Creator
“AECOM is the world’s premier infrastructure firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come.” (website)
Purpose
This manifesto is a comprehensive proposition for future Sydney with 8 million residents. Intended to guide business and government, it offers ambitious reforms to plan for the larger population size, which could be reached as early as 2050.
Manifesto
10 Big Moves
- Evolve Sydney’s governance model
- Rethink future procurement and delivery
- Embed a smart city approach to planning
- Value green infrastructure
- Optimise Sydney transport
- Deliver next-generation corridors
- Reform Sydney’s freight network
- Make housing more diverse and affordable
- Turn Sydney electric
- Create a water-sensitive city
Source
Brilliant City Sydney Manifesto
Comment
In the early 1990s, I was selected to speak at two international Ecological City conferences.
My topic was to talk about my proposed strategy for the design of my home city – Geelong.
In particular I was suggesting we needed to create public Design Goals. This was to counter the closed planning process that favoured projects that promised short-term jobs and tourist projects but ultimately did not enhance the public amenity of the locals.
I’m pleased to say the Brilliant City Sydney Manifesto adopts a similar approach – it presents a series of general goals and then specific ones to Sydney.
The visual diagram on this page from their report highlights this.
This manifesto is best read in partnership with the AECOM Brilliant Cities manifesto.
Together they present a great way to lead the conversation by offer three tiers:
- A unique context
- A set of rules or principles for winning in that context
- An application of these principles
This example of Sydney demonstrates part three in this process by applying the principles to a real-world situation.