melbourne's bushfires: isn't it time to reflect new urban strategies?
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8/14/2019 Melbourne's Bushfires: isn't it time to reflect new urban strategies?
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BEATRIZC. MATURANA | ARCHITECTSFOR
PEACE| PHDCANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF M
ELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP 4May09
Victorias Bushfires: isnt it time to reflect new urban strategies?
1. initial responses
2. the logic of reconstructing the same3. a sombre opportunity that we have not yet grasped4. a collection of scattered buildings dont make a town5. some suggestions
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First reactions
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Premier John Brumby"Brumby Warns of Worse to Come." Kerry O'Brien, ABCNews, 7:30 Report (9 February 2009).
Dr.Nicholsontheotherhandwarnsof therealchancethatsomecommunitiesmay
neverberebuilt,whilealsonotingthatthedevastationinVictoriapresentsasombre
opportunity.OscarMcLaren,"BushfireTragedyRewritesRulesforArchitects,"ABCNews (11February
2009).
Larger pieces of land in the outer suburbs or suburbs in the bush are more affordable. AsGeorge Megalogenis notes, the population in the worst affected areas lived in an extensionof Mortgageville: communities with more children, and parents with less education, thanthe national average. George Megalogenis, "On the Edge," The Australian14 February 2009.
VictorianPremierJohnBrumbyrecommendsthatbuildingcodesneedrevision.
ArchitectLindsayJohnstondiscussesfireresistanthousesandtheconstruction
of underground bunkers in areasprone to bushfires, while also adding that
urban sprawl exacerbates the danger for these communities. Oscar McLaren,
"BushfireTragedyRewritesRulesforArchitects,"ABCNews (11February2009).
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Reconstructing the same brick by brick, said some defiant politicians.
Together we will rebuild each of these communities brick by brick, school by school,community hall by community hall. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in, B. Nicholson and D.Rood. We'll Rebuild Brick by Brick. The Age11 February 2009.
Contextual:
Global
warming
Emotional:
compassion
more of the
same: but
lets make it
tougher
Comprehensive short-term
technical solution
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8/14/2019 Melbourne's Bushfires: isn't it time to reflect new urban strategies?
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ELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP 4May09
Life between buildings some perceptions and implications
a sombre opportunity to be grasped
A threat Enjoyment of nature Social, cultural and economic Strategic All of the above
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Life between buildingsa collection of scattered building dont make a town
Some issues:
people v/s the road community cooperation spatial signifiers lack of collective modes of transportation cultural identity
Some issues: the bushfires threatened not only lives and property, it alsothreatened Melbournes ecology, agriculture, economy, communicationservices, power supply and water.
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Life between buildingsa collection of scattered building dont make a town
G. Davison discusses Australian cities and its deficiency in regards to social spaces. SeeGraeme Davison, "The European City in Australia, (2001). Note that Australia has one ofthe highest green house emissions per capita in the world.
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Opportunities to address some of the issues have not beengrasped
density and urban fringe
morphology car dependency the role of public transport social-economicdisadvantage and exclusion climate change andperipheral living
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Some suggestions:
density can be an advantage to some of
the local population less car dependency can bring manybenefits to populations living in the urbanperiphery public transport might present anopportunity to tackle more than justtransportation perhaps it is time to think of collectiverather than individual solutions to ourpredicaments. time to work in a cross-disciplinaryfashion
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8/14/2019 Melbourne's Bushfires: isn't it time to reflect new urban strategies?
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Nature rebuilds itself within its own system. We are foreign tothat system and we need to reflect new urban strategies thatassists us to live with nature.
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8/14/2019 Melbourne's Bushfires: isn't it time to reflect new urban strategies?
10/10
Victoriasbushfires:timetoreflectnewurbanstrategies
BEATRIZC. MATURANA | ARCHITECTSFOR
PEACE| PHDCANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF M
ELBOURNE | PROCESS@LOOP 4May09