Sydney Olympic Park

Homebush Olympic Park Public Space, Sydney Australia Urban Development considering post- Olympic games use

Farah DouyonWeston Halkyard

Fall 2012

Arch 500.2 Generative Landscapes

- George Hargreaves and Associates

Contents

History

Olympic Game Use and Post Use

Parklands and Major Structures

Nature/ Habitats

Master Concept Design

Urban Water Reuse

Landfill Remediation

Projecting into the Future

Conclusion

Location/ Context

Developement of the Site and pre-existing conditions

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PACIFIC OCEAN

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

PACIFIC OCEANATLANTIC OCEAN

INDIAN OCEAN

Site History Design Strategy and Phasing Landscape Character and Atmosphere pre existing conditions Built project / sustainability Was it sucessful

CONTEXT

SOUTHERN OCEAN

CORAL SEA

TASMAN SEA

GULF OF CARPENIARIA

INDIAN OCEAN

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GIBSON DESERT

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GREATARTESIAN BASIN

STRZELECKI DESERT

MACDONNELL RANGES

GREAT SANDY DESERT

BARKLY TABLELAND

NULLARBOR PLAIN

GREAT VICTORIA DESERT

HAMERSLEY RANGE

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CONTEXT

1 SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK

2 SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

3 PARAMATTA RIVER

4 HARBOUR BRIDGE

5 HOMEBUSH BAY

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CONTEXT

CLOUSTON associates

- Prepared a conservation management Strategy for the Newington Armaments Depot, which was to become the Olympic Village.

- Developed the pathway hierarchy and design language for parklands network

- Prepared a strategic master plan framework to take Bicentennial Park into the 21st Century as a world class park - coordinate its management and strategy with Olympics and the future Sydney Olympic Park.

- Signi�cant projects post Olympics included

- Bicentennial Park Fis way, additional shelters for the �eld studies center, and redevelopment of car park 5 including interpretive boardwalks and sculpture.

- Working on Wilson Park.

Hargraves associates

- Landscape architects

Hargraves Associates along with New South Wales Governement Architect Design Directorate (GADD)

- Created the new master concept design for the master domain

Rocla

- Eco Pavers - designer

Designers Involved


- Before the arrival of the Europeans

- Won clan, the Won Gal

- Coming of colonists became home to pioneers

- 1810 John Blaxland established a large estate

- Newington on the Parramatta river

- D’arcy Wentwoth named estate home bush

John Blaxland

Homebush

Site History Design Strategy and Phasing Landscape Character and Atmousphere pre existing conditions Built project / sustainability Was it sucessful

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- Over the next 5 decades colonial ventures progressed industrial development

- 1882 – government took over part of the estate

- Early 1900s area transformed completely

- 1907- Establishment of the state abattoir

Gunpowder and Armament storage

State Abattoir

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1911 - Development of state brickworks

19 30’s and 40’s - chemical factories produced pesticides oils paints pigments and resins


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- At its peak the state abattoir was major supplier of meat for domestic and overseas markets

- Late 70’s export licenses relinquished

- 1988 abattoirs closed

- The second largest industry of brickworks peaked during the post ww2

building boom but like abattoirs by the late 1980s it to began to fade.

- 1988 - Ceased operation

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- As more land became degraded waterways and ground water became polluted

- Main destroyer was uncontrolled land�ll

- Diverse environment became a blight on Sydney landscape


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- 1983 - Reconstruction of the 100 hectare (1 hectare = 10,000 sqare meters) eco wetland system

- 1993 - Successful bid for 200 Olympic games fast tract the urban renewal (Sydney Olympic Park)

- 1995 - Olympic Coordination Authority (OCA) oversee planning, urban development and management for the games

- Challenge was to transform a degraded site and a problem area of Sydney to a major community asset

- It is one of the largest urban developments ever undertaken in Australia


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- Construction of individual Olympic venues was �nished 8 months ahead of schedule

- All 22 thousand athletes and o�cials housed in the athlete’s village

- More than 5.5 million people visited the 200 Olympic and Paralympic games

- Considered the green games


The Park

Athelete’s VillageSydney Olympic Stadium

- 2001 Sydney Olympic park authority - Manage the public assets of the park and realize its potential to become a major commercial and residential area•Sydney Olympic Park becomes an active and vibrant town centre within metropolitan Sydney•Sydney Olympic Park becomes a premium destination for cultural, entertainment, recreation and sporting events•any new development carried out in accordance with the Act complies with best practice environmental and town planning standards•the natural heritage of the Parklands is protected and enhanced.

- Today the park extends across 640 hectares which is 2 times the size of the business district of Sydney


The Park

The legacy and spirit live on o�ering an unprecedented image of an enhanced living environment bringing the best entertainment from around the world

And as a vibrant economic center where iconic buildings grand public spaces and natural environment coexist in harmony


The Park

- Challenge of constructing the buildings to address the specialized needs of an enormous event while ensuring success for long term use

- Required extraordinary foresight inspired creativity and innovation

- Designs needed to incorporate environmental aspects: energy and water management green building designsound ecological management


sound ecological managementgreen building design

energy and water management

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- 8 million trees shrubs aquatic plants and ground covers were planted

- Pocket of woodland was reserved

- 1.4 million cubic meters of waste was removed from Heslems Creek

- New salt marches created

Before

After

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EXISTING HABITATS


FROG HABITATS

THE GREEN AND GOLDEN BELL FROG POPULATION HAS BEEN DECILING AND THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK DEVELOPERS HAVE INCORPORATED THE PRESERVATION OF THESE AMPHIBIANS.

THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE VERGE OF BEING EXTINCT BECAUSE OF LOSS/ALTERATION TO THEIR HABITAT

IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF IT’S ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM (FOOD WEBS)

PRESERVATION EFFORTS HAVE LEAD TO NEW FROG SUB-POPULATIONS

FOUND IN: BRICKPIT, NARAWANG WETLAND, KRONOS HILL AND WENTWORTH COMMON

FROG PONDS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT THE SITE AS ADDITONAL HABITATS

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1 PYRAMID

2 KRONOS HILL

3 BRICK PIT/RING WALK

4 LAKE BELVEDERE

5 BICENTENNIAL PARK

6 BADU MANGROVES

PARKLANDS 430 /640 hectares

-provides habitats for threat-ened species-180 native bird species-7 frog species-400 native plant species- 35 kilometers of pedestrian/cycle paths


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2 NEWINGTON ARMORY

3 NEWINGTON NATURE RESERVE

4 WOO-LA-RA

5 ARCHERY PARK

6 BLAXLAND RIVERSIDE PARK

7 WILSON PARK

8 WENTWORTH COMMON

PARKLANDS 430 /640 hectares



MASTER CONCEPT DESIGN FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAINHARGREAVES ASSOCIATES & NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT DESIGN DIRECTORATE (GADD)

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HARGREAVES ASSOCIATES & NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT DESIGN DIRECTORATE (GADD)

Eco-Pavers (Rocla) eco-tri hex shape created a perforacted �eld of paving. harvest rainwater thorugh drainage holes

GREEN ARMS REACH MAKE A CONNECTION INTO THE PARK LANDS AND THE OLYMPIC PLAZA


MASTER CONCEPT DESIGN FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAINHARGREAVES ASSOCIATES & NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT DESIGN DIRECTORATE (GADD)HARGREAVES ASSOCIATES & NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT DESIGN DIRECTORATE (GADD)


FIG GROVE

LOW WATER FEATURE (NORTH)

HIGH WATER FEATURE (SOUTH)

-the water feature at the south marks the high central point of the Sydney Olympic Park

-continues the Olympic Plaza eco-paving system to create continuity and connect it to the north end water feature.

- the hight water feature is also surounded by �g trees that connect the area to its history.



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USE OF WATER TO ACTICATE GATHERING SPACE

CONNECT HIGH POINT TO LOW POINT IN THE PROJECT

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URBAN WATER REUSE: INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT

Landscape

STORMWATER

BRICKPIT

WATER TREATMENT PLANT

WATER RECLAMATION PLANT

SEWAGE

runo� from roofs, roads and parks go through treatment ponds to eliminate nutrients and pollutants.

water storage reservoir that stores stormwater. Can hold 300 million lit-ers of water.

Process: (7.5 million liters/day)1. Micro-�ltration to remove particles that are too large, parasites. viruses and bacteria2.Reverse osmosis to reduce salinity, chlorine used to disinfect water

Sewage from Olympic park facilities is treated at the water reclamation plant. (3.1 million litres/day)

Sewage from Olympic park facilities is treated at the water reclamation plant. (3.1 million litres/day)

Bioremediation technique

molecular breakdown (arti�cial metabolism) breaks down chemicals using micro organisms contaminant mounds

Uses a system of dilution run o� and microorganisms to in e�ect drain pollutants into designated areas and then draws from those areas to a liquid treatment plant.

Underground drains collect the toxic run o� and remove it daily


Remediation

Site History Design Strategy and Phasing Character and Atmosphere pre existing conditions Built project / sustainability Was it sucessful

URBAN WATER REUSE: INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT

Landscape

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GOOD FOR: - �ushing toilets-watering lawns, gardens and parks-washing clothes-washing cars, brickwork, windows-�lling ornamental ponds and fountains-irrigation -construction and industry-�re�ghting

BAD FOR:-drinking-cooking-personal washing-household cleaning-swimming pools-recreation

Stormwater runo� drains to the Parramatta River through Haslams Creek, Powells Creek, Boundary Creek and the wetlands.

Areas along Haslems creek: - Heavy metals, lead, hydrocarbons, asbestos, pesticides and putrescible wastes

The groundwater near Haslams Creek:

- Cholorobenzenes, chloromethane and chloroethylenses leached out of the dumped material in the ground

The surface seep water:

- Chlorobenzene, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, ammonium, �uoride, barium, copper, zinc and other materials

Brickworks site:

- Heavy metals waste oil products, asbestos and organochlorine pesticides

Site Contamination Factors


- 9 million cubic meters of household commercial and industrial waste completely covered

- Extensive soil sampling was undertaken to con�rm the areas safety

- Contaminants underwent specialized treatment procedure


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Remediation

The initial aims of the remediation land�ll at Homebush Bay were to block the spread of contamination restore the waterways and provide for the long term social cultural and sporting requirements

Consolidated into a number of mounds on the site



THE MARKERS

1 HASLAMS MARKER 2 RIVER MARKER

3 SILVERWATER MARKER 4 BICENTENNIAL MARKER

5 BAY MARKER

THE MARKERS ARE A SERIES OF CONICAL SHAPED MOUNDS LOCATED IN MANY

DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ON SITE. THEY RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 M HIGH AND ARE

MADE OF CONTAMINATED MATERIALS FROM LANDFILLS.

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THE MARKERS

Master Plan 2002 : Realizing Vision After the Games-Develop in close proximity to the train station -increase use of land use by adding commercial, leisure, education, retail, hotel and cultural development-Provide 10,000 jobs and have 3,000 residents populate daily

Master Plan 2025: Vision After the Games- 2002 version= short term 2005 version = long term plan for an urban structure-Sustainable solution to Sydney’s population pressures


PROJECTING INTO THE FUTURE

Master Plan 2030: A Vision for the Future

- concentration of commercial and retail uses close to Sydney Olympic Park Station- More residential development

- concentration of educational facilities/ uses along sporting and entertainment venues

- Overall capacity: 1.45 million m2 gross �oor area-31,000 workers, 15,000 visitors, 14,000 residents and 5,000 students



Rowan Moore

- Thinks that there are de�nitely cheaper ways of regenerating areas with issues

- Olympic hosts quali�ers are really excite with the thought of their country in the spotlight

- Willing to justify the games with a sustainable regenerative system of urban design.

- Hope, power, money and sex

- Previous games did a better job with regeneration and good model for redevelopment but

- The big question is whether we get the usual house builders moving in and doing their usual product and essentially creating private enclaves.”

Site History Design Strategy and Phasing Landscape Character and Atmosphere Pre existing Conditions Built project / Sustainability Was it sucessful

Conclusion

The mounds of toxic waste are not lined underneath as is expected in modern hazardous land�ll dumps

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