jce dcci sept 2014
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JCE Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Central Area Meeting.TRANSCRIPT
ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY , DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA.
EXPLORING OTHERWHERE
Jonathan Edkins
CITY ARCHITECT
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GLOBAL CONTEXT
DURBAN
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AFRICAN OCEAN RIM
IMPACT & INFLUENCE
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P O R T T I M O R D A R W I N P O R T H E D L A N D P E R T H
K U T J A R A D J A S I N G A P O R E D J A K A R T A
A L B A N Y P E N O N G M E L B O U R N E S YD N E Y
GLOBAL CONTEXT / LOCAL CITY
UNIQUE MIX & CHARACTER
A CITY ON THE EDGE ………..
rapidly changing
WARM SUB-TROPICAL COASTAL CITY
MULTIPLI-CITY
OCEAN EDGE
PORTAL GATEWAY
PERIPHERY EDGEPORTAL GATEWAY
COMMERCE TRADEPORTAL GATEWAY PERIPHERY EDGE
BAY HARBOURPORTAL GATEWAY PERIPHERY EDGE COMMERCE TRADE
TOURISTS BEACHBAY HARBOURPORTAL GATEWAY PERIPHERY EDGE COMMERCE TRADE
WARM SUB-TROPICAL COASTAL CITY
MULTIPLI_CITY
URBAN EDGE
WATERFRONT CITY
FORMAL INFORMALWATERFRONT CITY
FORMAL INFORMALWATERFRONT CITY URBAN WEAVE
FLOWS CURRENTSFORMAL INFORMALWATERFRONT CITY URBAN WEAVE
RESOURCE NATUREFORMAL INFORMALWATERFRONT CITY FLOWS CURRENTSURBAN WEAVE
WARM SUB-TROPICAL COASTAL CITY
MULTIPLI_CITY
INNER CITY
VIBRANT CROWDED
SUBSISTENCE CULTUREVIBRANT CROWDED
TRADE NETWORKSVIBRANT CROWDED SUBSISTENCE CULTURE
MEDICINE MUTISUBSISTENCE CULTUREVIBRANT CROWDED TRADE NETWORKS
IMPORT / EXPORTSUBSISTENCE CULTURE MEDICINE MUTIVIBRANT CROWDED TRADE NETWORKS
MULTIPLI_CITY
COHESION
EXPRESSION
IDENTITYEXPRESSION
INTENSITYIDENTITYEXPRESSION
INTENSITE DIFFERENCEEXPRESSION IDENTITE
CONTRASTDIFFERENCEINTENSITYIDENTITEEXPRESSION
FEEDBACK & UPDATE :
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBAN MANAGEMENT
- UIA DURBAN 2014
- URBAN LEGACY
BEAUTIFUL CITY / SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
- sprawl- climate change- poverty gap- resource depletion- energy costs- water supply- land shortage- movement systems
- - asset deterioration- - Urban Management
- On the Edge ……….
Response • CUSTODIANSHIP
Planning ahead
• STEWARDSHIP Taking responsibility for asset management
• REGENERATION Bold projects with an eye on the future
•TOWARDS SOCIAL COHESIONBUILDING RESILIENCE ……BUILDING PEOPLE…………BUILDING THE CITY.
PLANNING & CUSTODIANSHIP Densification Plans and Neighbourhood Node Development
Source : Framework Planning – Elizabeth Dubbeld
Densification Plans
IRPTN Trunk Route(Black = Road, Orange = Rail)
Urban Centre - Residential
Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network (IRPTN)One of the critical tools for guiding urban densification
Dense Mixed Use Corridors
PLANNING & CUSTODIANSHIP
AREA BASED MANAGEMENT & URBAN ZONES
PLANNING & CUSTODIANSHIP
Asset ManagementNeed for support for PEOPLE in the CBDInformal and Formal Business GenerationIncentives for new investment in CBD PropertyDispelling Perceptions of Crime and GrimeApplying strategies for DensificationFacilitating increased mixed use developments, Proactively supporting residential developmentSupport for integrated precinct managementImproved Access and WalkabilityA vibrant “Quality Living Environment”
STEWARDSHIPTopical priorities within the inner city
Priority Zones Pilot Project
Integrated Infrastructure Asset Management
PZAM Rollout
UIPs / SRAs / CIDs
Urban Management Zones
Urban Renewal Committee
AREA BASED MANAGEMENT
City Development Agency ?
Institutional Response
Urban Development & Regeneration : Urban Management
Inner City Degradation 2007
Littering Control
A better future becomes possible if it opens ways to use the potential for change still existing in the spare capacity and the good will of people with hope.
Professor Jose Forjaz Durban 2007
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
INTERACTION
SUSTAINABILITY
policy context of integrated development planning:
Municipal Structures Act 17, 1998
White Paper on Local Government, 1998
Municipal Systems Act, 2000
INNER CITY DRIVERS : TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE ACCOUNTABILITY
Beatrice called everyone together
Something had to be done....
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS
WORKING TOGETHER
WORKING TOGETHER
ACCORDING TO PLAN | CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
Capital Works
Projects
Status quo assessment
Programmed & proactive
Well designed environment which supports all stakeholders
Integration
Messy, dirty & unsafe
Clean & safe
Integrated Urban Management
Urban Design & Development
Integrated Management ( Design, Develop & Maintenance)
Operational Management
A Great City Experience
pleasant experience
enjoyable experience
memorable experience
• An integrated urban management system is emerging• Line function relationships are being positively developed
• Social issues are being addressed• Implementation projects are being supported
• Urban development principles are being enhanced• A clean, secure and visually attractive environment is being sustained
Priority Zones Urban Management Pilot Project
ACCORDING TO PLAN | CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
DURBAN IDENTITY : UD FRAMEWORK 2010
Tollgate Bridge
CLEANER ENVIRONMENTOn a sustained basis
SAFER ENVIRONMENT& Improved security coordination
CAPITAL ASSETS PROTECTED & MAINTAINED
ENGAGING WITH & ON SOCIAL ISSUES
PUBLIC UTILISING PUBLIC SPACES AGAIN
IMPROVED TRADING ENVIRONMENT
Clean and safe to walk around
ATTRACT PUBLIC AND TOURISTS BACK TO THE CBD
Strategic value of ICCD
SUCCESSES - 2012
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
PZ INTRO
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
INTERVENTION
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
INTERACTION
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
OWNERSHIP
Urban Development & Regeneration Priority Zones Pilot Intervention
Inner City Improvements 2012 : Inside Priority Zone
Before / After
ACCORDING TO PLAN | CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
IMAGES
Priority Zones Urban Management Pilot Project
Urban Development & Regeneration Priority Zones Pilot Intervention
Inner City Degradation 2012 : Outside Priority Zone
Urban Management
URBAN MANAGEMENT ZONES
CLEAN MY CITY CAMPAIGN
AREA BASED MANAGEMENT
PRIVATE / PUBLIC COOPERATION
RATIONALISATION AND ROLLOUT
A PASSIONATE TALE : CITY ARCHITECTS eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY
INTERACTIONThe idea grew!
Urban Development , Architecture & Renewal Precedent in Pilot Projects
REGENERATION
Urban Development , Architecture & Renewal
2010 SOCCER WORLD CUP
COP 17 CONGRESS
REGENERATION
BEACHFRONT REVITALISATION PROGREMME
Key Proposals
A North- South link Green Infrastructure
Develop a major east- west boulevard and spine of pedestrian and public transport- orientated, civic and commercial activity (consolidating intervention)
A ‘Continuous Water Front Link’
Sports Park
Back of Beach Regeneration
Batho Pele Corridor
River Town Development
Centrum Site Development
Warwick Regeneration
Bluff Headland Heritage Park
Multiple use Inter-connected
CITY ARCHITECTS I Public Realm : Tourism & Events
proactively design, procure, manage, maintain & develop the City’s buildings and urban landscape.
Pedestrian Way Finding Signage
People-Mover Bus Shelter
Information Kiosk s
INITIATIVES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITYInfrastructure for non-motorised transportUrban Development & Regeneration : Accessibility
CITY ARCHITECTS I Public Realm : Route Brochures & Maps
proactively design, procure, manage, maintain & develop the City’s buildings and urban landscape.
City Regeneration Strategy
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
- sprawl- climate change- poverty gap- resource depletion- energy costs- water supply- land shortage- movement systems- capital flight- skills migration
RESPONSE / GAP
- Densification & Regeneration- Climate impact Adaption & Mitigation- Social Regeneration & Job Creation- Economic investment platform- Reduced travel, energy alternatives- Technology & waste reduction- Densification & consolidation- IRPTN, bicycles, Walkable City- Confidence Building- Nurturing City of Opportunity
Regeneration
• Impossible without Social Cohesion;• Build Social Capital – first;• Unite behind shared Vision;• Continuous renewal of intra-connected unity;• Joint Efforts;• Build the City together.
Key Elements
• Mixed-Use Dominance ; eg. Shop Houses;• Creative Arts Villages & Localised Markets;• Urban Management;• Planned recreational and ecological precincts;• Walkable City:• Heritage & Character;• Destinations;• Events;• Safe 24 hour City;• Ecologically sensitive & appropriate development.
Pre-Conditions• Poor & Rich must share the same space• Accessible and Attractive Core• Balance Formal & Informal Economies• Protect the Central Asset• Densification and Mixed Use• Planned Infrastructure and Social Services• Various Housing Typologies• Properly performing Public Space• Build upon Cultural Heritage• Development responsive to Environment
The ABC…To Transforming Our Inner City• A Agreeing on the Inner City Vision
• B Building the Inner City Structure & Management System & Institutional Responses
• C Catalytic Projects : Free Web Access throughout the Inner City Create an Artists Village as a pioneer community Properties for strategic city development Regenerate residential & commercial stock in “Old Durban” Consolidate the Government Services Campus Establish labour intensive work streams in infrastructure & FM Green City roll-out, walkability, cycling, green roofs , mini parks, street parks Alive with Public Transport - Awake Durban Project eThekwini Carnival
Active …Beautiful … Clean
BRIDGING DIVIDES – CATALYTIC INTERVENTIONS
Develop RiverTown
Develop Pixley Ramblas
Batho Pele Corridor - Municipal Office Accommodation Plan
Batho Pele Corridor
Several current major projects sited within the inner city support the consolidation of a municipal precinct. These include:• Centrum Library and Museum
development• IRPTN / Rail Station developmentNew ETA Office / development• New Council chamber development• Old Ford Municipal Campus
urban proposal• existing sub-areas of distinct
character to be identified and intensified
• missed opportunity plots to be targeted for precinct development
• opportunity to establish the centrum as an urban park edged with development
macro context
Urban Development , Architecture & Regeneration New Public Library _ Centrum Context
Urban Development , Architecture & Regeneration New Public Library _ Green Design
Library on the Centrum Site
INITIATIVES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITYGreen Building | Waterwise devices_ Offices and Customer Centre for EWS
City Architects
Urban Development, Architecture & Regeneration
INITIATIVES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITYPrecinct Renewal_ Design proposal for urban agriculture in parks
City Architects
Urban Development, Architecture & Regeneration
pop-up parksdurban
the best kept secret
artspacekznsadag
woza enandamarkets of warwicki heart market
little gujeratbuds on the bay
spiga
roll out the green carpet
mobile
UIA DURBAN 2014
4065 delegates
139 exhibitors
60 meetings / workshops
300 paper sessions
54 parallel projects
10 keynote addresses
R137m local economic benefit
UIA DURBAN 2014 - LEGACY
FOCUS ON RESILIENCE, ECOLOGY AND VALUES, AND PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE O F DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE
ACTIVATED ZONES (WARWICK, RIVERTOWN, PIXLEY KA SEME)
POCKET PARKS AND PUBLIC ART
OPEN ARCHITECTURE INITIATIVE
RENEWED IMPETUS FOR THE INNER CITY AND ARCHITECTURE
PLANTING SEEDS FOR A CHANGED ENVIRONMENT
ART AND DECO Ι HINDU TEMPLES Ι MOSQUES Ι INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE Ι VICTORIAN & EDWARDIAN
ΙMODERNISM Ι CROFTON & BENJAMIN Ι CHURCHES Ι LATE MODERNISM Ι CONTEMPORARY Ι MARKETS
BROCHURE SERIES: Outline of Themes
POCKET PARKS
playlearning
public space
north
centre
south
michealmhlangeni
urban pocket parks
sustainability
shepstone street
urban management zone
innovation and technology
communityfood gardening
market roadurban art garden
ski jumpmedicinal . indigenous
flashplant
red squarearchitecture otherwhere
public activation
community stepstraditional food garden
zero scaping
pop-up parksmobile interventions
pop up pocket parks
umthombo community garden
public plaza
recycle centre
and amphitheatre
shepstone slicescool runnings food garden
rivertownshepstone road
active park
safe space. drop-in centreumthombo community food garden
warwick market streeturban art park
warwick ski-jump
warwick ski-jumpmedicinal and indigenous plant installation
wrapped column root mural wall medicinal plants and information
recycled sculpture bollard seats
nomad tent housing nursery staff training and education
seed distribution
flashplantinstant greening
relocate signage
wrapped column
root mural wall
flashplantinstant greening
red square
photography
red squarepublic activation
photo collage
scaffold towersarchitecture otherwhere
africaphoto rooms
greetings from…..red square lounge
architecture otherwhere
play park
the cocoon
the tree
mobilestreet blocks
Parallel Proposal
SKI JUMP
SKI JUMP
RED SQUARE
Current Activities :
Residential (Flats)UNISA Clothing Factory ShopAutomotive ServicesMedical CentreInterior Design decorating Religious Place of Worship IT CentreSurf ShopCartage and WarehousingFishing, Diving and Hiking Arms, Ammunition, Firearm AcademyTab Gold: Horse Racing BankPaint storeSAPSParks Depot
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• Initially brewing and selling beer had provided a number of black people with an income.
• Although the Native Brewing Act 1908 prohibited the production beer; illegal brewing continued.
• In terms of the Native Beer Act,municipalities in
Natal were given the sole right to brew and sell beer within their boundaries.
• Beer-halls first opened in 1909 and were funded through the revenue of the municipality
• Tensions between the authorities and the local communities grew until 17 June 1959 when a group of women led by Florence Mkhize and Dorothy Nyembe forced their way inside the beer hall in Cato Manor beat the patrons,set fire to the place and defiled vats of beer.
Beer Halls - 1909
Existing Beer Hall as Technical Centre - 1994
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Current Accommodation:
1. D.A.G. store and restore
2. L.H.M. offices & store
3. Plant room
4. General store
5. Wood work room
6. Stores & staff amenities
7. Parking & loading area
8. Existing enclosed Milne drain
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• Architecture : Union period: 1910-61, functional style
• 2 rectangular halls• Municipal beerhall: 1914-1968 • (1908 Native Beer Act)• Panel beating shop- 1993• Saved from demolition by Durban Art
Gallery• 1994: conversion to technical centre
Pixley Ramblas
MAIN ISSUES EXPRESSED
• Better Safety in the Area• Solutions for street children• Solution with Prostitutes• Cleaner Streets• More Activities for Youth• More Activity in the Road
GENERAL ISSUE FROM SURVEY
• Lack of Parking created an issue for businesses• Most enjoyed the Activations but would have
liked more at different times of the day• Most of the activity generated more people in
the evening• The delay in execution of the project diluted the
experience• The most mentioned facility that is lacking from
the area are retail/ clothing shops
Webs of connection
A CITY ON THE EDGE
– OTHERWHERE