Hill ThalisThe Government has submitted a Part 3A Modification application with the Department of Planning to increase development at East Darling Harbour. The current planning documents show a continuing lack of any commitment to the creation of the public domain – leaving it open to amendment and adjustment to suit private development interests. Our concerns regarding the current planning documents and proposed amendments are summarized in our Barangaroo Update.
For further information see the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC News. To view the Government’s proposed changes see the Department of Planning Website and scroll down to Modification of Concept Plan for Barangaroo (MP 06_0162 MOD 2). Submissions regarding the proposed modification close on the 15th August.
Jack Floyd Reserve won a Commendation in the Small Projects Category of the NSW Architecture Awards. The jury citation calls the park, ‘modest, monumental and memorable;the project appears to have always existed.’
The Rose Bay Apartments have won a High Commendation in the Professional Excellence in Building Awards for Beach Constructions.
Hill Thalis is working with the City of Sydney on a joint master planning process for an Affordable Housing Demonstration Project – one of the projects identified in the Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy.
The project involves the construction of up to 700 new affordable, social and private housing units on sites in Glebe and Ultimo.
Housing Minister Matt Brown and Ms Moore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing the City of Sydney and the NSW Government to a partnership to develop affordable housing on a 3.6 hectare site in Glebe.
“We are aiming to develop new models of affordable housing which can be replicated around Australia. We want to ensure a healthy mix of accommodation types, not a segregated city with an increasing gulf between the haves and the have-nots,” Ms Moore said.
Hill Thalis have been working with SGS Economics and Simpson Wilson Architects on Sydney 2030 – a document that articulates diverse strategies and urban interventions to guide sustainable future development of the City of Sydney. The full document and information and an animation of the proposed projects are available at the City of Sydney’s project website COS Sydney 2030.
The Rose Bay Apartments appear in Issue 61 of Houses Magazine which includes a feature on apartment buildings.
The Gerringong Headland subdivision has been completed and the new streets opened – reconnecting the site into the town street pattern. Tasman Drive defines the town boundary and provides unimpeded public access to the increased headland reserve. The first stage of lots were auctioned in March 2008.
Hill Thalis, Aspect Studios and CAB Consulting’s recently completed Pyrmont Point Park Master Plan received an award for Excellence at the AILA State Awards.
Substation No. 175 was featured in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain 10 year anniversary issue. Elizabeth Farrelly describing it as having, ‘the romantic eccentricity of an Italian tower house, its slender section allowing natural ventilation throughout. A perfect inner-city nest.’
Hill Thalis in association with Design 5 Architects won a National Trust Heritage Award for the Parramatta Civic Place Conservation Management Plan.
