DR JULIAN BOLLETER

Co-Director 
Australian Urban Design Research Centre

Dr Julian Bolleter is the Co-Director at the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia and is the Program Director of AUDRC’s Master of Urban Design course. His role at the AUDRC also includes conducting research projects for the Australian Research Council and Western Australian state government. Julian is an experienced urban designer and has practised in Australia, the USA, the UK and the Middle East. He has completed a PhD and has commercially published six books and has received funding from the Australian Research Council, Healthways and the Western Australian Government.  

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GREEN DREAMS: THE TRIALS AND TRIBUTIONS OF DELIVERING AN INNOVATIVE SUBURBAN OPEN SPACE SYSTEM ON PERTH'S FRINGE

The Landscape Urbanism inspired ‘Wungong Landscape Structure Plan’, currently under construction on the fringes of Perth, embodies several innovations concerning Public Open Space provision. These include using a holistic, interconnected open space system as the primary guidelines for development and integrating this open space system with stormwater management functions. However, these innovations have been met with significant resistance from the urban design and planning disciplines, the land development industry, and regulatory bodies. This presentation examines these barriers of implementation to inform future suburban projects which attempt related innovations in public open spaces. The findings allow a critical reflection on the principles undergirding the Wungong Landscape Structure Plan and, on the critiques, ventured in response. This presentation concludes with guidance for how future similar innovations are conceived and how the culture of planning and land development could shift to facilitate innovation.