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Michael McKeownSenior Urban Designer and Planner
Caboolture West and the CabPat
7th International Urban Design ConferenceAdelaide, South Australia 2 September 2014
Designing an urban extension for 70,000 people and 17,000 jobs in South East Queensland
#1 Chippat to CabPat#2 Town centres
#3 Patterns
A 15min city beyond Brisbane?
CabWest Structure Plan
#1 Chippat to CabPat
SW Sydney plan‘Chippat’
(Evan Jones)
Diagrams: Peter Richards
A more sophisticated city structure
Brisbane’s inner west
A town centre in the centre
Urban neighbourhoods and centre each supporting 3-4 neighbourhoods?
Clusters of neighbourhoods shaped by landform
No contiguous urban area large enough for a 6-9 neighbourhood ‘town’
Drawing: Peter Edgerley
#2 Town centres
Mawson Lakes, SA
Mawson Lakes, SA
Point Cook, VIC
Point Cook, VIC
Drawing: Peter Edgerley
#3 Patterns
?
60m70 80 90 100
80m
Blocks closest to centre are wider.
80m 70 80 80 90
A realistic street spacing?
Still fine with rear lanes near middle, and getting larger towards the edges
1:2000@A3
BLOCKWIDTH70m80m 90m
Mirror to fill 400m radius?
= many 4-ways on major streets
Repeat pattern at 90deg?
= 40% fewer 4-ways on major streets
Pattern in action
#1 Chippat to CabPat#2 Town centres
#3 Patterns
Michael McKeownSenior Urban Designer and Planner
Caboolture West and the CabPatMichael McKeown
@citymakers 0415 766814
