Browse Brief Case Studies by development type: Brownfield Development

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Subi Centro

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• Brief Case Study
• by Your Development Administrator
• posted 20 Oct 2008

The Subi Centro project is situated in Subiaco which is a few kilometers west of Perth, Western Australia.  The Subi Centro redevelopment includes townhouses, apartments, parkland, commercial office, retail shopping, home office, service industry and public transport.  This redevelopment won the Urban Renewal category in the 2004 UDIA National Awards for Excellence.

 

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• Brownfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
• Large (1000-5000 lots),
• High Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government,
• Temperate,

Rockcote Design Centre

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• posted 15 Oct 2008

The Rockcote Design Centre is Australia’s first sustainable commercial building built on a former wasteland at Nerang (near the Gold Coast).  The Rockcote Design Centre won the President’s Award in the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s National Awards for Excellence in 2006 and was announced as the runner-up in the international Prix D’Excellence Awards – Environmental Category at the FIABCI World Congress in Amsterdam on May 29 2008.  The building is totally self-sufficient for water, waste treatment and energy, selling excess power to the electricity grid.  Other environmentally friendly practices include natural systems for heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation and an organic garden.

 

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• Small (<100 lots),
• Local Government, Designer, Builder,
• Warm humid / sub–tropical,

Gandangara Estate

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• posted 14 Oct 2008

Gandangara Estate is in Barden Ridge, 31 km south-west of Sydney's CBD and is a 41 lot residential subdivision project provided for rehabilitation of a degraded former quarry site. Gandangara Estate has an environmental management plan, incorporating indigenous native plants only and non-invasive grass, passive solar design is implemented, solar hot water is used, all stormwater is tertiary treated (Ingal system) and surrounding bushland is preserved, including a cultural sites management plan. The development provides for Aboriginal employment for construction and post construction stages.

 

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• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Sustainablity Management,
• Small (<100 lots),
• Medium Density,
• State Government, Local Government,
• Temperate,

Dandenong LOGIS

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• posted 13 Oct 2008

LOGIS is 2 km south of Dandenong CBD and will be Victoria's first eco-industrial park located on 154-hectares of the former MW Dandenong Treatment Plant. LOGIS will implement environmentally sustainable initiatives such as:

• Water Sensitive Urban Design (third pipe recycled water, onsite stormwater treatment);
• Energy-efficient street lighting system;
• Provision of green power;
• Native planting;
• Environmentally sustainable design principles in all buildings; and
• Recycling of industry waste.

 

Approximately 3,000 jobs will be generated from the development.

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• Large (1000-5000 lots),
• Developer, State Government, Local Government,
• Temperate,

Melbourne Docklands

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• posted 10 Oct 2008

Docklands is Australia's largest construction project situated next to Melbourne's CBD in Victoria.  The development has involved renewing 200 hectares of unused government land into a place for people to live, work and visit for entertainment.  Docklands is scheduled for completion by 2020.

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• Construction, Completion,
• Brownfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
• Very Large (>5000 lots),
• High Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government, Designer,
• Temperate,

Victoria Park, Sydney

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• posted 09 Oct 2008

Victoria Park has experienced a varied history, orginally as the Waterloo Swamp, then a racetrack, an ordinance unit, a racetrack again, a car manufacturing plant, a Naval supply centre and now as a Green Square Urban Renewal Project.  This development is winner of the Lloyd Rees Award for Outstanding Urban Design, the National Award for Excellence in Water Sensitive Urban Design and the Francis Greenway Society Green Building Award.  Victoria Park is nearest to Green Square Station and a 10 minute drive to Sydney's CBD in New South Wales.

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• Large (1000-5000 lots),
• High Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government, Designer,
• Temperate,

Sydney Olympic Park

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• posted 08 Oct 2008

The Sydney Olympic Park development will focus on sustainable urban development best-practice.  This involves designing to enhance energy conservation, water conservation, waste avoidance and minimisation and protecting significant natural and cultural environments and biological diversity.  In addition, best-practice research on traffic management, noise management, social impacts, equitable access and major event operations has also been incorporated.

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• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Sustainablity Management,
• Large (1000-5000 lots),
• Medium Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government, Designer,
• Temperate,

South Beach

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• Brief Case Study
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• posted 07 Oct 2008

South Beach is a development within the City of Cockburn, Fremantle in Western Australia.  The estate has been built by Stockland on rehabilitated land and its emphasis is on best practice in environmentally sustainable design. 

The development has received the Housing Industry Association’s National GreenSmart Professional of the Year for its leadership in environmentally responsible residential development.  South Beach is near the beach, shops, Fremantle Hospital, schools and Notre Dame University.

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• Planning, Design, Construction, Lot Creation,
• Brownfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Sustainablity Management,
• Medium (100-1000 lots),
• Medium Density,
• Developer, State Government, Local Government, Designer,
• Temperate,

Sanctuary Lakes Resort

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• Brief Case Study
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• posted 13 Jun 2008

Sanctuary Lakes Resort is located in the Point Cook area of Melbourne, approximately 20km from the CBD. The development is located on the former site of the Cheetham Salt Works where a large scale industrial production of salt supplied Melbourne and Victoria for nearly 100 years. This facility was closed in the late 1980's by the Cheetham Company leaving the site significantly altered from its natural state and making redevelopment options limited. As a result, the development of Sanctuary Lakes had to address a number of environmental and engineering challenges.

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• Categorised under:
• Brownfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Estate Design, Water Management,
• Large (1000-5000 lots),
• Low Density,
• Temperate,