Docklands and Victoria
Harbour
Field trip
Melbourne Docklands - The
Transformation
• The area now known as Docklands was once a
hunting and meeting place for local Aboriginal
people
• It became one of Victoria’s first and busiest ports
• The last 10 years has seen Melbourne Docklands
transform from a disused and derelict part of the
city into a new harbourside for business,
residents and visitors.
Location of the Docklands
Docklands
Overview
• 190 hectares - the same size as the original
central business district, including 44 hectares of
water
• Following consultation with Melbourne’s
community and key stakeholders, the State
Government made a commitment to redevelop
Docklands in 1995.
• There are 8 Precincts
• Construction commenced in Docklands in 1997 with
the building of a new stadium, which triggered the
construction of other key infrastructure that would
ultimately see Docklands become part of the central
city.
• In 2000, construction of Docklands’ first homes started
in Yarra’s Edge and NewQuay, making way for more
than 7,000 residents who now call the area home.
• While Docklands continues to transform into a modern
residential, commercial and visitor destination, it plays
an increasingly important role in the growth of
Melbourne as a global city, helping secure it as the
world’s most liveable city.
Places Victoria
• Places Victoria is the Victorian Government’s land
development agency, helping to meet the
challenges of population growth and increased
housing demand.
• Places Victoria facilitates large-scale urban
renewal – for residential and mixed-use purposes
– within established areas of Melbourne and
strategic locations in regional Victoria.
Docklands Community and Place Plan
(formerly known as the Second Decade of Docklands project)
• As Docklands entered its second decade of
development, the time was right to engage with
the broader community and key stakeholders to
objectively examine all aspects of one of
Australia’s largest urban renewal projects.
• In 2010, the City of Melbourne and Places
Victoria embarked on a community engagement
program to determine and test the community
priorities for development during Docklands’
second decade.
Docklands Community and Place Plan
• The community’s input, together with indepth planning and design studies, helped
shape the shared vision for Docklands’ future,
to create a place for people;
• a place where liveability is a priority, made
possible by quality community infrastructure,
welcoming open spaces, interactive street
frontages and a vibrant waterfront destination
for recreation and leisure.
Docklands Community and Place Plan
• Drawing together ideas from the community, lessons
from the first decade and future sustainability
measures, this document sets out clear directions and
actions for Docklands over the next 10 years and
beyond.
• It also signals a longer-term evolution for growth in the
coming decades.
• As Docklands’ population increases (to an expected
60,000+ workers and 20,000 residents by 2025), joint
planning together with neighbouring future growth
areas, such as Fishermans Bend, E-Gate and North
Melbourne, will help to consolidate Docklands’ future
as a thriving community.
Docklands Community and Place Plan
• http://www.docklandsseconddecade.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/07/theguide.pdf
Community Garden at Victoria
Harbour
• The Docklands Community Garden includes
more than 20
• communal planting areas, productive plants
and trees, a fire pit,
• BBQ and seating facilities, compost bays and a
children’s garden area.
• Opened to the public: April 2012
The Glass House
This concept design illustrates the Glass House, a temporary activation space
that seeks to provide the intimacy of a backyard while residents, workers and
visitors to Docklands enjoy Melbourne’s premiere waterfront destination.
The Glass House is expected to open in
September. It is planned to include food vans
and landscaped areas designed to cultivate a
backyard feel.
The final stage is planned to include a glass
house complete with an edible garden by artist
Lauren Berkowitz, which will be harvested by a
cafe operating within.
Victoria Harbour
VALUE $4.5 BILLION
COMPLETION 2021
http://www.lendlease.com/Australia/Projects/Victoria-Harbour.aspx
Overview
Size
• 30 Hectares
• 2,800 dwellings
• 21,615 sqm retail
• 350,000 sqm commercial
• 24,000 sqm mixed use
• 8,000 sqm community facilities
Population
In 2011, Docklands had an estimated resident population of 61,341
persons.
• Approximately 16,000 at current
• 30,000 on completion in 2021
(25,000 workers/ 5,000 residents)
Regional location
Victoria
Harbour
Local location
Victoria
Harbour
Victoria Harbour
In partnership with Place Victoria and the City of
Melbourne, Lend Lease is delivering Victoria
Harbour as an integrated precinct, including:
• housing,
• commercial buildings,
• childcare services and
• Australia’s first ‘green’ supermarket.
Victoria Harbour has the highest concentration of
green buildings in Australia.
Integrated Precinct
A key part of Melbourne’s Docklands
regeneration site, Victoria Harbour brings
together a vibrant mix of
• residential,
• retail and
• commercial spaces.
Community infrastructure / retail
• Merchant Street retail precinct connecting Bourke and Collins
streets includes a Safeway Supermarket
• 150 place Harbour Family and Children’s Centre
• Water Plaza, a revamp of the north promenade with green lawns
and a boardwalk over the water
• Collins Landing, a waterside park with ferry and boat mooring
facilities
• Up to 178 Marina berths to be located on Water Plaza
• Victoria Green, Victoria Harbour’s green heart with BBQs, picnic
tables, and native garden beds
• Extension of the Collins Street tram infrastructure and tram stop
• Dock Square - a unique civic hub with the cornerstone a modern
Library and Community Centre.
Residential
• The Mosaic, a mid-rise, nine-storey, boutique
residential development
• The Montage, sister development to The
Mosaic with a roof top garden
• The Merchant, architecturally designed
apartments aimed at investors and first time
home buyers
• Convesso-Concavo, Serrata and EXO, some of
Victoria Harbour's newest residential offerings
Commercial
• 818 Bourke Street, a six storey building and headquarters
to the Victorian offices of Ericsson plus home to Infosys and
AMP
• Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star - Office As Built rated
building, The Gauge, Lend Lease’s Victorian headquarters
as well as home to Fujitsu
• ANZ Centre, the largest office development in the southern
hemisphere, also 6 Star Green Star rated
• Myer National Support Office with 10 stories of offices and
3 stories of car parking is a 5 Star Green Star building
• Aurecon, an eight storey building and headquarters to the
Victorian offices of global engineering firm Aurecon occupying five levels.
Dock Square
• A new civic hub in addition to a state-of-the-art
library and community centre.
• The proposed library and community centre will
reinforce the precinct’s environmental credentials
by creating one of Melbourne’s most sustainable
civic landmarks.
• It is designed to become a meeting place where
the Docklands community can access a range of
resources and activities, and actively participate
in community life.
Merchant Street retail precinct
provides a selection of:
• cafes,
• restaurants,
• boutique shops and convenience stores,
including a Safeway supermarket.
Docklands - Transport
You can get there by:
• public transport,
• water or
• car
Collins Street extends into Victoria Harbour and
offers a convenient tram service to the CBD.
Docklands Statistics
2001
2006
By Dec 2012
2025
Residents
658
3,936
8,000
20,000
Workers
600
6,000
30,000
60,000+
Docklands build out (forecast at completion):
• Commercial = 44%
• Residential = 44%
• Retail = 7%
• Hotel = 1%
• Other = 4%
Projected development value by project end 2025: $17.5
billion
• Residential: Approximately 12,000 dwellings housing
approximately 20,000 residents;
• Commercial: 60,000 workers
Source: Places Victoria
Initiatives and the future
Target 3008 Project supported by the Victorian
Government Sustainability Fund, which aims to
reduce waste in Docklands and connect the
community.
$300 million community infrastructure plan for Docklands
Media Release from The Minister for Planning The Hon Matthew
Guy MLC
Sunday, 15 July 2012
• Planning Minister Matthew Guy and Lord Mayor Robert Doyle today
unveiled a plan for $300 million in community infrastructure
projects in Docklands.
• This follows the Planning Minister's announcement yesterday that a
new cafe, edible garden and outdoor space would be located along
Harbour Esplanade. To be known as the Glass House, this
temporary activation space seeks to provide the intimacy of a
backyard while residents, workers and visitors to Docklands enjoy
Melbourne's premiere waterfront destination.
• Alongside these projects Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said that the City
of Melbourne would kick-start the restoration of the historic Alma
Doepel, with a proposal for the ship to be docked at Victoria
Harbour, the centrepiece in the waterfront heritage precinct.
• A community boating hub, oval and sporting facilities, recreational
swimming pool, library and community centre, exhibition and
performance spaces, running and walking tracks, and a place of worship
are some of the headline projects to be delivered in Docklands over
coming years as part of the Docklands Community and Place Plan (DCPP)
• Mr Guy said today's announcement was a good example of the strong,
long-term partnerships between state, local government and the private
sector that are required to make urban renewal projects a success.
• "This plan showcases projects that Places Victoria and the City of
Melbourne, together with developers, private and public sectors, are
committed to delivering for Docklands,“
• "Although only 50 per cent has been developed to date, Docklands is
already an economic hub, having attracted more than $8.5 billion of
private investment," Mr Guy said.
• "Docklands continues to make a significant contribution to the Victorian
economy. The last year alone has seen more than $2.4 billion worth of
commercial and residential development under construction across 16
projects, including more than 1,500 dwellings" Mr Guy said.
• Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the release of DCPP is the
culmination of more than 18 months of community consultation
and reflects the needs of Docklands' evolving community.
• "Coupled with the recent announcement that the City of
Melbourne will be the responsible planning authority for
developments less than 25,000 square metres in Docklands, this
package demonstrates a transition from a development stage to
one focused on the community.
• "We've listened to thousands of residents, workers, visitors and
experts, to ensure future development in Docklands meets the
needs of its people, now and into the future.
• "A great example of this is the new Docklands community garden.
With a fire to gather around on a cold day, a range of garden beds
and fruit trees, the Docklands garden provides a great new meeting
place for locals and visitors." Cr Doyle said.
Field trip
• You will be looking at the various facilities
provided within the Docklands.
• You are to conduct a survey – community
survey
• What was a cause of the Docklands not being
as successful
• What has made Victoria Harbour successful
• Areas for improvement