The Cultural Ribbon

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The Cultural Ribbon

The Cultural Ribbon
Draft Strategy
Sydney2030/Green/Global/Connected
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Executive Summary
Introduction
The Opportunity
Background
Developing the Idea
Analysis
Project Layers
Working with stakeholders
Priority Projects / Actions
Case Studies
Guide to making submissions
The City welcomes feedback on this draft Cultural Ribbon
Strategy.
This document will be on public exhibition till the 19
September 2016. We will use the feedback we receive to
finalise the Cultural Ribbon Strategy.
You can provide feedback on this Strategy by post, email or
online to:
Pauline Chan
Urban Designer
City of Sydney, Town Hall House
456 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Email: [email protected]
We also welcome comments on www.sydneyyoursay.com.au
Please provide your name and address or the details of the
organisation you represent in your submission. We will not
distribute your personal information without your consent.
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The Cultural Ribbon Strategy
Executive
Summary
The Cultural Ribbon was identified as one of “Ten
Key Project Ideas” in Sustainable Sydney 2030. The
draft Cultural Ribbon Strategy has been prepared to
bring definition to the Cultural Ribbon by testing and
developing the idea and to identify a series of priority
actions for the City to materialise the project. The Cultural
Ribbon will deliver ‘A Cultural and Creative City’, key
direction 7 of Sustainable Sydney 2030, in recognition
that arts and cultural activities are fundamental to
liveability, tolerance and quality of life and increasingly
to economic development. In addition, linked to the
Eora Journey, the Cultural Ribbon will have a broad
historical-interpretive dimension, utilising best practice
heritage interpretation, public art, lighting and wayfinding
elements to create a unique and legible experience.
Since Sydney 2030, the term Cultural Ribbon has been
used to describe various activities and initiatives related
to cultural planning that extend outside of the City’s
remit. The uptake of the term is testament to the desire
to imprint some geographical and conceptual coherence
to culture in Sydney in place of the more distinct cultural
precincts of other international cities. With many
major developments around the foreshore including
the upgrades of many of the cultural institutions, the
City has a vital role as one of coordination, facilitation
and leadership to achieve the optimal public domain
outcome along the foreshore to benefit all users of the
city.
To align the Cultural Ribbon with the Liveable Green
Network and the greater Harbour Foreshore Walk, the
project is focused on destinations and spaces along
the foreshore. It is proposed that the Cultural Ribbon
be redefined as Sydney’s nature and culture walk
along the harbour foreshore from Maritime Museum
to Woolloomooloo. It is a 9km walk within the greater
17km Harbour Foreshore Walk articulated in the Liveable
Green Network from Rozelle Bay to Rushcutters
Bay. The extent between Maritime Museum and
Woolloomooloo takes in a number of Sydney’s eminent
cultural institutions and also engages with five harbour
The Cultural Ribbon will
support the City's identity
with a Sydney harbourside
cultural walking trail.
Sydney will continue to offer
internationally recognised,
unique cultural experiences.
Sustainable Sydney 2030
bays, four harbour peninsulas, and five harbour-side
parks of differing function and landscape quality.
Further work is in progress on broader cultural precinct
planning and dialogue between the City and the State
government and relevant agencies to inform actions that
the City will take to support cultural activities throughout
the LGA, outside of the geographical extent of the
proposed Cultural Ribbon.
The Cultural Ribbon is
Sydney’s nature and culture
walk along the harbour foreshore from Maritime
Museum to Woolloomooloo with a physical expression
that is clear but discreet and simple. It takes walkers
through a series of different spatial and natural
experiences, while engaging with some of the city’s
foremost cultural attractions. The project will involve
strengthening the harbourside foreshore walking
and recreational cycling route through public domain
improvements, as well as strategies to meaningfully
engage walkers with the cultural and natural assets
encountered along the way.
Principles
The Cultural Ribbon is about the cultural
destinations and landscapes as much as it
is about the paths and spaces in between
Anchored by moments of storytelling and
interpretation including Eora Journey and
Sydney’s maritime history
A layered experience made up of various
components that tell a bigger picture story
It is accessible for all and a great
experience every day and night
Supported by investment by the public and
private sector that enhances the experience
Introduction
The Cultural Ribbon was identified as one of ten project
ideas in Sustainable Sydney 2030. It was described
as a walking trail that linked a selection of cultural
venues and destinations along the harbour’s edge, also
looping south into the city proper to include a number
of additional institutions. While signage and historical
information were proposed as the main tools to build
the walk, the Cultural Ribbon was intended as more
than an exercise in wayfinding and interpretation. It was
also seen as an opportunity to “boost Sydney’s image
as a cultural city,” a means of “building participation
in Sydney cultural institutions” and to “encourage
sustainable recreational activities.” More ambitiously,
the Cultural Ribbon was about “reinforcing equity,
connectedness and social well-being.”
As presented in Sustainable Sydney 2030, the Cultural
Ribbon was a hybrid of ideas: a gesture to a longstanding campaign to ensure the foreshores of Sydney
Harbour were available for the recreational enjoyment of
all but also a project that was not limited to the harbour
edge; a signposted path to facilitate visitation to major
cultural destinations but equally a hope that the walk
would become a destination in itself; a project to build
greater awareness and participation in the creative life of
the city.
This strategy teases apart the complex issues that the
Cultural Ribbon was said to address, suggesting clearer
domains of action. It aims to reconnect the city to the
water and create an experience of the harbour that
is varied, human in scale, exhilarating and educative.
This project meets the original objectives of the Cultural
Ribbon idea, but also reinforces other key 2030 projects
such as Liveable Green Network and the Eora Journey.
International case-studies accompany the analysis in this
study to suggest the different ways identified problems
can be addressed. A number of specific actions and
interventions addressing the issues of connectivity,
imagination and identity in the public domain for the
harbour foreshore project with benefits to the broader
cultural life in Sydney are proposed for implementation.
Objectives of this strategy
Analyse the Cultural Ribbon as it was sketched
out as a project idea in Sustainable Sydney
2030
Examine the utility of the original concept in the
light of recent policy work, input from internal
and external stakeholders, as well as other
development projects currently in train
Redefine the Cultural Ribbon idea and provide
a strategy to advance the project
Illustrate aspects of the strategy through case
studies from around the world
Identify a series of possible actions for the City
of Sydney across the range of policy, programs
and projects
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Further work is in progress on broader cultural precinct
planning, this work is required to be undertaken with
the NSW State government, Arts NSW, Infrastructure
NSW and arts and cultural institutions. Discussions are
underway with INSW to commence this dialogue as
part of the State’s forthcoming Cultural Infrastructure
Plan. This dialogue will inform further actions that the
City will take to support cultural activities throughout the
LGA, outside of the geographical extent of the proposed
Cultural Ribbon.
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While a number of the city’s major arts institutions lie
at the harbour’s edge, an equal number are located at
considerable distance. The real picture of creativity in
Sydney is one of a rich dispersal of cultural locations
and the City itself is a “cultural precinct”. The cultural
“fine grain” of medium and small scale venues, of
artist-run and commercial galleries, smaller theatres and
playhouses, libraries, clubs and cultural centres cannot
be captured in a single line. It is therefore important
to identify and analyse this more expansive network
of large, medium and small scale cultural venues to
formulate projects and programs to strengthen the
sense of a network of distinctive but connected creative
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In its preliminary form, the Cultural Ribbon included a
detour loop from the foreshore to include a short-list of
cultural destinations in the city, many of which lay along
Macquarie Street. In redefining the Cultural Ribbon as
a foreshore walk, this gesture to rest of the city is not
lost. Rather, cultural destinations that are both large and
small, well-known and emerging, will be considered in
a separate study that considers how the City can better
support these organisations and make cultural activities
more evident in the public domain.
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As major infrastructure and development projects in
the city come to fruition, the status of George Street as
the backbone of the city is strengthened. Just as the
physical edge of the foreshore has inherent wayfinding
advantages, George Street presents itself as a means of
orientating people better to the rich dispersal of cultural
locations in the City of Sydney.
George Street, the city’s major transport and wayfinding
spine and its honorific core, becomes a key element
for navigating this network of creative and cultural
destinations. Through improved wayfinding and
cultural activation, George Street will become a means
to discovering and exploring more fully the cultural
landscape of the city. Special attention is being given
to how George Street can function as a wayfinding
spine for cultural destinations in the city. Similarly, the
City is currently preparing for the realisation of major
public artworks along George Street as part of the
transformation of the street with light rail.
The Opportunity
The time is now ripe to imagine the
harbour foreshore as a continuous
experience—a destination in its own
right, worthy of a unified plan.
The restoration of the western edge of the city centre
through the Barangaroo project will make the stretch of
foreshore connecting Woolloomooloo to Darling Harbour
accessible for the first time in living memory.
Through circumstance rather than design, but in no
small part due to the transformation of Sydney in its postmaritime period, a collection of the city’s most significant
cultural institutions can be found in a sequence of
spectacular locations along this route. From the Maritime
Museum to Woolloomooloo with the Circular Quay and
Customs House marking a midpoint, this stretch of
foreshore is home to Sydney’s pre-eminent theatres of
drama and dance and its most visited art galleries and
museums.
The recently completed Cutaway at Barangaroo is a
flexible venue with the potential to host cultural events
from art exhibitions to music performances, other
cultural uses are set to follow in the central section of
the development. Further strengthening the status of
Walsh Bay as creative hub, work is now underway for
a detailed State Significant Development Application
on the transformation of Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 with
construction anticipated to begin in 2017. In addition,
the existing cultural institutions such as Art Gallery NSW
(Sydney Modern Project) and the Opera House have
major plans for extensions and upgrades.
City revolve around leadership, overview and facilitation.
Working with other authorities, the Cultural Ribbon will
be a suite of interrelated projects that aim to strengthen
the legibility of the route, identify and build upon the
different experiential qualities of the walk, and promote it
as a unique destination. There is opportunity to improve
the public domain, to strengthen a sense of connection;
reinforce the identity of the route as an experience
unique to Sydney; introduce activation strategies that will
bring imagination and creativity out of the buildings and
into public spaces and places along the harbour.
An unprecedented level of public and private
development is currently taking place along the route.
The City of Sydney is uniquely placed to take an
overarching view of these developments, as a first
step using the consultation and planning processes
to achieving the goals of the Cultural Ribbon project.
In addition, the City is able to independently instigate
a number of more focused projects to build public
awareness and bring activation to the foreshore.
Although promotion of the foreshore walk forms part
of this project, it is important that the promotion of
a Cultural Ribbon is more than a branding exercise.
Strengthening the experiential aspects of the journey is
what will make the foreshore walk a lasting entity and
one of the great urban walks of the world.
The experience of the Sydney Harbour foreshore is
equally shaped by the spectacular experience of the
harbour. The foreshore route from Maritime Museum to
Woolloomooloo seeks to capitalise upon this confluence
of natural and cultural assets.
The Cultural Ribbon project seeks to build public
awareness of a topographically defined entity that is
markedly different to the readily identifiable cultural
precincts of other major international cities. The Cultural
Ribbon walk as a confluence of nature and culture and is
an experience singular to Sydney.
With the vast majority of the foreshore walk already in
existence, or soon to be completed, opportunities for the
Background
Sustainable Sydney 2030
The Vision (2008)
When asked during the consultation for Sustainable
Sydney 2030 “What kind of city do you want Sydney
to be in 2030?”, the community responded that they
envisaged a walkable city, with ribbons of green between
its parks and villages, and public access to the harbour
edge. Aspirations for Sydney were not limited to the
physical environment, but extended to calls for a city
enlivened by creativity, where diverse traditions were
celebrated—a city where the arts and artists were
supported.
Sydney - A unique
waterfront city
PSPL Sydney 2007
Gehl
The development of a harbour foreshore walk supporting
a range of different experiences along its length was
a key recommendation of the Sydney: Public Spaces,
Public Life report, produced by Gehl Architects in 2007.
As well as a means of reintegrating Darling Harbour and
Barangaroo back into the fabric of the city, a foreshore
walk would allow people to “celebrate Sydney as a
unique waterfront city.”
The City’s Liveable Green Network (2011) also
recognises the importance of access to the foreshore TARGET 9: By 2030, every resident in the City of Sydney
will be within a three minute walk (250m) of continuous
green links that connect to the Harbour Foreshore,
Harbour Parklands, Moore or Centennial or Sydney
Parks.
The term “Cultural Ribbon” was coined at one of the
key 2030 consultation forums by the actor and former
co-director of the Sydney Theatre Company Cate
Blanchett. In an effort to address wayfinding issues, the
Cultural Ribbon was proposed as a identified walking
route between the theatres in Walsh Bay to the MCA and
Opera House. Importantly, the Cultural Ribbon was also
discussed figuratively, as a physical representation of an
alliance of organizations and institutions, and a means
of bringing the city’s cultural community together to work
on issues of common concern.
The Cultural Ribbon was subsequently identified as one
of “ten key project ideas” in Sustainable Sydney 2030.
As described in that document, the Cultural Ribbon had
three-fold purpose, being:
• a walking trail linking Sydney’s leading cultural
landmarks along the harbour’s edge;
• to provide better information and interpretation of
Sydney’s rich history and culture for visitors and
tourists;
• a means to strengthen and support the cultural
life of the city and help boost Sydney as a cultural
destination.
Strategy Context
Cultural Policy
Creative City City Art
Cultural Policy and Action Plan 2014 - 2024
Public Art Strategy
Creative City
City Art
The City’s Creative City, Cultural Policy and Action Plan
hasAugust
been
developed with the following vision statements;
2014
The Public Art Strategy aims to embed public art into
the fabric of the city to reflect Sydney’s unique history,
its diverse communities, its creativity, its innovation
and its energy. Providing opportunities for everyone to
participate, including artists with a disability, it aims to
create experiences that are universally accessible to all
people. The Public Art Strategy recognises the City’s
reputation for delivering high quality public domain and
architectural projects and intends to compliment the
capital works program with high quality public art undergirded by 8 principles;
1. Creativity in Sydney is visible
www.cityartsydney.com.au
2. Innovation is central to Sydney’s creative community
3. Sydney takes pride in its Aboriginal history, culture
and its contemporary expression
4. Cultural experiences and creative opportunities are
valued and accessible
5. Sydney’s diversity is prized and promoted
6. Sydney welcomes bold ideas, new visions and
unexpected connections
1. Align significant City Art projects with major
Sustainable Sydney 2030 urban design projects
7. Curiosity is encouraged and opportunities for
discovery are everywhere
2. Recognise and celebrate Aboriginal stories and
heritage in public spaces
Council endorsed the cultural policy in August 2014, it
presents a 10-year action plan for boosting the cultural
lives of our residents, workers and visitors. The Cultural
Ribbon was identified as a key initiative that would help
deliver on the strategic priority of developing precinct
distinctiveness and creativity in the public domain.
4. Support vibrant places in village centres with
community art and City Art projects
3. Support local artists and activate places by using
temporary art projects
5. Promote high quality public art in new development
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permanent artworks, monuments and memorials
8. Initiate and implement programs to communicate,
educate and engage the public about City Art
The Cultural Ribbon was identified as a project that
will deliver on a number of principles of the Plan with
an emphasis on the partnership with arts and cultural
institutions and other agencies.
The City has developed Legible Sydney - Pedestrian
Wayfinding Strategy and Design manual to provide
a clear and coordinated framework for pedestrian
wayfinding signage. This forms the basis of the Signage
Code which is one of the City’s Public Domain Codes
that set out objectives and guidelines that ensure the
City’s public domain is delivered in a coherent and coordinated way. The strategy and manual aim to ensure
signage is consistent to help people get to their desired
destination and improve city legibility.
Two pilot projects were installed in October 2014. Pilot
route 1 (above): From Wynyard Park to Walsh Bay along
York and Kent streets via the Kent Street underpass
to test pylon, flag and finger sign elements. The City
is now in the process of rolling out the new signage
system, including Braille and tactile signage across
the LGA. The City is also working with other agencies
and proponents such as State Properties for Circular
Quay and Darling Harbour, to adopt this new system to
enable the delivery of clear and consistent wayfinding
information to encourage people to walk more, and to
ensure that visitors can confidently find their way around
the city across different jurisdictions.
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Eora Journey: Recognition
in the Public Domain
The Eora Journey is one of the key projects envisioned
in Sustainable Sydney 2030 to recognise the ongoing
significance and vitality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander heritage and culture to the City of Sydney. It
was a response to the strong call from the Indigenous
community and broader community to celebrate and
share the story of the world’s oldest living culture
through our city’s public spaces. It is our commitment
to achieving better recognition for the First Peoples
of Australia. It includes four elements: Recognition in
the Public Domain; a significant event; an economic
development plan; and a knowledge and cultural centre.
In 2012, Council endorsed seven project concepts
recommended by the International Review of
Contemporary Interpretation Practice (Hetti Perkins
and Julie Cracknell for City of Sydney). Several of these
projects could occur in the area of the Cultural Ribbon:
• Monument for Eora a major ‘flagship’ public
artwork to honour the Eora Nation in the City/
Harbour environs. This project proposes to be an
indelible expression of Aboriginal culture and would
serve as symbol of the enduring importance and
significance of Aboriginal heritage to all Sydneysiders for generations to come;
• Harbour Walk (Audio Tour) this innovative
project idea would use fragments of existing audio
sources and recreations to produce a narrated
audio tour of the historical precinct of the harbour’s
edge, following the Cultural Ribbon, with reference
to sites of Aboriginal significance. The work could be
delivered through smart phones via the internet or by
audio devices made available from venues along the
Cultural Ribbon;
• Eora Journey Walking Trail (Harbour to
Redfern) – this project is envisaged as a landscaped
walking trail linking Sydney Harbour to the Australian
Museum, then along Elizabeth Street from Hyde
Park and on through Prince Alfred Park to Redfern,
interpreting the Aboriginal history of Sydney from the
site of first contact at Sydney Harbour to Redfern.
The Barani Barrabugu (Yesterday/Tomorrow) project,
also part of the Eora Journey, has mapped sites in
Sydney associated with histories of Aboriginal people.
Several of these sites are located along the Cultural
Ribbon and should be considered in the development of
the Cultural Ribbon Project. The Cultural Ribbon should
contribute to Eora Journey: Recognition in the Public
Domain.
Sydney Culture Walks
Related initiatives
The Sydney Culture Walks is a free app developed by
the City that contains curated walks to explore the city
by foot, telling the history and story behind the place,
significant artworks, monuments and buildings. It
currently houses 10 historical and 4 public art curated
walks with over 400 points of interest. One of the tours in
the app titled Barani – Sydney Cove / Warrane, explores
the sites of cultural significance and artistic expression
as well as places where some of the earliest interactions
occurred between Aboriginal People and the British.
Much of this walk falls on the Cultural Ribbon and
presents an opportunity to either expand (and build on)
this walk or for a new walk to be developed with focus on
highlighting sites of cultural significance relating to the
notion of the Cultural Ribbon.
The City has also adopted the following related policies
that inform the Cultural Ribbon project;
Cultural Ribbon Foreshore
Histories Project
The Cultural Ribbon Foreshore Histories Project is a
collaboration between the Dictionary of Sydney and the
City of Sydney. “The Dictionary of Sydney will provide
historical stories, facts and information about Sydney
as a community resource for the Cultural Ribbon.”
Sustainable Sydney 2030: The Vision pg 158. In 2014,
the City commissioned 21 new entries and the curation
of a thread in the Dictionary of Sydney containing
historical information, stories and facts related to the
Cultural Ribbon. This collection of stories seeks to link
some of the city's cultural institutions, activities, places
and landscapes located in and around the harbour
foreshore. These stories can inform the interpretative
component of the Cultural Ribbon.
Sydney Lights: Public Domain Design Code
2013
Walking Strategy and Action Plan 20152030
Harbour Village North Public Domain Plan
2012
City North Public Domain Plan 2015
Tourism Action Plan 2013
OPEN Sydney Strategy and Action Plan
2013-2030
Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan 2014
Cycle Strategy and Action Plan 2007-2017
Inclusion Action Plan 2014-2017
The Cultural Ribbon is one of many City initiatives to
strengthen and support cultural activities in the city, these
include;
Live Music and Performance Action Plan
New Ideas for Old Buildings - Creative
Spaces and the Built Environment 2016
Cultural and Creative grants (ongoing)
Festivals and events sponsorships
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a more productive and prosperous city, with
strong ties to its region and with world-class
infrastructure that supports growing, efficient
and innovative industries.
Expanding the Sydney CBD will allow the city
to continue to compete on the world stage
as the Australian hub for global trade and
commerce. A well connected second CBD in
Greater Parramatta will increase our national
and metropolitan reach. The arc of intensive
economic activity stretching across the
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Olympic Park. This will continue to strengthen
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DIRECTIONS AND ACTIONS
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THE CULTURAL RIBBON
The Cultural Ribbon commences with the heritage sandstone buildings on the eastern
side of Sydney: the War Memorial, Australian Museum, The Mint, Hyde Park Barracks,
State Library of NSW, Art Gallery of NSW and the Conservatorium of Music.
The historic Hyde Park, Domain and Royal Botanic Gardens form a green cultural link
between these 19th century cultural facilities and the iconic 20th century Sydney Opera
House.
Clustered around Circular Quay are Customs House, Museum of Sydney, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Police and Justice Museum, Sydney Observatory and The Rocks.
From Dawes Point, the Ribbon connects to the emerging post-industrial cultural
facilities on the western side of the city. The Walsh Bay Arts Precinct meets the
emerging Barangaroo, Darling Harbour with its future convention facilities, the National
Maritime Museum and tourist facilities.
All of these venues are important to Sydney’s tourism and entertainment economy
contributing to the CBD being Australia’s pre-eminent tourist destination.
The inter-relationship of these vibrant cultural facilities along a renewed urban
foreshore will generate great social, economic and community benefits and will add to
Sydney’s reputation as a global city.
Source: NSW Trade and Investment
Since 2008
Since first enunciated at one of the key Sydney 2030
consultation forums, the notion of a Cultural Ribbon
linking a selection of cultural institutions has gained
some traction and has been widely adopted and
referred to by the many cultural institutions located in
the vicinity of Sydney Harbour. “The Cultural Ribbon”
and variations of the term such as “Arts Ribbon” or “Arts
and Cultural Ribbon” have been used in various NSW
State policy and planning documents to refer to a range
of different things. In the State government’s “A Plan for
Growing Sydney” the Cultural Ribbon idea was used
as a means of explaining and justifying a distribution
of funding according to geographic location. The 2012
State Infrastructure Strategy prioritised revitalising and
expanding “the State’s existing cluster of world-class
institutions and attractions through the development
of an ‘Arts and Cultural Ribbon’ around the Sydney
Harbour and the CBD”. The follow up 2014 State
Infrastructure Strategy Update further “recommends the
establishment of a clearly defined Sydney CBD cultural
precinct, with staged investment in the Sydney Opera
House, the Walsh Bay Arts precinct, the Art Gallery of
NSW and the State Library of NSW. In planning and
design documents prepared by the Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority (Property NSW), the Cultural Ribbon
refers to both a concentration of cultural activities along
the water but also a walking route that loops into The
Rocks.
The definition of the Cultural Ribbon provided in
Sustainable Sydney 2030 was therefore sufficiently loose
to have allowed the term to be co-opted rather freely. Its
wide use is an indication of the strength of its appeal and
a desire and appetite to imprint some geographical and
conceptual coherence to culture in Sydney. The Cultural
Ribbon project is emerging as one of coordination,
facilitation and leadership by the City of Sydney.
The Cultural Ribbon, A Plan for Growing Sydney
NSW Government
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“I want to be regularly surprised in a
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in unlikely places… bands in train
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where museums stay open until
2am, bars in underground tunnels,
permanent table tennis tables in the
parks, a former airport turned into a city
park with community vegetable gardens
(runway still intact), Sunday afternoon
open mic karaoke sessions in front
of an audience of thousands (if you
dare)…”
Sydney Your Say Open Forum, Cultural Policy and Action Plan
Clarifying the idea
Informed by extensive community and key stakeholder
engagement as part of Creative City Cultural Policy
and Action Plan 2014-2024, this strategy has been
developed with various internal stakeholders in the City
and initial conversations with external stakeholders with
a focus on materialising the Cultural Ribbon. The idea
presented in Sustainable Sydney 2030 has been both
refined and clarified through this work. The redefinition of
the Cultural Ribbon as a nature culture walk focused on
the harbour foreshore is the key recommendation of this
strategy. A range of potential projects, across a number
of divisions, have also been identified to promote and
sustain the walk as a destination in its own right.
Insights
Cultural Ribbon: Internal Consultation Report 2016, Michelle Tabet
Woolloomooloo
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Defining the extent
Much discussion has been had around the ‘right’
geographical extent of the Cultural Ribbon. There is
extensive foreshore infrastructure already in place but
also there is a recognition amongst that ownership of the
foreshore land is fragmented and the experience of the
foreshore sometimes reflect that fragmentation.
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The redefined project idea
Directions
It is proposed that the walk be redefined as Sydney’s
nature and culture walk along the harbour foreshore from
Maritime Museum to Woolloomooloo with a physical
expression that is clear but discreet and simple with the
following principles;
To deliver on the principles, it is important for the
Strategy to address the fundamental issues of the
physical condition of the public domain of the walk,
the opportunities for storytelling and interpretation and
the opportunities to elevate the walk as a destination
/ attraction in its own right. The Cultural Ribbon is
considered under the directions of;
Is about the cultural destinations and
landscapes as much as it is about the paths
and spaces in between
Anchored by moments of storytelling and
interpretation including Eora Journey and
Sydney’s maritime history
A layered experience made up of various
components that tell a bigger picture story
It is accessible for all and a great
experience every day and night
Supported by investment by the public and
private sector that enhances the experience
Nature and Culture
The Cultural Ribbon should be re-conceived through the
lens of a broader definition of culture, but also through its
setting on the harbour foreshore.
Culture is an enormously difficult word to define. The
definition of Culture contained in the original 2030
Cultural Ribbon idea primarily focused on the museums,
theatres, libraries, galleries, scientific and educational
institutions in the western tradition of formalised, “high”
cultural activity. There could be a broader indexing of the
word “culture”, a more considered reading of the word
“culture” will bring forth more considered and innovative
outcomes for the project.
Nature is often set into a dualistic relationship with
culture, and this may be a means to further refining the
idea of culture for the purposes of interpretation. To the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, culture
and nature (the land and sea) are one and intrinsic to
each other. The natural topography of the harbour has
shaped the kind of cultural history that has played out in
these protected coves and on these points from which
we have looked out, and up.
While taking in numerous cultural institutions, it also
engages with five harbour bays, four harbour peninsulas,
and five harbour-side parks of differing function and
landscape quality. Punctuating the route are both large
iconic buildings housing the fine arts, opera and drama
but also clusters of smaller sites for cultural engagement,
including house museums, small craft galleries and
specialist music venues. The foreshore experience could
improved and underpinned by the story of the city’s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and
of Sydney as a maritime city, but is also the site of for
stories of creativity, spectacle and invention. Together,
these are the features of a walk that is unique to Sydney.
Connections
Improve the physical amenity of the walk
for pedestrians to make it more attractive,
accessible and safer for people to explore
on foot during the day and at night
Improve the legibility of the walk, including
enhanced wayfinding
Improve conditions and amenities for
recreational cycling along the route
Enhance the experience of nature along the
foreshore
Imagination
Bring to the public domain a layer of storytelling and interpretation with digital media
and smart technology as an aid
Invigorate the paths and spaces ‘inbetween’ – make creativity / innovation
more visible
Identity
To build public recognition of the foreshore
route as a destination in its own right
Recognise, retain and where appropriate
reinforce the existing character and identity
of each section of the walk
Measures of success
A critical aspect of this project is to define what success
means to the collective. Early measures of success
identified are:
Short-term benefits as well as long-term
outcomes
Focused on impacts as well as the
processes that create impacts
Impacts that are both objective (hard
numbers and facts) as well as softer and
more subjective (reception by the media or
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Analysis
Nature and Culture
The Cultural Ribbon nature cultural walk can be
conceived as linking five harbour bays, each with a
number of attractions clustered around them. Each
of these harbour-defined episodes on the walk is
effectively linked by a major cultural institution to include
Maritime Museum, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney
Dance Company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Customs House, Opera House
and Art Gallery NSW. The foreshore walk is not only
punctuated by a series of the city’s most prominent
theatres and museums but also takes walkers through
a series of green spaces. The centrepiece of the walk is
the Royal Botanic Gardens, a reflection of 18th and 19th
century landscape sensibilities, originally a key outpost
in a scientific network the spans the Kew Gardens to all
corners of the British Empire. To this may be contrasted
the remnant foreshore landscape of the eastern side of
the Domain at Woolloomooloo Bay - perhaps the closest
thing we have to the harbour foreshore in its indigenous
state. A simulacrum of natural foreshore is found at
Barangaroo Point, and in the shadows of the Harbour
Bridge at Dawes Point, the kind of accidental park that
so often accompanied large infrastructure projects in the
20th century. These landscapes are themselves artefacts
that tell us much about our culture and its changing
relationship to nature.
Opportunities
1.Scope opportunities to enhance the experience of
nature along the foreshore
2.Scope opportunities to work in partnership with
adjoining landowners to holistically enhance the
natural experience of the foreshore.
3.Scope opportunities for the walk to include educational
experiences
4.Work with cultural institutions to enhance the cultural
experience of the walk
Priority Project: Development of the Nature
Culture Walk
Development of the Nature and Culture Walk – The
Cultural Ribbon to be developed into a new walk in
consultation with adjoining landowners and relevant
agencies, to incorporate stories and information
including Sydney’s cultural and natural history. This
project would include the development of supporting
‘software’ for Cultural Ribbon - the use of innovative
digital media and smart technology to showcase the
Cultural Ribbon.
Visual experience and
legibility
Vistas to and from the foreshore are many and varied.
The foreshore walk between Darling Harbour and
Woolloomooloo is shaped by the experience of four
panoramic views to the harbour in-dispersed with the
more enclosed visual experience of five bays.
Long views to Circular Quay from Pitt, Loftus and Young
Streets are obstructed by the Cahill Expressway.
Sydney Harbour is a vast network of inlets and
promontories. This distinctive topography provides
some amazing vistas but also provides challenges in the
legibility. There are points along the route where legibility
could be improved.
Priority Project: Wayfinding Audit
Wayfinding and Signage Audit – review of current
wayfinding messaging and signs in the public domain
to better support and reinforce connections to the
foreshore and the Cultural Ribbon.
The goal here is not to use signage as ‘branding’ but in
keeping with the Legible Sydney Strategy identify gaps
and improve wayfinding, providing clear and consistent
messaging to get people to the foreshore from arrival
points and key routes.
Blues Point
Horse Ferry
Man o’ War
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Andrew Boy
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Contact with water
Despite a journey of more than approximately 9km from
Darling Harbour to Woolloomooloo, there are few points
where walkers can, in the words of Jan Gehl, “touch the
water.”
The new sandstone shoreline constructed to edge
Barangaroo Point will do much to allow a haptic
experience of the waters edge. Draft plans for the
activation of the space between Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5
at Walsh Bay also indicate a large area of amphitheatrelike seating that will step down into the water, and a
similar arrangement of steps or terraces down into the
water has been proposed at Campbell’s Cove.
Opportunities
1.Scope opportunities for visitors to ‘touch the
water’ along the foreshore including along the
Woolloomooloo shoreline, which with minimum
intervention would invite people to experience the
water.
Additional opportunities to allow people to have an
intimate, incidental connection with water should be
sought.
Pedestrian connections to
the foreshore
The foreshore can be accessed on foot at multiple
points, but the legibility of these connections are
variable.
Where vistas to the water do exist, additional directional
signage should not be required. Where wayfinding to
the water is not clear, pedestrian signage with suitable
messaging could be considered.
Opportunities
1.Through the roll-out of the City’s Legible Sydney
wayfinding system, ensure that the foreshore walk is
clearly signed at key points of decision in the city, but
Existing locations
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2.To strengthen visibility
of the water from the city,
undertake a de-cluttering study along City of Sydney
streets and pathways connecting to the foreshore
to understand what could be removed. Careful
management of trees and shrubs to open up views to
the water could be considered as part of this process.
Varied activation
High levels of activation
Blank Wall / Barrier / Inactive
Ground floor frontages and
activation
While the waterscape of the harbour is a constant along
one side of the Cultural Ribbon route, to the alternate
side the walker experiences open space or built
frontages—a contrast that is an important characteristic
of this experience. Where the route is edged by
building, the nature of the ground floor frontage has
a significant impact on the quality of public space. An
active and engaging ground floor frontage is comprised
of small units, with many doors and a high degree of
transparency, a diversity of functions and architectural
detail, imparting a sense of activity, interest, and safety.
By contrast, an inactive frontage will have large units or a
completely closed facade at ground level and a paucity
of detail.
There is a mix of activation of the building frontages that
exist on the foreshore route.
Opportunities
1.Whilst it is recognised that there are points of respite
and quiet along the route that the community can
come and enjoy without spending money, there
are portions of the route that could be improved
with further activation. Activation could come from
businesses, the ‘opening’ up and spilling of cultural
activities from cultural institutions.
2.The City could investigate opportunities for the
activation, particularly at the ground level frontages
and encourage institutions to be ‘open’ and engaged
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months of the year between 5pm and 7pm. At certain
times of the cruise season, access to foreshore at the
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Priority Project: Lighting
study
The Harbour Foreshore Walk is a key element in the
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City’s Creative Lighting Masterplan. Lighting applications A number of the institutions along the Cultural Ribbon
can reinforce important aspects of the city’s relationship
experience their peak of activity at night. Institutions such
to the Harbour edge as well as promote the foreshore
as the MCA and AGNSW now open late one evening a
walk. The current ‘string of pearls’ that sits along most of week, an initiative that other institutions may also follow
the foreshore could be reinterpreted and updated to be
in the future.
more sustainable, incorporate smart controls and have
The lighting study would survey existing pedestrian
creative applications that can be deployed during the
lighting along the route. A creative lighting component
major events. A new foreshore light has the potential to
City Structure and Prec
be one of the identifying elements of the Cultural Ribbon should also be considered.
and Foreshore Walk. The Creative Lighting Masterplan
City Centre and Gate
A fair proportion of the foreshore route between the
recognises that whilst the City owns a small fraction of
Opera House and the Harbour Bridge is already Precincts
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Consideration should also be given to the contribution
lighting to improve safety, particularly in areas around
Woolloomooloo.
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Public Domain
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City North
Public Domain
Plan
Issues with accessibility
Narrow Path
Pitch Points
Construction
Pedestrian amenity and
accessibility
Significant sections of the foreshore route are closed
to the public at specific times of the day as well as
particular times of the year. During the months of
December, January and February—the high season for
cruising vessels entering the harbour—the foreshore
concourse to the Overseas Passenger Terminal is largely
off-limits, and only accessible for about fifty percent of
the days in October, November and March. During these
busy periods, Circular Quay West and the access road
behind the terminal are restricted [Source: Sydney Ports,
Cruise Schedule, 2015]
Elsewhere, special events, both private and semi-public,
can encroach on sections of the walk at particular times.
This is the case in the Domain, when the area near the
Fleet Steps is often used for large private events, and
bump in and bump out compromises pedestrian access
and amenity.
Relatively small sections of the route are difficult for the
mobility impaired to access. Footpath widths are more
permanently constricted at locations in Walsh Bay and
behind the OPT. In the main, accessibility is good for
the mobility impaired. The most significant accessibility
issues are found around the topography of Mrs
Macquarie’s point.
Whilst the focus of this work is on the development of
the walk along the foreshore, the implementation of the
Harbour Village North and City North Public Domain
Plans will deliver wider precinct specific improvements
including upgrades to streets such as Hickson Road
along Barangaroo, Walsh Bay and Dawes Point and
Alfred Street and Customs House Square.
Opportunities
1.Work with Property NSW and Sydney Ports to ensure
the public domain behind the Overseas Passenger
terminal accommodates both walkers and cyclists as
they are necessarily diverted from the foreshore route
on ship days.
2.Leverage CoS control of Andrew Boy Charlton Pool to
advocate for upgrades to the public domain beside
the pool in the Domain
3.Work with RBGDT to consider options for accessibility
around Mrs Macquarie’s Point, the pathways along
western edge of Woolloomooloo and connections to
and from Woolloomooloo.
4.Advocate for better guidelines to ensure that private
functions staged at the Fleet Steps do not encroach
on the ability of walkers to safely enjoy the foreshore
walking path.
5.Implement and deliver on street upgrades aligned
with the Harbour Village North and City North Public
Domain Plans
Priority Project: Walking / Access Audit
An audit that surveys footpath condition, accessibility,
transitions and crossing locations, day and night-time
walker safety and the existing locations of seating,
shade and bubblers along the route. The goal of such
an audit would be to recommend a range of public
domain improvements that could be implemented by the
relevant authorities.
The study should also review accessibility and inclusion
in the formation of the walk. Consideration should be
given to accessible tourism, the requirements of families,
seniors and those with disabilities.
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Opportunities
There are a significant number of Public Art and
Monuments already in existence along the route. The
Sydney Culture Walks App has a number of walks
that feature some of the works along the foreshore
but currently not one that focused on the foreshore. In
the development of the walk there is an opportunity to
highlight Public Art.
2.Informed by the implementation of Eora Journey,
scope opportunities for project alignment to enrich the
experience of the walk
1.Incorporate information on existing Public Art and
Monuments in the development of the walk
3.Scope opportunities to tell the story of Sydney’s
maritime history
4.Consider events / festivals focused on public art
Interpretation and
storytelling
It is a given that majority of visitors to Sydney would visit
the harbour and its attractions. Whilst the harbour with
its landmarks of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge is
known world over as symbols of the city, the story of the
harbour itself, its evolution which tells the story of the city
of Sydney is not so evident in the public domain. From
the First Nation Peoples’ carved images of the animals,
the arrival of the First Fleet, its rich maritime history, in
particular its history as a working harbour through to the
its current development, there is an opportunity to tell the
story of its harbour and the city, enriching the experience
foreshore for its visitors and residents.
Priority Project: Nature Culture Walk
Interpretative Infrastructure
An opportunity to explore and interpret the cultural /
landscape heritage and history of specific places along
the route
An opportunity to tell the story of the maritime history
including its history as a working harbour
Infrastructure to present/ support Eora Journey Art Works
- This aspect of the project should be closely tied to
the work that the City is doing on the implementation of
the Eora Journey. This could take its form as a series of
installations along the walk or a number of interpretation
on significant sites.
Open air performance
spaces
Throughout the year, the foreshore hosts a range of
outdoor performances with the harbour forming a
spectacular backdrop. In realisation of Utzon’s original
idea for the exterior of the Opera House, upgrades to
the concourse now mean the Monumental Steps can
be regularly used as a major outdoor event space with
a capacity of 6,000 people. The Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5
project at Walsh Bay proposes a major new permanent
outdoor performance space and square with a floating
stage connecting the two wharves, and the existing area
at the Fleet Steps continues to host spectacular outdoor
performances for up to 5,000 people.
At a contrasting scale, the buskers that operate along
Circular Quay significantly contribute to the atmosphere
of the place during the day and at night and draws
crowds that can be quite significant. Live music and
performance adds to the vibrancy of place and more
could be done to add to the experience of the route,
showcasing creativity in the city.
Opportunities
1.Identify potential locations for smaller, temporary
locations for live performance
2.Consider how the public domain can better
accommodate festivals and events including the
provision of three phase power and internet / digital
media access.
3.Consider the use of Dawes Point (currently classified
by Property NSW as suitable for small events) for
public art and other public events.
4.Consider a coordinated “foreshore festival” of events
of different sizes, streamline approvals process
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Sydney Metro
Public transport
Currently available public transportation to and within
the city is strongly organised around the heavy rail
loop referred to as the “City Circle.” Pedestrian and
cycle connections from the City Circle to the foreshore
are variable in terms of directness and legibility. As
the diagram indicates, there are several multi-modal
interchanges that service the foreshore route, the most
significant being Circular Quay. Connections to the
Barangaroo foreshore from Wynyard will be made easier
and more direct via the new Wynyard Walk tunnel. Less
obvious are those walking (and cycling) connections to
the west from Central and Town Hall stations. Pedestrian
and cycling connections to the foreshore from the
eastern side of the City Circle are weakest, being from
singular mode stops.
Opportunities
1.Advocate for better pedestrian and cycle connections
from transport nodes including light rail and proposed
Metro
2.Support the AGNSW in establishing a new ferry wharf
in Woolloomooloo
3.Ensure that communications and marketing
associated with the foreshore walk emphasise public
transport as the best way to access the foreshore and
its attractions
4.Continue to work with TNSW to improve wayfinding
from transport nodes to destinations including the
foreshore
Recreational Route
Local Route
Regional Route
Cycling to and along the
foreshore
The popularity of cycling as a recreational and tourist
activity is increasing. At a distance of about 9 kilometres,
cycling is an ideal way to undertake the entirety of the
Cultural Ribbon foreshore route. The use of bicycles to
connect cultural institutions is well tested in other cities
through free cycling hire schemes. Currently however,
a safe recreational route only exists in fragments. To the
east, the Bourke Street cycleway gives excellent access
to the foreshore at Woolloomooloo, but from that point,
connections to the foreshore walking route is limited.
A number of organised bicycle tours and independent
bicycle hire locations can be found in The Rocks. Bicycle
hire is also currently available in Walsh Bay and Pyrmont.
Bicycle tours that currently run around the harbour
request that riders dismount to walk through the Botanic
Gardens.
Opportunities
1.Consulting with BDA, Property NSW, TfNSW and other
agencies scope opportunities to improve cycling
amenity along the foreshore route
2.Advocate and provide support for cycling events,
including working with the RBGDT and parts of State
Properties to test longer term options for cycling to and
through sections of the foreshore that are currently off
limits.
3.The feasibility of a free, corporate sponsored or low
cost cycle hire scheme for cycling the foreshore could
be investigated.
4.The preparation of mapping and information to
support a self-directed foreshore cultural cycling tour
could also be considered.
The Barangaroo waterfront promenade incorporates
both shared and separated cycle ways, providing a safe
and enjoyable recreational cycling connection between
Kings Street Wharf and Walsh Bay.
Priority Project: Cycling Amenity
Improvements
Scope opportunities to improve cycling amenity along
the route as well as tools to improve understanding of
the route.
Case Study: City of Sydney
Laneways Revitalisation Strategy
The City of Sydney’s Laneways Revitalisation program provides
a model for the “layered” approach to urban activation proposed
for the Cultural Ribbon project. Accelerating following the Lord
Mayor’s introduction of a Member’s Bill to reform the liquor
licensing laws in NSW in 2008, the goal of reclaiming and activating
Sydney’s laneways was not achieved through a single initiative, but
required a coordinated approach to policy change, capital works
improvements, marketing, and public art, in addition to practical
support for small business entrepreneurs.
In Between Two Worlds
Jason Wing, 2013
Kimber Lane
Studies in 2006 and 2007 identified the potential for underutilised
laneways to provide greater connectivity and improve the pedestrian
experience of the city centre. In 2008 the City commissioned “The
Fine Grain: Revitalising Sydney’s Lanes” to recommend concrete
actions to realise this potential. Planning strategies to encourage
an increase in the supply of small spaces at ground street level,
changes to the LEP and DCP to encourage small tenancies
and streamline the approval processes, with a particular focus
on laneways, and a program of financial and practical support
to attract new businesses to these locations were the eventual
outcomes of this study. In parallel with actions focusing on creating
and occupying laneway tenancies, a $13.6 million program of
capital works was instigated to improve the public domain in city
centre laneways, which included upgrades to lighting, paving and
signage—making these laneways both better connections and
better places to stop. The City worked closely with RMS for the
establishment of shared zones, partial and times closures in a
number of laneways.
Other initiatives undertaken by the City to reinforce the new
importance of the city’s laneways included temporary public art
program and formalised walking tours and apps that highlighted
the history of these spaces to encourage exploration and
participation. A communications and marketing strategy, developed
early in the development of the Laneways Revitalisation Program
guided branding and communications. This program of projects
was realised through a cross-divisional, Citywide approach, in
partnerships other agencies such as RMS and the Office of Liquor
and Gaming and with private sector support.
Project Layers
Directions
Actions
To deliver on the principles of the Cultural Ribbon, it is
important for the Strategy to address the fundamental
issues of the physical condition of the public domain
of the walk, the opportunities for storytelling and
interpretation and the opportunities to elevate the walk
as a destination / attraction in its own right, considered
under the directions of Connections, Imagination and
Identity.
As with the case study of the Revitalisation of Laneways,
actions proposed need to be multi-pronged and can be
categorised under Hardware, Software and Partnerships.
Many of the actions have the potential to help achieve
more than one of the directions.
Connections
Improve the physical amenity of the walk
for pedestrians to make it more attractive,
accessible and safer for people to explore
on foot during the day and at night
Hardware
Physical improvements
Improve the legibility of the walk, including
enhanced wayfinding
Improve conditions and amenities for
recreational cycling along the route
Enhance the experience of nature along the
foreshore
Imagination
Bring to the public domain a layer of storytelling and interpretation with digital media
and smart technology as an aid
Invigorate the paths and spaces ‘inbetween’ – make creativity / innovation
more visible
Identity
To build public recognition of the foreshore
route as a destination in its own right
Recognise, retain and where appropriate
reinforce the existing character and identity
of each section of the walk
Software
Supporting Digital media / Smart
Technology
Partnerships
Advocacy and Partnerships with external
stakeholders
Working with stakeholders
Ownership
The harbour foreshore and adjoining streets between
Woolloomooloo and Darling Harbour are controlled by
a mix of authorities. The City of Sydney is currently the
approval authority for a relatively small section of the
route, being Hickson Road at Walsh Bay. Reflecting
this mix of ownership, signage along the foreshore
route is variable in its messaging and impact, with each
authority tending to focus on internal directions within
their area of influence. Street furniture and lighting also
vary according to ownership. This mix of ownership
presents a distinct challenge in realising the potential of
the foreshore Cultural Ribbon project as a connective
entity and a destination in its own right. Moving beyond
demarcated interest to achieve the sense of a common
cause will be key.
Sydney’s Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands
Opera House Trust
Property NSW
Sydney Ports
City of Sydney
Roads and Maritime Services
Barangaroo Delivery Authority
The City is engaged in the planning processes for
many of the public and private developments currently
transforming the foreshore. The City’s role is the
realisation of the foreshore walk as a distinct and
identifiable entity will in large part be one of overview,
advocacy and facilitation. The means to achieve this is
the focus of this report.
Light Rail
2019
Pier 2/3 &
Barangaroo Central
Wharf 4/5
2017 - 2024 construction
2017
OPT
2015
Sydney Opera
House
Circular
Quay
Renewal
Royal Botanic Gardens
and Domain
Maritime Museum
Darling Harbour Live
soft opening
late 2016
Sydney Mordern
2015 - 2021
The Goods Line
opened 2015
Development
The quantum of development and re-development
currently taking place along the southern foreshores of
Sydney Harbour is unprecedented, and provides the
strategic context for the Cultural Ribbon foreshore walk.
The Art Gallery of NSW, the Opera House and Arts
NSW at Pier 2/3 and Wharf 4/5 are currently all pursuing
ambitious capital works programs for the alteration and
expansion of their building assets. The Royal Botanic
Gardens and Domain Trust have also began the process
of planning and consultation to develop a masterplan
for the future development of its cultural and heritage
landscape assets, with upgrades to the waterfront
promenade that connects Mrs Macquarie’s Chair to
the Opera House a crucial component. Within the
Barangaroo project, incorporated into the headland park
at Barangaroo Point is the Cutaway, the newest cultural
space along the walk. The reconfigured Overseas
Passenger Terminal in 2015, and a range of private
sector developments and the introduction of light rail
will have a significant impact on public space at Circular
Quay. The redevelopment of Darling Harbour and the
recently completed Goods Line will also significantly alter
the conditions of the route.
All of these projects seek to capitalise on the proximity
and connection of their sites to the harbour edge. To
varying degrees, these projects involve changes to the
public domain and the buildings edging the harbour
walk. As identified in the analysis that follows, there
are opportunities for the City of Sydney to influence
the outcomes of these planning and building projects
in order to achieve the goals of the Cultural Ribbon.
Through leadership and advocacy, the City can bring
the cultural institutions that punctuate the foreshore
route together to achieve the common goal of better
connectivity between attractions and to create a
greater “presence” for the foreshore route in the public
imagination. The role of the City will be to ensure that
the foreshore walk will become greater than the sum of
these parts.
http://www.darlingharbourlive.com.au/about-the-project/international-convention-centre-sydney-(icc-sydney).aspx
Darling Harbour Live
The Darling Harbour Live project involves the
redevelopment of approximately 20 hectares along
the western edge of Cockle Bay through to Hay Street.
The existing convention, exhibition and theatre facilities
located in this area are being replaced with larger
venues and supplemented with new hotel, residential
and commercial buildings.
A significant new north-south connection called “The
Boulevard” is proposed as part of the public space
improvements associated with these large construction
projects. At 20 metres in width, The Boulevard will
connect Hay Street with Cockle Bay with a shared
pedestrian and cycle-path running adjacent to the
Chinese Friendship Gardens, Tumbalong Green and the
Darling Quarter children’s playground, terminating in a
new pontoon on alignment.
The recently completed Goods Line is another important
component of the Darling Harbour Live project.
Located on the alignment of the former goods line that
connected the wharves of Darling Harbour with Central
Station, the Goods Line is an activated pedestrian
and cycle connection and a physical symbol of the
cross-fertilisation between the educational, media and
scientific and arts organisations that address it—a
“public platform for interaction, co-curation of events
and exhibitions.” [Choi Rofia]. Future works may see
the Goods Line extended southwards to connect with
Central and Eveleigh.
These two north-south connectors will provide new
access points for pedestrians and cyclists to the harbour
foreshore from Central and Chinatown. The waterfront
promenade that encompasses Cockle Bay is variable in
width, from a pinch point of 6 metres at the Aquarium,
and up to 54 metres adjacent the new convention
centre.
In concert with these major building developments,
the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (Property
NSW) has developed design guidelines for the western
harbour precinct and a new public domain manual that
recognises the importance of the waterfront promenade
to the life of Darling Harbour.
The importance of 24 hour/ 7 day a week access,
removal of obstructions to increase pedestrian capacity
and accessibility, and opportunities to engage with water
more directly are principles that concur with the Cultural
Ribbon goals. Incremental upgrades to paving, lighting
and signage will take place along the foreshore as part
of the Darling Harbour Live and other projects.
What the City of Sydney can do
1.Convene discussions with Property NSW and INSW
on the coordinated activation and promotion of the
harbour foreshore walking route, with attention to the
role of Darling Harbour in the overall experience of the
Cultural Ribbon route.
2.Provide input to Property NSW on the development of
the Darling Harbour public domain manual to ensure
that there is as much consistency as possible along
the foreshore in terms of a palette of materials and
public domain amenity.
Paul Patterson/City of Sydney
Barangaroo
The relocation of stevedoring operations from East
Darling Harbour and the decision to dedicate a
generous margin of the redevelopment of this site to
a harbour promenade is effectively the missing piece
in fulfilling the long-held aspirations to de-privatise the
harbour foreshore and return the harbour foreshore to
public access.
Clear and direct connections to the waterfront from
Wynyard Station and major thoroughfares such as Kent
Street are being provided through the southern section
of the development, restitching this western edge of the
city back into the CBD. Similarly, Walsh Bay and Millers
Point will be reintegrated with the western foreshore
through a number of new pedestrian and cycling
connections.
Although Barangaroo is being delivered in stages
according to an evolving masterplan, it is anticipated that
a continuous public foreshore path running the length of
the development will act as a strong unifying element.
The Headland Park, now open has a strong landscape
identity achieved through tree planting, paving and
furniture placement along its full length. A reformed
water edge constructed sandstone blocks in the
Northern Cove and Barangaroo Point park give direct
access to the water and experience of the water. The
new cultural infrastructure, “The Cutaway” in the form
of the underground flexible space at Barangaroo Point
reinforces the notion of a “ribbon of culture” around the
foreshore.
1.Through the planning process advocate for continuity
and generous space for pedestrians and cyclists
along the foreshore route in terms of amenity, materials
and signage.
2.Through ongoing consultation with BDA, advocate
for cultural uses and creative activation along the
foreshore walk.
3.Through the planning process and in collaboration
with BDA, advocate for clear, direct and inviting
connections to the foreshore from Hickson Road .
In order to give the foreshore experience “depth”,
encourage activation along both sides of Hickson
Road, while finding complimentary uses for Cityowned assets such as the disused toilet block at the
High Steps.
http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Walsh_bay-MP_201300806_A3_revG-1.pdf
Walsh Bay
Artists impression of the Waterfront Square
In June, 2014 Arts NSW lodged a State Significant
Development Application for works to Pier 2/3, Wharf 4/5
and a new waterfront “public square” connecting them.
The currently undeveloped Pier 2/3 will be refurbished
to house new facilities and performance spaces for
the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Bell Shakespeare
Company and the Australian Theatre for Young People,
with an all-purpose space retained to stage the Sydney
Writers Festival, Biennale of Sydney and other temporary
arts events. Upgrades to Wharf 4/5 and associated
shore sheds will allow the Sydney Theatre Company
and Bangarra Dance Theatre to continue to operate
while also accommodating Sydney Dance Company,
Sydney Philharmonia, Gondwana, the Song Company,
with some additional commercial and retail spaces.
Through a significant extension to the apron alongside
the shoresheds a new open air performance area and
public gathering space will be created, with steps down
to allow people to experience the water more directly.
It is anticipated that pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle
visitation numbers (“people trips”) on a typical weekday
will increase by 170% on a typical weekday and by 85%
on a typical Saturday. [TMAP, 14 January, 2015. 18].
These figures do not include people passing through
Walsh Bay to visit the Rocks and Barangaroo.
As a place to engage both with the harbour and
creativity in the public domain, the development will
strengthen the notion of a ribbon of culture along
Sydney’s harbour foreshore.
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct Master Plan
8
1.As the custodian of Hickson Road and other
surrounding streets, the City of Sydney will play a key
role in realising many of the upgrades required to
service this development. These upgrades will include
wayfinding signage to integrate with major public
transport nodes, improved cycling infrastructure, pickup and drop-off spaces and taxi bays. In consultation
with INSW, Arts NSW, RMS and TfNSW, the City should
take the lead in forming a brief for the upgrade of
Hickson Road.
2.Advocate for an activated public domain and better
engagement with Hickson Road
3.Advocate for opportunities for outdoor events and
performances
4.Advocate for continue public access to along the
water
Circular Quay Renewal Transport NSW and State
Properties
In September 2015 the NSW Government announced a
multi-million dollar renewal of Circular Quay, including a
major upgrade of the ferry wharves.
This announcement recognised the importance of the
renewal of the Circular Quay precinct as well as an
upgrade of the transport assets, particularly given the
aesthetic, social, cultural and economic significance
of the precinct to the people of Sydney and millions of
visitors.
Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has been assigned as
the lead agency for the Circular Quay renewal and in
consultation with other agencies, is providing advice to
the Government on the best way to proceed. TfNSW will
be undertaking some technical studies such as transport
customer demand analysis and pedestrian movements
in the precinct.
In the same announcement, it was noted that Sydney
Harbour Foreshore Authority’s functions will be
consolidated with Government Property NSW. This has
taken effect since the 1 July 2016. Property NSW owns
most of the land along the foreshore in Circular Quay
which extends from the Sydney Opera House around
to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Property NSW also
manages the public domain on the wharves for NSW
Roads and Maritime Services.
1.Continue the City’s involvement in the stakeholder
working groups to consider the interface between
evolving public domain plans for Campbells Cove,
Circular Quay West and Circular Quay East, and
Hickson Road.
2.Working with Property NSW and Sydney Ports,
encourage the development of public domain
plan and activation strategy for Circular Quay West
providing an active, accessible and safe continuation
of the foreshore walk behind the OPT when access
directly along the waterfront is precluded.
3.Consider the “de-cluttering” of important northerly
vistas to the water including along George, Pitt,
Phillip and Macquarie Streets as well as Alfred Street,
opening the city back up to the water and aiding
wayfinding to the foreshore.
4.Consult with TfNSW, Property NSW on a foreshore
cycling strategy. Strategies for connecting cyclists
to the Cahill Expressway as a continuation of the
recreational foreshore route could be investigated.
5.Work with Property NSW on developing busking
policies and consider strategies for curated, city-wide
public performance events.
Jamie Williams/City of Sydney
Opera House vehicle
access plan and masterplan
The largest single capital works project undertaken at the
Sydney Opera House since 1973 is now at completion.
The Vehicle Access and Pedestrian Safety (VAPS)
project has removed heavy vehicle movements from
the southern forecourt with the construction of a new
access road and loading dock below, with connections
to both the Opera Theatre and Concert Hall. A massive
feat of subterranean engineering that is largely invisible
at forecourt level, the VAPS project has resulted in
significant improvements for pedestrians and visitors,
with the roadway raised to create a level surface and
new paving installed. Infrastructure installed to support
the staging of outdoor events in the southern forecourt
mean a revitalized public space for performance has
been created capitalizing on the natural theatre created
between the Monumental Steps and the Tarpian Way.
Funding of $13.7 million has also been secured for the
preparation of a capital works masterplan in 2014-2015.
The plan will identify the options and priorities for the
operations and infrastructure renewal of the House over
the next decade.
1.Work with the Sydney Opera House Trust to improve
access and legibility for pedestrians around the
foreshore.
2.Work with the Sydney Opera House Trust to develop to
nature culture walk
Royal Botanic Gardens and
Domain draft masterplan
concepts
Edged to the north by the harbour, and the south, east
and west by major cultural institutions, the Royal Botanic
Gardens and Domain are a major episode in of the
experience of walking the foreshore.
In early 2014, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain
Trust (RBGDT) released the draft masterplan document
“Securing the Future.” The concepts and project ideas
contained in the masterplan focus on reasserting the
Gardens as a scientific entity, while restructuring the
network of landscaped open space.
Of direct relevance to the Cultural Ribbon Project is the
clarification of the existing network of routes through the
Gardens. It proposes to develop a clearer hierarchy of
pathways, expressed through footpath widths, paving
materials and a signage system integrated with public
transport nodes. Within this network, the harbour-side
walk from the Queen Elizabeth II Gates to Yurong Gates
is identified as a major, high-quality route slated for
widening, high quality paving, seating terraces and the
application of Water Sensitive Urban Design to respond
to the predicted flood impacts of climate change. The
importance of the harbour would be further reinforced
by the installation of a tidal sea pool and establishment
of a “water axis” linking the foreshore to the centre of the
Gardens in a expression of sustainable water principles.
In a tangible demonstration of the extent of reclamation
in Farm Cove, it is proposed to connect the foreshore
route via this water axis with a secondary level path
tracing the original line of the foreshore.
A number of entry points to the Gardens and Domain
have been identified for reinforcement, with the
proposed visitor centre at the Queen Elizabeth II Gates
and a new Garden Plaza at the Art Gallery of NSW being
two potential punctuation points on the Cultural Ribbon
route. Garden Plaza is viewed as a ‘cultural hub’ and
starting point for connections to the other institutions
encircling the RBGD. The nature of the cultural
institutions that encircle the Gardens and Domain would
be reflected in place-specific planting, with possible
themes including plants and literature near the State
Library, plants and art around the Art Gallery of NSW.
Mrs Macquarie’s Point is a major destination in its
own right, attracting 1.2 million visitors annually. The
masterplan proposes the establishment of the Sydney
Harbour Landscape and Tidal Walk around this
point. Strengthening the landscape experience of this
headland through new landscape plantings endemic
to the area would be combined with the construction
of platforms and walkways to allow visitors to engage
with the interface between the water and sandstone
outcrops. Planting and recognition of Indigenous culture
through plantings and links to the City of Sydney’s Eora
Journey are proposed in order to give this area a strong
Indigenous overlay. The RBGDT see Mrs Macquarie’s
Point as an ideal staging location for a series of
structured walks through the Gardens and Domain.
Controlled and limited access to the Gardens after-hours
is flagged for select days.
1.Work with the RBGDT to improve access and legibility
for pedestrians around the foreshore.
2.Work with the RBGDT to develop to nature culture walk
3.Scope opportunities for joint events to test ideas for
continuous activation along the foreshore such a
‘open days’ to venues.
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sydney-modern-project/
Art Gallery of NSW - Sydney
Modern
Plans to double the size of the Art Gallery of NSW and
increase visitor numbers from 1.2 million to 2.0 million
per year were announced in October, 2013. Funding
of $10.8 million for Stage 1 of the expansion plans has
been secured, and the brief for an invited international
architectural competition was announced in October,
2014. Five architectural practices were identified for
short-listing, and the preferred scheme by Kazuyo
Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA was announced in
mid-2015.
Specifically, the gallery plans to extend to the north,
occupying two adjacent sites in the Domain, with
potential for further expansion to the site of an existing
Ausgrid substation fronting Lincoln Crescent. In
addition to a significant increase in exhibition space,
the project aims to reconnect the gallery to the harbour
and Woolloomooloo, with a new ferry wharf under
investigation. A new entry will be created between
the existing building and northern extension, and in
doing so, the epicentre of the building will be pushed
northwards to engage more fully with the Domain and
Botanic Gardens.
1.An exciting opportunity exists to link the gallery more
directly and clearly to the most naturalistic sections of
the foreshore walking route via Lincoln Crescent.
2.Advocate for a more direct physical connection to and
from the foreshore land and waterscape experience
to the gallery and its collections e.g. a tangible
connection between the Indigenous collections of the
gallery and the Eora Journey projects earmarked for
the harbour.
3.Advocate for improved pedestrian connections and
legibility around the site including connections to
Woolloomooloo
4.Consider ways to draw visitors to the AGNSW and a
staging point for the foreshore walk from major public
transport hubs in the CBD.
http://www.urbangrowth.nsw.gov.au/projects/the-bays-precinct
The Bays Precinct
The Bays Precinct comprises 80 hectares of land
adjacent Blackwattle Bay, Rozelle Bay, Johnsons Bay
and White Bay, and includes the old Rozelle Railyards,
White Bay Powerstation and Sydney Fish Market sites.
Much of these areas are currently inaccessible to the
public.
UrbanGrowth NSW is responsible for the redevelopment
of the precinct. “Unlocking public access to the
Harbour’s edge and waterways along the entire
coastline” has been adopted as one of the twenty
principles to guide the regeneration of the Bays Precinct.
The is potential for more than 5 kilometres of foreshore
walking and cycleways, connecting to existing foreshore
walks in Glebe and to the east to the city centre.
1.The City’s response to UrbanGrowth’s “Call for Great
Ideas” and the discussion paper “Transforming City
Living” strongly supports the principle of continuous
public access along the waterfront. The City has called
this promenade to be established as early as possible,
giving the community access to this valuable open
space resource while the permanent public waterfront
promenade is being planned. The City has suggested
that the permanent promenade should take the
form of a continuous 30 metre wide public space, a
dimension commensurate with the 100 foot reserve
established elsewhere around the harbour, such as
the new foreshore promenade at Barangaroo, and as
that originally set out by the Government in 1823. This
promenade should open to pocket parts and other
access points to the water. The waterfront promenade
and the parks adjacent should be clearly legible as
public space.
2.Continue to advocate for better pedestrian
connections and the continuation of an uninterrupted
generous foreshore connection.
DRAFT CULTURAL RIBBON STRATEGY
Indicative Implementation Plan
Indicative implementation plan and budget allocation
1
Improve wayfinding to
and along the route
Strategy Alignment
Legible Sydney
Connectivity
Imagination
Identity
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Liveable Green Network
HARDWARE
2
Conduct walking and
accessibility audit and
scope upgrade
opportunities
Scope opportunities to
improve the
experience of nature
on the foreshore
Walking Strategy and
Action Plan 2015-2030
City Operations
Program of works
Inclusion (Disability)
Urban Ecology Strategic
Action Plan 2014
Sydney Lights Public
Domain Design Code
3
Conduct lighting and
safety audit and scope
improvements
City Operations
Program of works
PARTNERSHIP
SOFTWARE
OPEN Sydney Strategy
and Action Plan
4
Scope cycling amenity
improvements
5
Nature and Culture
Walk Interpretative
Infrastructure
Cycle Strategy and
Creative City Cultural
Policy and Action Plan
2014-2024
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City Art (Eora Journey)
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Nature and Culture
Walk: Content
Development
2014-2024
7
Nature Culture Walk:
Digital media and
smart technology
development
8
Establish a Memorandum of Understanding for a
unified vision for the walk
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Investigate partnership opportunities to deliver
public domain improvements
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City Art
2014-2024
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Case Studies
Lisbon Waterfront Cycleway
An extensive cycle network is currently being developed
by the municipality of Lisbon. The waterfront cycle
pathway along the city’s Tagus River runs for 7.3
kilometres, through a number of different areas--from
industrial sites to more honorific spaces and under
the landmark 25 de Abril Bridge. These different
enviornments were reflected in a range of different
ground conditions and surface types.
To reflect the special nature of its location, telling
the story of the waterfront and improving the overall
experience of this edge of the city, it was decided
to develop a unique identity for this section of the
Lisbon cycle network. A simple system using stenciled
graphics was developed by a design team comprised
of Global Arquitectura Paisagista and P-06 graphic
designers. Excerpts from a poem about the river Tagus
by Alberto Caeiro (a pseudonym for Fernando Pessoa,
the twentieth century’s foremost poet working in the
Portugese language) were rendered in supergraphic
form along the route, but also on extensions and
surfaces off the route--inviting cyclists to engage with
their environment. Onomatopeic interpretations of the
sounds of the 25 de Abril Bridge were also included.
The introduction of site specific poetry into the making of
this cycleway imparts a strong sense that this is a slow
cycle route - one for connecting to the surroundings
rather than speeding through. The means to achieving
this is simple and relatively inexpensive. Although this
project was intended to have a long life, in principle it
could also be treated as a temporary intervention.
The project was completed in 2009.
Images by João Silveira Ramos, P-06, http://www.p-06-atelier.
pt/2009/lisbon-bikeway--environmental/
Agency for Planning and Building Services, City of Oslo
https://www.instagram.com/planogbygning/
Havnepromenaden - Oslo’s
Harbour Promenade
Havnepromenaden, a 9 km long Harbour Promenade, is
the pivotal piece in the design of Oslo’s new “Fjord City”
that connects diverse areas along Oslo’s waterfront,
including Akerhusstranda, Frognerstranda, renewal
areas such as Aker Brygge and Bjøvika, as well as
Filipstad where Oslo’s harbour operations are still in
place.
A collaboration between the Agency for City
Environment, the Agency for Real Estate and Urban
Renewal, the Port of Oslo and the Agency for Planning
and Building Services, Havnepromenaden is an
important first step towards making the Oslo’s waterfront
more available and accessible to the public which
had been blocked by port activities, traffic, railway and
buildings, since the 1800s.
The project seeks to develop a number of parallel and
complimentary promenades along the waterfront, each
with unique qualities. The promenades are anchored
in existing situations and function as extensions of the
city’s public spaces. The promenades cater for a variety
of pedestrian and cyclist user groups. The aim is to
promote social convergence and sense of community,
providing residents with a sense of belonging, and
urging visitors to Oslo to want to come back through a
series of arenas for recreational and cultural activities.
Status: Delivered 2012 opened on June 14th 2015.
http://tjuvholmen.no/tjuvholmen-bystrand
Thames Cultural Cycling
Tour
The banks of London’s river Thames offer long stretches
of traffic-free cycling. Most of London’s Thames-side
cycle route is on the Thames Path National Trail. The
Thames Cultural Cycling Tour is a 27km route that takes
in a lot of London’s maritime history. It is a self-guided
tour with a downloadable map and accompanying guide
produced by London and Partners for Visit London.
com. The tour begins at the South Bank and follows
the Thames through Rotherhithe to the World Heritage
Site of maritime Greenwich. The cycle route then heads
north, under the Thames, to Canary Wharf before
heading west through Limehouse and Wapping, over
Tower Bridge and back to the South Bank.
The Thames Cultural Cycling Tour does not have a
physical presence, it is a simple guide that explores
parts of London that most tourists don’t normally
venture. The guide also includes stories of the places
along the route. It is low tech and relatively low budget.
Thames Path
The Thames Path is one of the 19 designated national
trails in the UK. It runs from the source of the Thames
in the Cotswolds to the Thames Barrier at Greenwich.
A National Trail footpath running for almost 300km
along the banks of the river Thames. Starting at the
Thames Flood Barrier at Woolwich in South East London
it runs along the banks of the Thames to Kemble in
Gloucestershire. As it follows the banks of the river, the
path is flat, making for easy walking and with much of
the river being a busy waterway, there is usually plenty of
activity to watch.
Markers are discrete and supported by wayfinding
signage along the route. An acorn is the symbol of the
National Trails and can be found at regular intervals
along the Trail. The Path also contains other markers
which denotes sections that can be used by vehicles,
horse riders, cyclists or pedestrians.

The Cultural Ribbon

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