More than 50 proposals, including urban forests, plazas, parks, road art projects and river pools, are on exhibition as part of a campaign to unearth bold ideas for the city’s future.
Brisbane City Council put forward a callout to design studios and industry bodies to submit their ideas that could transform the city for the world stage as part of its “inner spark” campaign.
The brief was informed by seven key themes aimed at promoting inclusion and accessibility; enhance connectedness; fostering creativity; enhancing beauty; facilitating future growth; incorporate clean, green and sustainable design; and responding and adapting to challenging conditions.
More than 600 ideas have been generated during the initial stage of Brisbane City Council’s Inner Spark engagement process, submitted by planners, designers, architects and students. From the projects submitted, 57 are now available for public review.
Proposals range from a linear urban street kitchen to tranforming Victoria Bridge into a “subtropical public realm [with] multi-levelled garden outcrops.”
Wickham Park Precinct proposed by Daniel Kallis, Hassell.
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Lord mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner thanked the innovative and audacious submissions made to Council that “start a conversation” around how the city should look in the future.
“We asked some of Brisbane’s best and brightest to come forward with big and bold ideas that can transform those areas of our city that are popular with residents and visitors alike,” said Schrinner.
“Like Expo 88 transformed the industrial site we now know as South Bank, we wanted to start a conversation on how Brisbane 2032 can revolutionise other parts of our city, particularly those areas in and around Games venues.”
While some projects relate directly to Olympic activities, like the Breakfast Creek Sports Precinct proposed by Brisbane City Council with Neeson Murcutt and Neille, others range from widening the river edge to create waterside parklands, to creating a subtropical garden on Victoria Bridge.
Projects are open for public comment until 25 September on the Brisbane City Council website, and feedback will help to inform Council’s decision for the city’s future legacy.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
