Smart Cities: rethinking the city centre JULY 2007 THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
DETECTING A PATTERN OF URBAN GROWTH AND KNOWLEDGE PRECINCTS. KELVIN GROVE URBAN VILLAGE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING RBH HEALTH BOWEN HILLS URBAN RENEWAL AUSTRALIA TRADECOAST EXPORT PARK AIRPORT PORT OF MILTON CORRIDOR BUSINESS/IT CITY WEST ENTER- TAIN- MENT SPORT FORTITUDE VALLEY IT ENTERTAINMNET SOUTH BANK QUT IT CULTURE ENTER- TAIN- MENT MATER HILL HEALTH UQ BOGGO ROAD PAH WOOLLOONGABBA EDUCATION BIOSCIENCES BIO- SCIENCES ECO- SCIENCES HEALTH SPORT URBAN RENEWAL INNOVATION PARK QCAT/ PINJARRA HILLS + DEVELOP- MENT TENNYSON SPORT URBAN RENEWAL GRIFFITH UNI EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY PARK BIOTECH MICRO-ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IT COOPERS PLAIN FOOD SCIENCES
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DECIPHER A STRUCTURE PLAN WHICH DENOTES A SMART CITY EMERGING THE COLLOCATION OF KNOWLEDGE, LIFESTYLE AND GROWTH PRECINCTS. KNOWLEDGE PRECINCTS GROWTH URBAN RENEWAL PRECINCTS TECHNOLOGY + INNOVATION PARKS THE VISION CAN BE OF: A CITY CENTRE WHERE KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY INTERACT CONTINUOUSLY WITH LIVING AND WORKING PRECINCTS, LINKED BY MULTIPLE PHYSICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONNECTIONS.
CORRELATION OF FORECAST GROWTH AND KNOWLEDGE CENTRES. 4.5% + 2.5% TO 4.5% 0.5% TO 2.5% 0% TO 0.5% KELVIN GROVE HERSTON BOWEN HILLS FORTITUDE VALLEY NEWSTEAD Creative Industries/ Health Research Health Research Possible Knowledge Hub CITYWEST SPRING HILL MILTON CITY KANGAROO POINT NEW FARM WEST END SOUTH EAST Universities Health Research Kangaroo Point HIGHGATE HILL WOOLLOONGABBA DUTTON PARK Source - KPMG Property Advisory Services; National Institute of Economic Research; Population Information Forecasting Unit University Health and Sciences Knowledge Hub Percentage Population Growth By Statistical Local Area (2006-2021) + Knowledge Precinct Association
STRATEGY ONE: TO MAP AND DEFINE THE CITY CENTRE AS HAVING A DEFINITIVE KNOWLEDGE CORRIDOR CORE OF THE SMART CITY. Kelvin Grove KGUV/ QUT RBH All new education, research and creative precincts should be located in this corridor. Focus of inter-institutional partnerships and communication technology systems. Fortitude Valley New Farm QUT South Bank Mater KBRB UQ PAH MUSEUM LIBRARY KNOWLEDGE PRECINCTS KNOWLEDGE CORRIDOR PERFORMANCE SPACE LINKAGE POTENTIALS ART GALLERY Brisbane s Knowledge Corridor
STRATEGY TWO: TO UTILISE EXISTING BEGINNINGS TO FORM AUSTRALIA S BEST CONNECTED PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE CITY. Iconic of subtropical, healthy lifestyle city. Iconic by design. Kelvin Grove Village Bowen Hills Newstead Teneriffe Bulimba New New Farm Parklands Dense Living South Bank QUT Dense Living Kelvin Grove Village Roma St Parkland Government Place Traffic Resolution Albert St Upgrade Queen Street Mall New Botanic Gardens High Density Residential New Dense Living Woolloongabba West End New Cultural Centre New North Bank South Bank
STRATEGY THREE: TO DEVELOP A LIGHT RAIL INTERCONNECTIVITY SYSTEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Bowen Hills Montepeller Rd River Park Integrating pedestrian, cycle, ferry, rail and mass transit to create one of the world s most accessible cities. Gregory Tce St Pauls Tce Wickam Tce James St Roma St Adelaide St Montague Rd South Brisbane Melbourne St Grey St CITY Schonell UQ Woolloongabba CITY CENTRE MASTER PLAN ROUTE POSSIBLE ALTERNATE ROUTES POSSIBLE ALTERNATE ROUTES POSSIBLE ALTERNATE ROUTES
STRATEGY FOUR: TO RESTRUCTURE THE PLANNING OF THE CITY CENTRE INTO 4 SUPER-PRECINCTS UNDERTAKEN AS STATE/ COUNCIL PARTNERSHIPS OR AUTHORITIES. CLUSTER 1 Bowen Hills Royal Brisbane Hospital CITY NORTH RNA Showground Kelvin Grove Village River Park Albion CLUSTER 2 CITYWEST Fortitude Valley Milton SOUTH CLUSTER 3 CLUSTER 4 West End South Bank Boggo Road CITY SOUTH UQ PA Hospital Buranda STATE GOVERNMENT JOINT STATE GOVERNMENT + CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL SOUTH BANK CORPORATION RNA (SHOWGROUNDS) Proposed Approach as Four Integrated Super-precincts CITY NORTH Bowen Hills, Mayne Railyards, Albion, RNA, Newstead River Park, Valley CITY WEST Kelvin Grove Village, Citywest, Milton SOUTH West End, Kurilpa / Peel Street, South Bank / Mater Hospital CITY SOUTH Woolloongabba, Buranda, Boggo Road, Princess Alexandra Hospital, UQ
STRATEGY FOUR EXEMPLAR: Possible second. Significant open space for urban growth. Integrated rail and light rail. Dynamic urban waterfront. Population potential triple that is currently envisaged. CAMPUS OR KNOWLEDGE PRECINCT FLYNN PARK CREATIVE INDUSTRIES PRECINCT Royal Brisbane Hospital RNA Development Site BOWEN HILLS URBAN RENEWAL PRECINCT Newstead River Park QUT WATERFRONT PLAZA FORTITUDE VALLEY URBAN RENEWAL Translink Busway NEW PERRY PARK CENTRAL PARK BOWEN HILLS STATION SOUTHBANK URBAN RENEWAL PRECINCT RIVER PARK ROYAL HOSPITAL RNA SHOWGROUNDS GREEN SQUARE
S SMART CITY BRANDS KNOWLEDGE CITY UNIVERSALLY UNDERSTOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND CITY LIFE. INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES, AND BUSINESS. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AN IMPLICIT PART OF NETWORK. INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE CREATIVITY PROSPERITY LIFESTYLE VITALITY SUSTAINABILITY CONNECTED CITY ACCESSIBLE EVERYWHERE WITHOUT CAR. PHYSICALLY ICONIC BY DESIGN. CORRESPOND WITH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES. COMMUNICATION TRANSACTION TECHNOLOGY ADAPTABILITY SUSTAINABLE CITY TRANSFORMATION TO THE NON-VEHICULAR CITY. PRECINCT-WIDE STRATEGIES FOR ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY. CREATING THE GREEN CITY OF PARKS AND LINKAGES.