN LIVING

Perceived Urban Living Paradigm Actual Urban Living Paradigm

ELISABETH PITT I KATERINA PLASTIRAS I CHRISTOPHER RADDATZ I ASHLEE STOCKS


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The wave of future and a call for action,Away from the Pandora Box

Where we hear the whispers of fearWithout compromising the ability of our

Children to meet their needs,Yet fullling ours in present

Let us walk into the joyful sensation of carbon seizureWhen no longer are we burdened with revulsion

No more burned gasses choking our survivalClean water and smog free air

Running through the veinsFor we have seen the sun and sensed the wind

Its mighty power isnt just an adornmentBut takes plants and earth through time

Growth drinks in the carbon from air and stores for shareLets make this energy a goal

To make the world carbon neutralAngle solar collectors on our roofs

Turbines on our houses and bridges And whistle our share.

The major concept of achieving carbon neutrality lies in using up the energy which is produced by renewable resources like solar and wind. In order to make solar panels work successfully, the typology has been angled towards sun and to minimise the area the wind turbines have to take, they are carefully integrated onto the facade of the buildings, the connectors between them and on their roof tops.

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Transportation system Use of renewable energy

vertical wind turbineson the facade of buildings

horizontal turbineson the bridges

horizontal turbines on the bridges

Zero Carbon Green City Master plan

100% green energy usage city montage

Zero Carbon Green City Master plan

ANNUM TASNEEM I EUNKYUNG SEO I YING SU I ZHAO ZHANG I ZHUOMING WU


TIME is the primary, most inuential factor that directs our present built society...It INFORMS the SYSTEMS that creates each individual built fabric.

Unfortunately the CURRENT SYSTEMS in placed are also the focal CAUSE to the ever growing concern of CLIMATE CHANGE.

In the pursuit to get the most out of our limited time and reduce if not completely remove the treat of climate change, this master plan implements the concept of SYSTEMS CHANGE.

This concept, as it suggests, aim to CHANGE and REWORK current systems in place; such as TRANSPORT and use of infrastructure.

This master plan design utilises PUBLIC TRANSPORT as its main mode of Transportation and encourages the use of other green modes of transportation. To promote this idea the typical public transport system is reworked and changed to a more ecient transportation radii where TIME become its focal factor. And with that same idea in mind this master plan actualises the concept of integrated mix-use spaces within each individual hub network.

In doing so, could we create a more integrated community?z a closer, more aware green community.

dramatically increaseaccessibility & reducing

the time to our everyday needs through mixed use

buildings and medium density

changing the existing mentality on food

and energy consumption

existing Sydney network supply to individual hubsExternal food supply

is primary

hydroponics assecondary food supply

mixed use, high densityinfrastructure

internal rail network

convenient cycle paths

abundance of green paths,parks and recreation areas

GREEN SPACE/ HYDROPONICS

RESIDENTIAL

RETAIL/ COMMERCIAL

WORK

LIGHT RAIL

NEW LEPPINGTON STATION

a new greater Sydney

Commercial Zoning

Green Belt

Main Outer Roads

Green Spaces

Medium Density Zoning

Low Density Zoning

Hubs

Water Holes // Dams

Light Rail Line

Existing Leppington Roads

Hub and Emergency Services

transportation radii

If populations are concentrated in vulnerable locations, without proper infrastructural or institutional frameworks, then density can increase risk. However, if eective means can be found for supporting dense populations in safe locations with suitable infrastructural and institutional frameworks, then this can provide a viable alternative.

David Dodman United Nations Population Fund

SHOPSPUBLIC SPACE

20 + MINUTES CAR

INTER-HUBRAIL

OTHERHUBS

LEPPINGTONSTATION

5 MINUTES MONORAIL

NEIGHBOURING HUBS

NEIGHBOURING HUBS

10-15 MINUTES WALKING

5-10 MINUTES CYCLE

10 MINUTES LIGHT RAIL

DAISY THEEMAN I JEFFREY TSE I BON SCOTT I DYAN PRAKASH I ALAN WANG


Sydneys population has now reached approximately 4.5 million. Sydney is the largest city in Australia and is forecasted to grow 40% in the next 30 years, which will make it 6.3 million people in 2031. Transporting these 4.5 million people could be a problem in this growing population, which can result in a non sustainable community.Our aim is to create (if possible) a zero carbon sustainable community, which will be located in the South West of Sydneys Growth Centre, in the suburb of Leppington.

How to plan for a Sustainable City?1. REDUSING CAR USAGE2. Alternative transport option3. Improving design (DESIGN FOR THE PEDESTRIAN RATHER THAN THE CAR)4. Increasing energy eciency5. Better land usage6. Greener communities7. Create a vibrant centre

Our aim is to make Leppington a city of Hubs The reason why we want to create Hubs in the city of Leppington is to: Create a sense of community Minimise travelling times Minimise the use of cars Make Leppington a pedestrian friendly city

We propose to move Leppington Train station to be in line with Browns Road.

By shifting the station to the East Browns Road we are keeping:To be enclosed by surrounding roads Minimising the loss of farm land Keeping the artery transport road to the perimeter of our site Browns Road will then be made into a Transit Way where only buses and cyclist are to use, no cars.

Browns Road will be extended from Bringelly Road to Fifteenth Ave. This connects to Hoxton Park Road which connects to existing T-way. (Creating our own corridor.)

Our proposed Leppington Station will be underground, to create a green/public area.

The T-way will be directly above the station, which allows people to sit, socialise and enjoy the green/public area.

Our Concept to the Masterplan Masterplan Key

Low Density

Medium Density

Education

Leppington Station

Retail

Commercial

Green Space

Site

Pathways

Access points

Building Densities

Site Diagrams

MARIA SAEED I ROBINSON TORO


In an attempt at envisaging a carbon free city, it was hypothesised that it would best be designed utilizing the key strategies of a compact city. Through thorough research of previous urban designs and their eectiveness and contextual factors surrounding Leppington, it was realized that the required carbon free city could best be established through the implementation of compact city methodology. Taking such an approach to urban design allowed for a framework, which was exploited as to formulate an ecological compact city situated within Leppington. Making use of key policies, such as mixed used developments, population nodes and locality an overall urban design was formulated. Designed such that the Leppington population were within acceptable walking or cycling distances from any necessary requirements. The city design demoted the use of motor vehicle use and in turn drastically reduced its carbon footprint. Furthermore, the implementa-tion of connected centres of social and commercial activities further promoted carbon neutrality and enhanced the social components of the entire city. Moreover, operating key water use, energy and transport schemes, which considered and utilized the contextual surroundings the design, drew closer to carbon neutrality.

Distances comfortably accessible by car only

Compact City and Mixed Use to ReduceAutomotive Transportation

Walk-able and Bicycle-abledistances

Connected Centres of Social and Commercial Activities within each node

Residential

Green Areas

Mixed Use

Commercial

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LAND USE PLAN

Green Seams

Nodes

Transport

Movement

Urban Fabric

MY

Extension of Western Sydney Parklands

Ultra Light Rail

Green Areas

Sustainable Node/Community

Carpark/Rooftop Solar Array

Leppington Train Station Waste to Energy

Water Catchment

Sewage Treatment plantWater Reticulator

Anaerobic Digestor

Recycling FactoryOrganic Compostor Industrial EcologyPark

MASTER PLAN

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MARK SHIBATA I MEELAD YAQO I JUSTIN SPAGNOLO I YELENA SMETANNIKOV | MICHAEL PARASKA


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