VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

City vs Burbs : Go-Go vs Low-Low?

DISCLAIMER : This may be a hoax

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

ACZ : Height in the burbs?

Doncaster Hill :First Activity Centre Zone

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Performance Assessment 1 : Shadowing

South bank of Yarra River : Overshadowing PROHIBITED 11am – 2pm June 22

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Performance Assessment 2 : Wind

Full pre-permit wind tunnel tests

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Performance Assessment 3 : Character

Mc Killop Street : 15m height control 101 Collins Street : Podium and tower format

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Issues 1: Equity

Residents' balconies would be enclosed in '100m hole' The Age - February 28, 2012

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Issues 2 : Street Scene

111 Bourke Street : Foyer and services occupation at ground level

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

Issues 3 : Maintenance

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UpkeepRenovation

Indicative high-rise maintenance costs (US$ / sq m p.a. from R. Alterman)

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

New Tricks 1 : 3D Digital Modelling

DPCD’s Urban Circus Model of Central Melbourne : in use for permit assessment

VPELA Heights Seminar 6 March 2012

New Tricks 2 : Victorian Design Review Panel

OVGA’s Panel (based on CABE UK model) : in use for government projects