In Sydney, a recent discussion about "Cultural Planning Precinct" organized by the city government has raised questions important on how the city can compete in the global race to cultural arms. However, Sara Anne Best think he raised all the wrong questions. Originally posted on Australian Design Review as " cultural Ribbon or Coastal Connections " This article argues that Sydney, with an industry of culture and tourism, so focused on outdoor recreation could find a way more only to attract attention, which includes the largest metropolitan area more than the usual downtown cultural center, asking: "with three iconic beaches in the city are undergoing renewal, what is the role of the CBD in the seaside context of the cultural identity of Sydney? "Find out the answer after the break.
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To design disparate cultural institutions in Sydney as an active constellation is a step towards the urban excellence. To foster a culture of cooperation, not competition. To remind these revered institutions of the responsibilities they bear as guardians of their respective pregnant, left by the wayside in the race to commercialization. Under the City of 2030 "green, global and connected Sydney vision, cultural institutions will no longer privilege Islands, but the defenders of the participation and porosity.
A useful discussion, of course, but it has been almost 20 years since the bomb Bilbao that gave birth to "the culture of Precinct planning. "in that time, cities have cultivated a global industry in search of" the cultural offer. According to the expert Adrian Ellis, this has become a shortcut for liveability index and cities are wanted in order to attract tourism and knowledge workers. There are 75 districts planned worldwide with planned spending of $ 0 billion over the next 10-15 years.
At a time when cities have become interchangeable products, Ellis stresses the importance of the cultural offerings as an affirmation of identity and strategic marker. But how identity can be built around the speaker who wanted to existence? What the city aspiring to gain from having its own island museum, like Berlin or New York High Line style? Especially if you already have a fair dinkum Opera House?
The "cultural ribbon" planned for Sydney has all the features to be a leading tourism logo and second planning strategy. Imagine a brush stroke describing the soft curves of the port coastline, twisting and turning to reveal the iconic shells on Bennelong Point. A "trail and" connecting our cultural references and "highlighting the placing on the way to the harbor." cultural fatigue, anyone?
To focus so heavily on the pulling power of the arts appears limited when the identity and culture of Sydney is at least as integrated in nature, sport and the beach. Would not be a strategy that networks of our artistic institutions and memory with parks, swimming pools and recreational areas create a diversity that is unique Sydney?
Three of the iconic Sydney beaches are in the midst of an urban redesign. Of course, location is outside of Sydney local government area. But I would say the ability of our beaches to attract global inclusion of capital warrants in a debate on the quality of life and identity of the city. The role of the seaside CBD needs to evolve coastal outpost in greater Sydney area network
For tourists, Bondi is the third most popular attraction in Sydney to offer. - 44% of international visitors make their way (with difficulty) for this coveted stretch of the coast. It is a life choice destination for workers and people in similar global knowledge with Manly and Cronulla. The work programs planned for these areas are ambitious scale of the local council, but are naturally concentrated community in nature.
Waverley Council allocated $ 20 million over 10 years to create a green buffer between sand and shady Campbell Parade, improve amenities and restore the flag; Manly Council is looking to spend $ 80 million to create a place, the new library and the laneways activation underutilized and Sutherland Shire Council asked for ideas to inform the capital Conulla program works to strengthen beach connections and improve outdoor shopping center equipment. The Bondi management plan promises to study light rail options, as does 2015 Masterplan Manly, but all still include significant commitments for parking.
What is lacking is a vision that connects the beach to the city, one that draws from the cultural presence of Sydney and helps her identity.
could encourage greater Sydney outpost of one of our anchor institutions such as the Moderna Museet Malmö or the Tate St Ives? Alternatively, the MCA could take residence in the Bondi Pavilion for a term. Brighton has the capacity to accommodate significant coastal speech (as the Kastrup Sea Bath, for example), drawing locals and tourists to new parts of the city. And maybe the Tate could help us with the Entertainment Quarter instead of Barangaroo - create a diverse area of sport and culture, halfway between the CBD and the coast. It could even possibly be a light rail and cycleway linking the three.
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