The local West End and South Brisbane community, along with its representatives, have once again been taken by surprise by recent developments concerning the future of the Kurilpa precinct.
Tag: Urban Planning
The Great Urban Crimes that We Permit by Law – fifty years later.
Fifty years ago, in 1972, urban planner and architect, Constantinos Doxiadis, presented a paper to the World Conference on World Peace Through Law titled, The Great Urban Crimes that We Permit by Law. In his paper, Doxiadis focussed on what he terms two great crimes (he says there are more), “which I am convinced create the…
No resident voice in planning is not good planning: a conversation with Laurel Johnson.
Yet again we have seen protests against over-development in West End, most recently opposing a proposed 26 tower development bordering Davies Park on Montague Road, so it is timely for us to talk with planner Dr Laurel Johnson about what needs to change. As a founding member of the West End Local Push 20 years…
Crisis of Trust in Planning Processes #Brisbane #WestEnd
“Professional and community trust in planning is damaged when administrative discretion is perceived to be used to achieve market outcomes.” So said the then fourth year University of Queensland town planning student, Ms Melanie Kwok, when she completed her Honours Thesis late in 2015. Ms Kwok found that there is what she terms a ‘crisis…