Chapters 1 to 11 Combined - Century City

URBAN FOOTPRINTThe urban footprint drawing shown opposite illustrates, ina generic form, the overall pattern of the publicenvironment (in white), while development blocks areshown in black. These blocks do not signify buildings,merely land parcels. This helps to highlight the contrastbetween the public environment and private development,and the importance of inter-connectivity between thesecomponents.Information about the blocks, streets and open spaces aregiven as design informants in the precinct plans.EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND PROPOSEDSTRUCTUREThe drawing opposite illustrates the proposed structurewith an overlay of development to date (June 2003). It isimportant to build upon existing features and, wherepossible implement remedial interventions at the edges ofprivate development and the public realm, in order toachieve a better spatial definition and environmentalquality.Century Boulevard is a critical feature in this process. Atthe moment, the water seems to offer the main value andattraction to developers. By focussing attention onCentury Boulevard, through redesign (within the sameroad reserve), it should be possible to infuse new life intothis space. Strategic investment in the public environmentand guidelines for private development to respondpositively to the Boulevard, should help to create a newaddress attractive to private development. For this reasonCentury Boulevard is seen as a crucial element forunlocking the value of adjacent land.PLANNING PARTNERS: CENTURY CITY URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK October 2005 18REVISION 1