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Topic 3: Principles of the ‘Red Strategy’, drawing comparisons to the draft Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan
The RED strategy is a plan to Guide the future development of area (Redfern, Waterloo, Eveleigh and Darlington) and aims to address a number of specific local issues in the redfern and waterloo environments includingpublic domain, transport links and traffic planning, housing, open space, employment, public infrastructure, conservation and heritage,parks and streetscape, encouraging commercial and retail activity.The aim is to plan a sustainable vision for the RED area.To achieve an economic environment which provides greater employment for local residents and Red strategy encourages high quality development where retail, culture and commercial business are able to provide jobs for the local.To achieve an improved social and culture environment Red strategy promotes an increase in housing provision, safety and access, choice and affordability, activation of sites adjoining residential which are degraded and underutilided, fostering of retail and employment activity and quality community, culture and civic spaces for residents, workers and visitors. To achieve an improved physical environment Red strategy promotes place with a built form and civic place that are responsive to its context, provides for increased emphasis on public transport, improves access and connection and encourages development which has regard for environmental sustainable outcomes.
In these issues, to improve public domain is one of importantissue to propose the REDarea. It concerns with the quality of public space: the streets, roads, squares, side walkers and parks. Theexisting condition in the area
A number of parks and open space are scattered through the RED area. These parks are:Badly connected and poorly accessible for pedestrians and cyclists
The RED area is surrounded by significant regional open space
Redfern oval is not accessible by the general public
Parts of the public domain are perceived as being unusable and unsafe
Redfern station is barely used; it serves seven of Sydney’s 10 lines but is only
ninth-busiest in the network.
The Public Domain Strategies:
Upgrade of Redfern Railway Station and surroundings
Creation of a new civic space linked with the town centre and Redfern Railway Station which will provide a focus for activity and enterprise
Landscaping and improvements along linkages and connections to the Railway station and town centre, Redfern Street and Regent Streets, North and South Eveleigh, and ATP
Provision of open space areas associated with new development
Improved safety and security by encouraging retail and other active uses adjacent to the public domain.
In these strategies, a key concept for developing open space is to open Red Square, opposite station and always the ingnore-point of Redfern’s troubles and to redesign in my future project as a large and welcoming public place.
Existingand improvements of RED square
Aboriginal people have lived in this area before colonization took place. The area was inhabited by the gadigal people, whose land extended from south head to port jackson
The total indigenous population in the RED area represents 4% of the total population
The Block which holds a significant cultural and historic place with the aboriginal community, is currently underutilized and has a low level of amenity
It is the strong view of the aboriginal housing company (AHC) the block and its surroundings can be comprehensively re-developed with high quality housing
The re-development of the block and the design of the public domain, facilitates the physical connection of the block into the RED area and serves as a catalyst for economic revitalization through commercial opportunities serving the needs of the aboriginal community
Streetscape improvements and landscaping programs will improve the appearance of the area.