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G R A D U A T I O N S T U D I O P O R T F O L I O

AMMENDED NOVEMBER 2012 FOR: NYC DEPARTMENT OF CIT Y PL ANNING

U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w S o u t h W a l e sPennsylvania State Universit y

ROBERT GREENBACHELOR OF L ANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Universit y of New South Wales 2008-2011Pennsylvania State Universit y 2010

+61 [0] 422 020 130 +61 [0] 2 9899 9190green_rob@hotmail .comrober [email protected]

The Sandown Track provides an exciting opportunity,establishing a corridor that not only serves as primary transportation access, but acts as a stormwater treatment facility and an ecological amenity as well. In addition to supporting sustainable infrastructure principles, the track also offers amenites and health benefi ts by acting as a car free connection through the East Riverfront and Parramatta CBD. The track becomes an asset that creates and supports new services and amenities.

The Green Industry Live + Work neighbourhood has been conceived as a sustainable mixed-use district. A revitalised and enhanced industrial district close to the Parramatta CBD and rail and truck distribution networks. Rather than a single-use neighborhood, live/work loft housing is proposed on the upper stories above warehouse and industrial spaces. The proposal is also predicated on an intensifi cation of industrial and commercial uses to provide a better job base for the surrounding East Riverfront Precinct.

The introduction of new fi ngers of parkland as well as the Sandown Track will not only make the area perform better ecologically, but will connect to the regenerated vegetation communities along the riverfront and provide additional habitat for native wildlife.

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The Sandown Track will be a new kind of sustainable infrastructure with integrated cycleways, bioswales and stormwater integration, dark sky lighting, and substantial planting.

By creating the Sandown Track within the corridor of old, industrial rail lines the greenway can lead the transition toward urban revitalisation of this area while maintaining viable existing land uses.

Perspective - Sandown Track heading west towards Parramatta.

Detail Section 1:40 - Sandown Track

J u s t A d d W a t e r :R e c l a i m i n g t h e i n t e r t i d a le c o t o n e

G r a d u a t i o n S t u d i o [ I n d i v i d u a l ]P r o f e s s o r : L i n d a C o r k e r y

In the small suburb of Camellia, growth has always been tied to ongoing industrial development, bringing with it polluted stormwater and a neglected shoreline. With the decline of the old industrial waterfront comes the challenge of returning the site to ecological and community function.

Urbanisation has resulted in extensive replacement of natural habitats with man-made structures and the traditional vertical seawalls that line this 4km stretch of shoreline have had a detrimental impact on the estuary, as they represent a significant departure from the natural graduated intertidal foreshore habitat. The seawalls along the Upper Parramatta River catchment area are highly varied in design, age, construction material, and condition; with the requirements to repair or replace these seawalls comes the exciting opportunity to create or enhance intertidal habitats. Promoting this living edge, where the land meets the water, presents us with a platform where we stand to encounter the river. It can be a zone of dynamic ecological value and appearance, and it is the experience here that will draw people to Camellia and make it successful. This project aims to activate the rivers edge through new gateway spaces and a subtly articulated path, creating opportunities for education and recreation organised around existing natural resources and local opportunities. As ecological processes develop through a series of phases, human inhabitation brings the site to life. The ephemeral movement of water, be it tidal, flood or stormwater, sets the stage for unique programs to develop and informs visitors about the local hydrology whilst fulfilling their innately human need to experience the wild and intricate forces at play in the environment.

Development of the foreshore will embrace the industrial past of the area and reestablish the ecological interface between the river and changing local infrastructure

EXISTING

IDENTIFY KEY SITES: potential to change the character of currently neglected river areas

GATEWAY SPACES: riverside precincts, natural areas and recreational spaces

YEARS 0 - 2

FORESHORE WALK: Continuous access along the river, a unifying movement corridor, linking these gateway spaces and providing recreational opportunities

BUILD AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Extension of landscape character providing functional, visual and spatial relationships to foreshore open space

YEARS 2 - 5

REORIENTATE URBANISM TO THE RIVER: Urban form assists use and activation of foreshore open space (active frontages, linkages)

YEARS 5 - 10

CURATE THE VISION THROUGH TIME: Design and stage improvements so that the landscape can be understood and enjoyed in each phase of it’s development.

ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY: A healthy natural river system with resilient and self sustaining habitats that continually evolve

YEARS 10+

There is a level of flexibility in the design of the open space to cater for public events and changing recreational patterns in the future. The foreshore needs to provide a variety of spaces for enjoying the river. River steps provide seating spaces and access down to the water level. The relationship is intensified as tides change seating relationships and availability at different points of the day. Natural fluctuations are celebrated and interactions with the river encouraged.

CONNECTIONS TO THE URBAN FORM:

1. Create an urban fabric that creates a publicly accessible and vibrant river edge with strong visual connections to the water. Streets and public spaces are designed to encourage and support pedestrians, cyclists and transit users.

2. Encourage active, publicly-engaging ground floor uses along the rivers edge promenade.

3. Grand Ave becomes a parkway/boulevard that provides for pedestrian amenity, commuter bike lanes, and mass transit.

CENTRAL SPINE

This provides an exciting opportunity to establish a corridorthat not only serves as primary pedestrian and cycleaccess, but a place that will act as a stormwater treatmentfacility and an ecological amenity as well. Storm water willbe channelled to the WSUD infrastructure and the treatedbefore entering the river

Turning the abandoned rail line into a linear park will be asuccessful example of effective urban re-use, sustainableinfrastructure and enhanced biodiversity – exhibiting thecreative possibilities of the site and incorporating manyof the recommendations for greater planning throughoutCamellia.

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CENTRAL SPINE

This provides an exciting opportunity to establish a corridorthat not only serves as primary pedestrian and cycleaccess, but a place that will act as a stormwater treatmentfacility and an ecological amenity as well. Storm water willbe channelled to the WSUD infrastructure and the treatedbefore entering the river

Turning the abandoned rail line into a linear park will be asuccessful example of effective urban re-use, sustainableinfrastructure and enhanced biodiversity – exhibiting thecreative possibilities of the site and incorporating manyof the recommendations for greater planning throughoutCamellia.





PARRAMATTA RIVER

CONSTANT SPINE

WIDTH ANDCONTINUITY

Pinch points along the length of the river edge result in different dynamics at different areas

The curvature of the river edge visually disconnects the ends of the site. How do we address visual discontinuity?

BURRA | MATTA | GAL

SALTMARSH: Saltmarsh species found in the study area include Sarcocornia quinqueflora (Samphire), Sporobolus virginicus (Salt couch), Suaeda australis (Seablite), Samolus repens (creeping brookweed) and Juncus kraussii (Sea rush). More rarely found is the vulnerable saltmarsh species Wilsonia backhousei. birds, insects, mammals, crabs, molluscs and fish use saltmarsh at different phases of the tide. Fish and crabs feed in saltmarsh during king and spring tides and shorebirds often feed at low tide. bats have also been known to forage for insects in saltmarshes.

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- Revisit site- Initial sketch design ideas- Design at different scales- Complete research on saltmarshes and tidal movements- Crit with Catherine Evans

Assess feedback. Readjust timetable

WEEK 11:Interim Review #2

Assess feedback. Readjust timetable

WEEK 12-14:

- Finalise text for boards- Refine and bind design report - Complete graphics- Final board layout- Print boards- Prepare presentation

WEEK 9:

- Design in section and perspective - Complete sketch masterplan- Transfer sketch to CAD- Start collecting images for montages- Crit with Graham Fletcher

Finalise research on: -Aesthetic properties of sustainable design - Habitats and fauna - Vegetation communities - Sediments and hydrology

WEEK 10:

- Phasing research and diagram- Draft board layout- Star design report- Start rendering masterplan

cREATING VARIETY AT THE WATERS EDGE:

The waters edge will become one of the most important programmatic elements of my intervention. It is also the sense of freedom and expansiveness experienced at te waters edge that will draw the greatest number of visitors.

SOFT EDGES

HARD EDGES

FLOATING EDGES

MANGROVES: Mangrove communities in the study area are dominated by Grey mangrove (Avicennia marina), and less commonly River mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum). Mangroves are the most widespread component of estuarine vegetation within the study area, although mangroves are believed to be more widely distributed and abundant in comparison to pre-European settlement along the Parramatta River (McLoughlin 2000).

VEGETATION cOMMuNITIES

SWAMP-OAK FLOODPLAIN FOREST: Most of this habitat within the study area has historically been cleared or reclaimed for industrial, residential or open space requirements. Subsequently remnant communities within the study area are highly fragmented and restricted to narrow bands of growth located immediately upland of, and fringing, the intertidal zone (except where topography and/or geology is unsuitable).̀

bRAcKISH WETLANDS: changes to natural hydrological regimes and other land disturbances, including tidal flushing, increased freshwater inputs, and sedimentation, can promote the spread of freshwater or brackish macrophytes, into areas occupied by saltmarsh.

PLACE eel (BIODIVERSITY) PEOPLE (INTERRACTION)

ADAPTIVE MODEL FORLINEAR GREEN LINKAGES:

Current condition: Scattered planting due to tree deaths, no formal plan and removal of habitat

Phase 1: Defined street planting, Grand Ave becomes a parkway.Gateway spaces and spaces orientated towards the river areplanted

Phase 2: Piercing new streets and alleyways to create fingers to the rivers edge. New habitats are created

Phase 3: WSUD becomes a visible process. Vegetation adapts, develops and becomes self-sustaining. A new urban forest emerges

Camellia’s seawalls have masked the tectonic nature of its association with the river and any indication of tidal flux or the water life that inhabits the intertidal zones. The virgin condition of the waterfront has been so effectively removed and distorted by human intervention that the user has become disengaged from any visual or physical recognition of the site condition. So with this new inclined interface between the land and tidal fluctuations, we begin to visually reactivate tidal perception.

With the university predicted to expand across the river into Camellia, we are presented with the chance to reuse old industrial buildings as educational facilities. These industrial structures can

provide points of interest along the corridor, however should not compromise biodiversity values or require the clearing of native vegetation. Past tendency for landuses along the river to orient away

from, rather than towards the river, have resulted in a ‘back of house’ feel. It is crucial this building opens up to the river and actively promotes an interraction with it.

Existing grade will be excavated and modified creating a rich mix of hydric and mesic conditions. Supporting the remediation of intertidal saltmarsh and mudflats will attract a diversity of wildlife, from fish and amphibians to birds and mammals. Visitors will be able to enjoy this restored nature through a boardwalk, which provides an ideal viewing platform of the fragile saltmarsh and marsh exhibits, as well as providing educational signage, bird watching and fishing opportunities. This space makes new habitats instantly accessible to the public. The design geometry of the boardwalk is based on projected lines from the urban form, the existing shoreline, linkages to the river and the industrial rail line.

MINIMUM APPROACHING DISTANCE

Each set of tanks sit in a large square depressed plot, calculated to hold the entire contents of the tank in the event of a major leak. Canals are cut into the existing grid network to supply water to the holding depressions. The refinery will reconstitute natural and settled landscapes as well as their interplay, with a new relation of overflows, water levels and flood mitigation.

A filtration ecosystem is seamlessly interwoven into the refinery landscape. The new waterscape will foster remediation of the river water through both phytoremediative plants and infiltration. The wetland and saltmarsh spaces will additionally provide treatment of stormwater runoff and provide spaces to hold flood waters.

The tidal waters enter through sluices, suspended sediments deposit behind the gates, and then settle on the site. Over time a new landscape is created, providing diverse habitats and nesting sites for shorebirds and creating a unique waterscape destination.

For the tanks to function as natural systems and keep a balanced equilibrium between the structure and its natural surroundings hidden areas, nesting spaces and food resources have been provided. By locating and

identifying a variety of existing or potential animal and plants species in the area we are able to create a series of openings and internal voids – each specifically sized and positioned to allow for a rich and varied

range of animals – reptiles and amphibians, small mammals, bats and shorebirds.

M i d R i n g C i t y

G r a d u a t i o n S t u d i o [ G r o u p ]P r o f e s s o r : J a m e s W e i r i c k

The Parramatta Rail Loop has the potential to become one of Sydney’s busiest and most important commuter rail lines, extending the reach of the Parramatta-Epping Rail Link to fringing urban areas. It will amplify the capacity of Parramatta as a CBD as growth continues, creating and reinforcing access to employment, education, recreation, health services and other community facilities.

Running as a loop line, it connects the Parramatta CBD to the City and Greater West, as well as urban centres Epping (Parramatta-Epping Rail Link), Penrith (Western Line), Blue Mountains (Intercity Line) and Liverpool (Cumberland Line). It also supports the proposal for a line North to Castle Hill and South to Hoxton Park. From Camellia the train line goes underground and passes under James Ruse Drive. The Loop commences at new platforms underground at Parramatta Station. Connections with the existing station would be by lifts and escalators directly from the existing platform areas into the new underground platforms. Connections to the Western Line are made West of the existing Westmead station. This has the advantage of undergrounding the Parramatta Rail Link tracks through Parramatta Regional Park. Underground platforms would also be constructed at Westmead Station. The line would then connect to new stations at the Westmead Hospital Health Precinct, North Parramatta - the gateway to the North West - and finally a station servicing Oatlands and the Kings School.

The Loop allows for greater flexibility in choosing alignments. Services that link back onto the Parramatta-Epping Rail Link at Rydalmere can proceed to Parramatta for termination. These carriages could then be put into service for the proposed Castle Hill Rail Link. Alternatively, trains on The Loop can also be diverted onto the Western Line (city-bound) via Rosehill after it has completed a full circle. Frequency of this alternative can be increased with events at Rosehill Racecourse. Diverting trains back into the Sydney CBD will help relieve capacity constraints and overcrowding on the network.

A Connected City:The Parramatta Loop

A CONNECTED CITY: THE PARRAMATTA LOOP

The Parramatta Rail Loop has the potential to become one of Sydney’s busiest and most important commuter rail lines, extending the reach of the Parramatta-Epping Rail Link to fringing urban areas. It will amplify the capacity of Parramatta as a CBD as growth continues, creating and reinforcing access to employment, education, recreation, health services and other community facilities.

Running as a loop line, it connects the Parramatta CBD to the City and Greater West, as well as urban centres Epping (Parramatta-Epping Rail Link), Penrith (Western Line), Blue Mountains (Intercity Line) and Liverpool (Cumberland Line). It also supports the proposal for a line North to Castle Hill and South to Hoxton Park. From Camellia the train line goes underground and passes under James Ruse Drive. The Loop commences at new platforms underground at Parramatta Station. Connections with the existing station would be by lifts and escalators directly from the existing platform areas into the new underground platforms. Connections to the Western Line are made West of the existing Westmead station. This has the advantage of undergrounding the Parramatta Rail Link tracks through Parramatta Regional Park. Underground platforms would also be constructed at Westmead Station. The line would then connect to new stations at the Westmead Hospital Health Precinct, North Parramatta - the gateway to the North West - and finally a station servicing Oatlands and the Kings School.

The Loop allows for greater flexibility in choosing alignments. Services that link back onto the Parramatta-Epping Rail Link at Rydalmere can proceed to Parramatta for termination. These carriages could then be put into service for the proposed Castle Hill Rail Link. Alternatively, trains on The Loop can also be diverted onto the Western Line (city-bound) via Rosehill after it has completed a full circle. Frequency of this alternative can be increased with events at Rosehill Racecourse. Diverting trains back into the Sydney CBD will help relieve capacity constraints and overcrowding on the network.

A Connected City:The Parramatta Loop

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Maintining the Pembroke Street axis from the East side of the station through to Boronia Park, Epping intends to provide an engaging and animated public realm, through its ground floor programming, building uses and high level of building permiablity.

The masterplan envisages a combination of institutional and cultural uses, as well as food and beverage venues, retail and recreational public space.

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33%Mixed Use5148 jobs + 1980 residents

40%High Density2,400 residents

27%Medium Density960 residents

With the growth of the Mid Ring City, Carlingford takes on the role of retail, leisure and a commercial precinct. With a range of spaces to cater for the needs of the community, the public and private shades of daily lives are seemlessly merged as private apartments are layered upon public squares and retail circulations.

Carlingford is removed from the microcosms of today’s shopping centres and aims to reconnect the shopper back into the urban realm.

Busy Pennant Hills Road is negotiated by the implementation of an 8 lane parkway which both serves as a traffi c calming measure and linear public space.

There is a coherent registration of local landscape character with green links into the ridge vegetation of the Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and retention of as much existing vegetation as possible.

Perspective - public courtyard within mixed use development.

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MID RING CITY - Epping-Parramatta

THE EAST RIVERFRONT: IMAGINING A NEW EDGE

Our proposal focuses on the regeneration and reactivation of the Parramatta riverfront. Through the redevelopment of Camellia and Rydalmere, defi ned and distinctive new neighbourhoods will bring new ways of living in the city and along the riverfront. Each of our proposed new neighbourhoods is seen as a carefully considered and functional urban design model, providing an alternative to existing development patterns and lifestyle choices.

New and comprehensive landscape infrastructure catalyses unprecedented urban neighbourhoods, areas that will be as distinctive and unique as existing areas of the city. Importantly, the East Riverfront both leverages and provokes specifi c landscape responses that are local to the cultural history, hydrology and ecology of itsv diverse site.

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15%Mixed Use3,040 residents +1,000 jobs


50%Green Industry6,429 jobs

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34%Mixed Use3,500 residents +1,500 jobs


28%Green Industry1,700 jobs

CONNECTING THE CITY TO THE WATERFRONT

PATCHWORKlack of cohesive public space due to infrastructure corridors

BARRIERSaccess restricted by privately owner land and industrial zones

UNIFIED RIVERFRONTpublic space on the rivers edge links the city back to the water

VISUAL CONNECTIONstrengthen visual links between Rydalmere and Camellia, and the river

WATERFRONT CITYcelebrate Parramatta as a waterfront city

STATIONS

IMPROVED ACCESScreate direct and attractive walking links, integrated parts of a collected pedestrian network for the active community

WEAK LINKSweak pedestrian links to and from stations

DIAGRAMMATIC ANALYSIS

Neighbourhoods Heritage Corridor Views + Sightlines

Open Green Space Road Network + Connections Watercourse

Sandown Track Green Industry Public Buildings

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Presently, Telopea is dominated by Government public housing and a railway station which divides and isolates each side of the suburb. Our proposal seeks to eradicate these issues by, fi rstly, redirecting the rail line underground and secondly, introducing mixed tenure for all new residential development.

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Encourage diversity of people and functions.

Create varied and diverse initiatives for staying.

Create a lively and safe public realm which is inclusive for all.

Perspective - public courtyard within mixed tenure development.

Typology precedent - Greenwich Millenium Village, London.

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33%Medium Density1000 residents CULTURAL MOSAIC

By implementing the design principles of mixed tenure development, opportunities arise for tenants to break out of the spiral of concentrated disadvantage. Blind architecture, which blurs the distinction between public and private dwellings, serves to emphasise similarities over differences and develop a safe and friendly neighbourhood community.

EPPING

It is important that Epping plays a central role in the public transport system of Sydney’s West. Epping as a transport hub is surrounded by both work places and housing types which specifi cally require public transport.

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MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

Three student accommodation towers on the Macquarie University Campus become the subject of focus and celebration. Soaring taller than any other building in the immediate area, the towers not only become a symbol for Sydney’s crown of education, but also aim to address the well publicised issue of illegal boarding houses in the surrounding suburbs.

The towers provide an effecient means of catering for Macquarie University’s high number of international students.

A dense planting of Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest provides students with opportunities for recreation and retreat. It also provides connections north to the National Park and the Great North Walk, encouraging individuals to undertake a lifestyle of active living.

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100%High Density Student Housing1,550 residents

Perspective - view down towards residential towers.

Perspective - typical activated street front.

The East Riverfront proposal aims to increase biodiversity in each of the precinct’s three distinct ecological communities: Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest, Sydney Coastal River-fl at Forest and the Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex.

Through the incorporation of a Bush Regeneration Plan of Management the revegetation and reintroduction of native fl ora and fauna in these communities can be achieved. Management strategies such as weed control, mowing restrictions, edge management, and root and soil disturbance support a targeted approach to attract native animals that are endangered or at risk. These include native frog species, glossy black cockatoo, osprey, sugar gliders, brush-tailed phascogale and the powerful owl.

Buffer plantings of canopy along long riparian sites extends vegetation areas, as well as, competing with and shading out encroaching weeds. Placing perching poles on the edge of the Parramatta River encourages birds to perch and drop seed for the establishment of keystone species.

EAST RIVERFRONT

BIOREGENERATION

Perspective - Rydalmere mangrove and parkland connection.

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Maintining the Pembroke Street axis from the East side of the station through to Boronia Park, Epping intends to provide an engaging and animated public realm, through its ground floor programming, building uses and high level of building permiablity.

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With the growth of the Mid Ring City, Carlingford takes on the role of retail, leisure and a commercial precinct. With a range of spaces to cater for the needs of the community, the public and private shades of daily lives are seemlessly merged as private apartments are layered upon public squares and retail circulations.

Carlingford is removed from the microcosms of today’s shopping centres and aims to reconnect the shopper back into the urban realm.

Busy Pennant Hills Road is negotiated by the implementation of an 8 lane parkway which both serves as a traffi c calming measure and linear public space.

There is a coherent registration of local landscape character with green links into the ridge vegetation of the Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest and retention of as much existing vegetation as possible.

Perspective - public courtyard within mixed use development.

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MID RING CITY - Epping-Parramatta

- Develop and maintain mixed land use in city neighbourhoods.- Improve access to transit and transit facilities.- Improve access to plazas, parks, open spaces and recreational facilities.- Design accessible, pedestrian friendly streets with high connectivity, traffi c calming features, landscaping and street furniture.- Facilitate cycling for recreation and transportation by developing continuous cycling networks and incorporating accompanying infrastructure.- Minimise overall site water use through the implementation of best practice environmental design principles, water sensitive urban design and other management strategies.- Minimise water use in public facilities and irrigation.- Use reclaimed and recycled water to reduce demand on the mains supply.- Protect and enhance any natural heritage or ecological intergrity of the site. Targeting priority species and communities, places of high biodiversity values and biodiversity generally.

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PARRAMATTA CBD PREDOMINANT LAND USES

The East Riverfront proposal aims to increase biodiversity in each of the precinct’s three distinct ecological communities: Shale/Sandstone Transition Forest, Sydney Coastal River-fl at Forest and the Mangrove/Saltmarsh Complex.

Through the incorporation of a Bush Regeneration Plan of Management the revegetation and reintroduction of native fl ora and fauna in these communities can be achieved. Management strategies such as weed control, mowing restrictions, edge management, and root and soil disturbance support a targeted approach to attract native animals that are endangered or at risk. These include native frog species, glossy black cockatoo, osprey, sugar gliders, brush-tailed phascogale and the powerful owl.

Buffer plantings of canopy along long riparian sites extends vegetation areas, as well as, competing with and shading out encroaching weeds. Placing perching poles on the edge of the Parramatta River encourages birds to perch and drop seed for the establishment of keystone species.

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New and comprehensive landscape infrastructure catalyses unprecedented urban neighbourhoods areas that will be as distinctive and unique as existing areas of the city. Importantly, the East Riverfront both leverages and provokes specific landscape responses that are local to the cultural history, hydrology and ecology of its diverse site.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING ROBERT GREEN1 WHITBAR W Y, CHERRYBROOKSYDNE Y, AUSTR ALIA+61 (0) 422 020 130green_rob@hotmail .com

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