THE MELBOURNE EXPERIENCE CRAIG ALLCHIN DIRECTOR SIX DEGREES

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THEMELBOURNEEXPERIENCECRAIGALLCHINDIRECTOR
SIX DEGREES
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Craig Allchin Director
Six Degrees Pty Ltd Architects
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Fine Grain Strategy
Role of the CBD Cultural Economic Focus
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Melbourne Grids and Greenery Image 1987
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The Age c. 1980
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streets 80
Melbourne City Centre focus
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The Melbourne Lanes Story
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200 m
200 m
The Hoddle Plan 1 mile by half a mile, with 10
chain x 10 chain blocks
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Governor Bourke insisted on service lanes mid
block leading to NS lanes
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Melbourne Structure Towers on the Hills, Low in
the gully (on the Blood and Beer axis)
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Legal Precinct
China Town / Theatres / Entertainment
Retail Core
Commercial Core West
Commercial Core East
Structure Broad Precincts
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Legal Precinct
China Town / Theatres / Entertainment
Retail Core
Commercial Core West
Commercial Core East
Flinders St Station
90 of train commuters used Flinders St Station
pre 1985 underground rail loop
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Circulation to and from Flinders St Station in
the Retail Core via Lanes
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Melbourne Promotions Block Place Degraves St
Retial Core Lanes
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Bars in the non active, not busy lanes, -
therefore became secret advertising by word of
mouth
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Meyers Place 1994 Active Edges- 1 shopfront, 1
restaurant, empty office, carpark
MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne
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MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne
Collected materials, composed fit out within
constraints
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Meyers Place 1994 A3 permit set, designed as
series of different environments for people
MEYERS PLACE Six Degrees Bar, Melbourne
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Melbourne Additional Infrastructure Projects
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Melbourne Factors Recession- New Things Low Rent
Area Young people started businesses- shops
(not previously in the city) - bars Need
good operators (cool factor of CBD) Retail/ Cafes
in busy pedestrian Retail Core- Bars started
hidden away- cheap destinations City of Melbourne
Funding Bars small part of larger City Centre
strategy including major infrastructure
Melbourne Summary- Laneway success
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Tokyo Hidden Bar Scene New York Times Profile
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Shanghai Bars in Restored Laneway Precinct
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Sydney History of a Landscape (2000)
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A Characteristic Topography Jan Gehl
Sydneys Haphazard Grid
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50 80 110 110
50 40 80 meters
Sydney Structure 1948 Varied blocks Some
lanes, no pattern
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Movement Underground Train Station 6 Stations
1932
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Movement Underground Connections Strong Retail
Locations
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Movement Underground The Hunter Connection to
Wynyard
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Movement Town Hall Station High Value Retail
Arcade
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Movement Access Points Martin Place, St James,
Town Hall
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Underground Opportunities London Subway Gallery
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Built Form Consolidation Sydney Early 1950s
Pre high rise
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Built Form Consolidation Sydney 2005
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Built Form Property Survey Map 1960s
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Built Form Some of the Consolidated Blocks 2007
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Built Form Consolidation Outcome Rowe Street
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Built Form Consolidation Outcome Rowe Street
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Built Form Consolidation Outcome Rowe Street
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Built Form Consolidation Outcome Rowe Street
last venue
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STRATEGIC DIRECTION 1 PRECINCTS Identify,
manage and strengthen specific precincts in the
city centre Jane Jacobs New things
happen in low rent areas
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Circular Quay Commercial Core Retail
Core Southpark
Western Corridor Chinatown
Built Form Sydneys Two Grids
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Built Form Low Rise / Fine Grain Areas
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Circular Quay Commercial Core Retail
Core Southpark
Western Corridor Chinatown
Built Form Sydney Low Rise Areas
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Circular Quay Commercial Core Retail
Core Southpark
Western Corridor Chinatown
Use Sydney Low Cost Areas
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The Western Corridor
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The Western Corridor
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The Western Corridor
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The Western Corridor
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Chinatown
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Chinatown
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Chinatown
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Chinatown
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Bars vs Pubs Bars are the Cafes of the Night
(imagine Sydney life without cafes) Different
scale personality of owner important, like
barista who makes your morning coffee Can be Low
Cost - often better for it. Finding Space -
difficult- upside of the downturn is space should
be getting cheaper Bars only one aspect - part of
small scale, fine grain retail and
hospitality And the Passagiatta of the City-
needs to happen in the City Centre.
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Craig Allchin Director
Six Degrees Pty Ltd Architects