{"id":11962,"date":"2016-04-11T14:23:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T04:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=11962"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:23:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:23:43","slug":"from-the-nsw-chapter-president-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/from-the-nsw-chapter-president-4\/","title":{"rendered":"From the NSW Chapter President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commenting on Barangaroo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NSW Chapter has had a keen interest in the re-development of the public land at Barangaroo for a number of years. \u00a0We made three\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecture.com.au\/about-us\/nsw-chapter\/policy-advocacy\">submissions<\/a>\u00a0in 2010 and 2011 focusing on the quality of the concept plan and on the process for assessing development proposals at Barangaroo South.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists in the James Packer casino design competition prompted a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/letter-from-joe-agius-20130505-2j1vo\">letter<\/a>\u00a0by then NSW President Joe Agius in 2013, which was then\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/they-may-as-well-be-in-dubai-architect-20130505-2j1cc.html\">picked up<\/a>\u00a0by the Sydney Morning Herald\u2019s State Political Reporter Sean Nicholls.<\/p>\n<p>It was my turn in late March when I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/tell-packer-to-walk-if-he-doesnt-like-conditions-on-casino-says-top-architect-shaun-carter-20160330-gnu29n.html\">criticised<\/a>\u00a0the Department of Planning &amp; Environment\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/property\/barangaroo-changes-recommended-for-approval-by-state-government-20160329-gnt7th\">decision<\/a>\u00a0not to include some of the design review panel\u2019s key recommendations in its submission to the Planning Assessment Commission, which makes the final decision on the development application. These comments generated some spirited\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/comment\/smh-letters\/james-packers-odious-podium-problem-20160330-gntx4h.html\">contributions<\/a>\u00a0to the Herald\u2019s letters column the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Articles about the design review process by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/the-casino-that-ate-barangaroo-how-public-space-got-whittled-away-20160331-gnvrvw\">Anne Davies<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/far-from-iconic-packers-casino-shaping-as-a-critical-planning-test-20160407-go0nyn\">Sean Nicholls<\/a>\u00a0were published in the Herald in the last two weekends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/04\/Podium-recess.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11964\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11964\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/04\/Podium-recess.jpg\" alt=\"Podium recess\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/04\/Podium-recess.jpg 620w, https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/04\/Podium-recess-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/04\/Podium-recess-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Changes to the proposed podium include revised cladding and a seven-metre-wide recess.<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Planning and Environment<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenting on Barangaroo The NSW Chapter has had a keen interest in the re-development of the public land at Barangaroo for a number of years. \u00a0We made three\u00a0submissions\u00a0in 2010 and 2011 focusing on the quality of the concept plan and on the process for assessing development proposals at Barangaroo South. The finalists in the James &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/from-the-nsw-chapter-president-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From the NSW Chapter President<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,348,122],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-11962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nsw-chapter-blog","category-nsw-chapter-president","category-nsw-enews","tag-nsw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From the NSW Chapter President - News &amp; Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/from-the-nsw-chapter-president-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the NSW Chapter President - News &amp; Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commenting on Barangaroo The NSW Chapter has had a keen interest in the re-development of the public land at Barangaroo for a number of years. \u00a0We made three\u00a0submissions\u00a0in 2010 and 2011 focusing on the quality of the concept plan and on the process for assessing development proposals at Barangaroo South. 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