b'MUDD 25 - Urban Intensity l Urban Design - Sydneyare causing much angst for both local government andFollowing this mapping each group was then required private property owners. This has a knock-on effect withto develop local strategies and definitions of resilience climate change policies either being rejected or wateredin relation to a series of questions such as: What does down due to the fear of short-term property devaluation.resilience mean for the Central Coast? What does resilience mean for different communities on the Central The studio explored the potential for win-win outcomesCoast? What does resilience mean for the disciplines of (de Oliveira & others 2013; Elmqvist & others 2018)Landscape Architecture and Urban Design? What data that addressed climate change and also led to urbanis available to define resilience for different communities regeneration. The future of five communities andand districts? How can resilience be communicated and landscapes fringing Brisbane Waters, was the focus ofplanned for using the tools and techniques of Landscape the studio. Linked geographically by the Brisbane WaterArchitecture and Urban Design? What role does the estuary, each of the communities was studied by aprofessional have in developing community resilience? mixed group of students from the two cohorts of urbanHow can landscape and urban design professionals help design and landscape architecture. The five communitiescommunities and government visualize and understand - Erina Bay, Gosford, Saratoga, Booker Bay, Woy Woy -and implement resilience strategies? Such questions are characterised by different landscapes and inhabitedinvite a deep consideration of the wicked problems by diverse communities.facing Australias communities and socially relevant approaches to urban design and planning that go beyond To develop the necessary spatial detail and appreciationknee-jerk disaster management plans that focus on of local suburban landscapes, communities andsymptoms rather than fundamental questions of place, environments, the first studio step involved four weekssustainability and habitation. of comprehensive mapping and visualisation of social, economic and environmental data from sources suchFollowing the formation of strategies, students designed as the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census, thealternative scenarios for urban development and NSW Dept of Planning & Environment and a range ofadaptation. The approach, called scenario planning sources and maps such as the interactive Coastal Riskis advocated for by the CSIRO Futures institute as a Dashboard, LIDAR terrain data and Open Street Map. Allmethod of planning and design based upon solid data these sources of information are available on request orand evidence. In the words of the CSIRO Scenario directly from open source websites.planning is based on the idea that we cant predict the future but we can manage it through effective planning Visualised using the open source GIS software(CSIRO Futures 2016). Development of the various programs QGIS in conjunction with Adobe Suite andscenarios was based on the local resilience concepts. Autodesk CAD programs, students were encouragedSome were wholly focused on climate change and socio-to produce a range of maps that were relevant to theeconomic issues were given less prominence. For others particular communities that they were considering.such as Erina, urban form and contemporary patterns These visualisations guided the second stage of theof consumption and everyday lifestyles overshadowed studio which involved the development of a resilienceclimate adaptation strategies. Each team visualised and framework and strategy. Rather than resilience beingcommunicated their concepts through an extensive series considered as an abstract theoretical concept, the termof maps, sections, graphs and perspectives. This allow was defined through mapping local exposure, sensitivityeach team to spatially test their urban design framework and adaptive capacity (Hawken et al 2020) through theand strategy. mapping of local patterns of terrain, ecology, community and urban form. 54P3-20200301-SYDNEY STUDIO.indd 19 2020/3/6 22:17:17'