b'MUDD 24 URBAN NETWORK|URBAN GATEWAYGeoDesign Western Sydney AirportClimate Sensitive As summer rolls into the Sydney basin every year,media headlines signify the start of a sweltering summer periodWestern Sydney faces five straight days of 40-plus degree temperatures. It is a relatively standard narrative for Sydneysiders, but is compounded for those who live further away from the reprieve of the coastline and sea breezes. Whilst those who live closer to the coastline can flock to beaches on hotter days, little reprieve from the heat is available for those living further out west, and current alternatives remain increasingly unsustainable and 6963 expensive. Rising temperatures due to global warming are a scientific fact, but are the designs of cities reflecting this new norm of climate change?MUDD 24 - Urban Gateway & Urban Network - Sydney Introduction studio 2 8pt.indd 8 26/11/2019 4:59:32 PM'