03 Built Form Opportunities This UDF seeks to strengthen and enhance the existing distinctive elements of the Port Melbourne Waterfront. It is responsive to the existing urban structure, character and identity and facilitates positive change and achieves a strong sense of place by:
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- Enhancing the existing heritage character of the area; - Demonstrating architectural, urban design and sustainable design excellence; - Responding to the context and highly visible location, ensuring that all elevations visible from the street or public realm are well designed and considered; - Incorporating highly articulated facades to ensure bulk and scale are minimised; - Incorporating a range of building heights and more slender forms to ensure bulk and scale are minimised; - Activating surrounding public spaces and provide welcoming, comfortable and safe areas for pedestrian activity; - Enhancing safety and security through the creation of passive surveillance; - Enhancing the quality of the pedestrian experience by not adversely affecting the solar access of the public realm and by mitigating environmental conditions, i.e. wind; - Retaining views to enhance the strong connection between the land and the bay.
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Figure 9 - Built Form Opportunities (Key Development Sites)
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1-11 Waterfront Place
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103 Beach Street
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TT Boundary Site
Port Melbourne Waterfront - Urban Design Framework DRAFT - December 2011