Sydney Harbour's 'Bays Precinct' summit

'Celebrity' city builders share their visions for our old working harbour

With less than one week until The Bays Precinct Sydney International Summit, Minister for Planning Pru Goward has announced an impressive line-up of the world's city-building "thought leaders," who will converge on Sydney to help guide the precinct's transformational future.

Ms Goward said more than 60 planners, architects and other experts with experience creating globally renowned urban transformation projects in Europe, North America and Asia will draw on their experience to look at options to breathe new life into the precinct.

"Anyone who follows high-profile urban transformation around the world knows these accomplished individuals," Ms Goward said. "Riek Bakker, John Campbell, Rita Justesen and Alexandre Sorrentino, to name just a few – they are the celebrities of city building and The Bays Precinct deserves no less."

"They have each lead visionary metropolitan waterfront renewal projects focussed on breathing new life into debilitated industrial port areas, creating vibrant urban communities integrated with the cities around them."

THE FRENCH VISIONARY

Alexandre Sorrentino is a senior representative of Marseille’s dedicated development agency, Euroméditerranée.

He is a key adviser on the development of southern Europe’s largest urban renewal project, Cité de la Méditerranée, which involves transforming almost five kilometres of waterfront linking downtown Marseille with its port district.

Mr Sorrentino said The Bays Precinct Sydney International Summit was gaining the attention of the urban renewal community worldwide.

"Designing an urban project is a complex alchemy between hope and reality, wishful thinking and economic realities," Mr Sorrentino said.

"That’s why I find this summit so innovative. Gathering various experiences and expertise to draw Sydney’s own path in the exciting journey to urban renewal is a very smart approach.

"Cities have a major role to play in providing for the needs of future generations. It’s an honour and a pleasure to be part of this exciting event and to be able to bring a bit of our day-to-day experience to the discussions."

PRU'S VIEW

Ms Goward said the opportunities for The Bays Precinct were endless and the summit represented the first step in a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Sydney.

"There’s so much potential in The Bays, but we only have one shot at getting it right, which is why we’re bringing in the best of the best," Ms Goward said.

"This will be the largest urban renewal project the city has seen since the Olympics. The project will create a new iconic district that I am confident will be as cherished by Sydneysiders as areas like Darling Harbour and The Rocks.

"There will be new homes, integrated with spaces for recreation, retail, tourism, commercial and maritime use. "We’re giving the experts a blank page so they can truly draw on their inspiration, imagination and experience to get the most out of this area.

"But there’s one important ‘non-negotiable’, the community must have free and open access to the waterfront into perpetuity, no matter what shape The Bays Precinct renewal takes," Ms Goward said.

You can read more, stay informed and check the list of development luminaries at http://www.urbangrowthnsw.com.au.

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Sydney Harbour's 'Bays Precinct' summit

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