Friday 26 November 2010

Sydney Open - Barangaroo/Sky Watch Friday

Looking over Barangaroo South
Barangaroo is the last industrial habourside location in the Sydney CBD to be redeveloped, with final approvals subject to statutory planning processes and community input. The 22 hectares of Barangaroo is made up of Barangaroo South, a business, tourism, residential and retail precinct; Barangaroo Central, a large civic space with a variety of uses including medium-rise civic, residential and commercial buildings; and Headland Park, a waterfront park for the community to enjoy. Barangaroo’s declared aim is to be one of the world’s first climate-positive CBD precincts. It is intended that it will return more clean water to the environment than it uses, create zero waste and achieve carbon neutrality by generating more renewable energy than is needed to power the site. Barangaroo will have connections with neighbouring precincts including Millers Point, Walsh Bay, King Street Wharf and the Sydney CBD. All of the water’s edge will remain accessible to the public, including the Foreshore Walk around the site which has dedicated pathways for walking, jogging and cycling.

The development is highly controversial with claims that the current proposal bears little resemblance to the design that won the initial international design competition. The proposed hotel over the harbour has caused a furore and, apparently, things are back on hold. Sydney has a history of doing this kind of development very badly and it doesn't look like this one will be any different.

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6 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Those problems sounds familiar, but if it works out as you described it it sounds like a good plan to me.

Jim said...

An interesting view of the site.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Gorgeous shot!

My Skywatch, hope you can visit? Thank you!

Pearl Maple said...

Always interesting to see the different views on development and one can only hope that in today's world where we understand impact more that the best plans are made to make it a great addition to the community. Happy Sky Watching.

Gabriela Abalo said...

great shot!

cheers from Uruguay :)

eileeninmd said...

Great post and photo! I personally like to see redevelopment especially of older areas. It would be great if they do more "green" building.