Urban Floodscapes explores the increasingly challenging issues facing our local and global environments in an age of considerable and frequently dramatic change. This presentation suggests how controls could be implemented to deal with issues of climate change including flooding, drought and sea level rise.

1. URBAN FLOODSCAPES
Moving from hydrophobia to hygroscopia

2. Through the joy of design we secure a restorative fit
between cities and their supporting ecosystems.
Our mission

3. We embrace the concept of biomimicry
in our design process by examining and
replicating the models, systems,
processes, and elements of nature.
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Design manifesto

4. Brown, Keath and Wong (2009) Wat. Sci. & Tech. 59:5, 847-855

5. National Water Commission (2011), Urban Water in Australia: future directions, ISBN
978-1-921853-06-7, April 2011, 68pp.
Urban Floodscapes

6. Eum Yang Seoul, South Korea

13. Parramatta River Urban Strategy Parramatta, Sydney

14. Saltwater
Freshwater
City Brand
Parramatta River City
Where The Waters Meet

15. Circular Quay
‘Parramatta Quay’
City Brand

16. ChurchSt.
400m
Parramatta Quay
Railway Station
Parramatta Quay
SmithSt.
Civic Plaza
Existing Weir
Existing Wharf
Parramatta North

23. Mildura Riverfront Mildura, Australia

39. Honeysuckle Master Plan Newcastle, Australia

45. HELLINIKON NEOPOLIS Athens, Greece

50. Green Square Town Centre Public Domain Sydney, Australia

51. 06 water

52. Roof Level Plan

60. SHEAS Stream - dry weather

61. SHEAS Stream - wet weather

62. Green Square Public Domain Sydney, Australia

63. parks+!
water

66. Ballast Point Park BIRCHGROVE, SYDNEY

72. Masterplan

77. Former BP Site WAVERTON, SYDNEY

78. green gateway to the inner harbour
BP and Ballast Point Parks

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87. To tackle these global challenges we established the Biocity
Studio.
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This research vehicle allows us to partner with universities,
scientists, industry, NGO’s and government to undertake
urban sustainability research.
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We make the findings of this research open source and use it to
inform our design work.

88. Biocity uses sensed real time and collected
data to visualise urban systems for citizens,
business intelligence and urban planning uses.

89. Biodiversity
Built form
Culture/Education
Economy
Energy
Food
Governance
Health
Pollution/Chemicals
Transport
Waste
Water
Urban Human PopulationUrban Biotope
Wetland/Savanah Biotope
Forest Biotope
Tundra Biotope
Urban Biotope
- Self contained ecoogical unit
- carbon release and sequestration
- renewable energy driven
- uses bio-economic model
that assigns value to natural capital
- cradle to crade processes
- interacts with adjacent biotopes
in mutually benficial relationship
Ocean Biotope