Inclusive City

The Inclusive City planning studio focuses on social and community planning and design issues with the primary challenge of creating people-centred cities. The year's studio focuses on the social, spatial, and economic dimensions of inclusive city planning through

the lens of industrial lands and their surrounding communities. Can we plan industrial estates to be more economically inclusive? How can planning mechanisms for land use and built form help adapt industrial areas to support ongoing changes in employment? How can planners create more affordable and diverse spaces for industrial activity, suited to a range of existing and emerging employment types?

To engage with these questions students have undertaken research on behalf of the Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) to evaluate the opportunities for inclusive growth and equitable urban development. Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) will deliver a 90km orbital rail line that will transform Melbourne into a ‘city of centres’, supporting vibrant precincts in middle-ring suburbs. The SRLA seeks to plan for inclusive growth, generate employment density, and support benefits for local communities and enterprises in the 1.6km radial areas around the stations, which includes industrial areas. Students evaluated the opportunities for inclusive growth and equitable urban development, demonstrating how to adapt development and design controls to enable inclusive industrial lands.

Studio Leaders: Carl Grodach