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URBAN INFILL RENEWAL PROJECT, ALBION QLD
Redeveloping Railway Embankment Areas

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Neylan Architecture participated at the 6th International Urban Design Conference at the Novotel, Sydney in September 2013 with a paper and a poster illustrating our proposal. Our Principal John Neylan also gave a talk on the topic.
Analysis:

The inner-northern Brisbane suburbs of Albion and Wooloowin where selected as case studies. These neighbourhoods are dissected by the rail corridor and the resulting (and inadequate) vehicular network.
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Proposal:

- Four (4) development precincts spanning the rail corridor were  identified, with an approximate gross building area of 50,000 square metres. 
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- Planning guidelines to be changed to allow for the economic, social & environmental benefits of medium & high  urban infill types and densities.

- Proposed building types ranging from 4 - 16 storeys in height, to encourage high density living.  

- Re-direction of existing road ways to integrate the currently disparate  suburbs  of   Wooloowin  and Albion.

- This is  value-added by encouraging pedestrian and  bicycle traffic through the connection of currently  discontinuous walking and  bike paths. 

- Building over and adjacent to the existing rail line, will help to reconnect the urban landscape previously  severed  by the railway trench.
 
- Street lines to be activated through active  building frontages which encourage  pedestrian movements through public areas and boulevards.
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- This strategy is applicable to numerous other locations in Brisbane which include significant Government owned land and infrastructure holdings.

- State governments have  generally professed a preference for urban consolidation through the utilisation of existing services  infrastructure as opposed to suburban sprawl on greenfield exurban sites.
Our paper is  available from  the 6th International Urban Design Conference Book of Proceedings  ISBN: 978-1-922232-08-3

Neylan Architecture Pty Ltd
42 Bridge Street, Albion, 4010
Brisbane QLD, AUSTRALIA

07 3857 2044
enquiry@neylan.com.au
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