Projects
Project: Melbourne Docklands
Client: Docklands Authority, later VicUrban
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Investment Value: Several billion Australian dollars total capital
investment
Critical Issues: Guide stage master plan and urban design and as
architectural and landscape development by a series of
developer-architect teams.
Site Area: 2,000,000 m²
GFA: 2,100,000 m²
Project: Victoria Park
Client: Landcom, Australian state government development agency
Location: Sydney, Australia
Order of magnitude:Oone billion Australian dollars total capital
investment
Critical Issues: Guide and structure master plan, landscape and
leading-edge water sensitive planning, urban design and
architectural development by a seriesof developer-architect teams,
for Landcom to be able to discharge its responsibilities as master
developer. Today, while the very last parcels are being developed,
Victoria Park continues to be a practical and financially
lucrative showcase for the most advanced of developer-led
environmental innovations, in water, energy, materials and
lifestyle.
Site Area: 270,000 m²
GFA: 500,000 m²
Project: New Cicheng
Client: Cicheng Ancient Town Development Company
Location: Ningbo, China
Investment Value: AUS$ 100 million first stage infrastructure and
construction
Critical Issues: Facilitate a development capable of anchoring a
major new urban expansion centre in a superior and water sensitive
fashion, and in a way that enables early cash flows to fund
substantial amenity improvement and heritage reconstruction
projects in a historical town to the north of the development. In
2005 Epolis (Peter Droege) was commissioned to assemble and lead
the team to plan for the regeneration of Old Cicheng, a historical
city with a more than 1,000 year history. The new city development
is one of the earliest and largest application of water sensitive
urban design in China, and Peter Droege was able to use the
project to apply the know-how gained on the 27ha Victoria Park
projects – but here 20 times the area.
Site Area: 5,500,000 m²
GFA: 10,000,000 m²
Project: Cicheng Old City
Client: Cicheng Ancient Town Development Company
Location: Ningbo, China
Investment Value: Unspecified
Critical Issues: This is the second stage of a social, economic
and environmental planning and public space design project focused
on the 1200 year old city of Cicheng. The community consists of
27000 inhabitants and the aspiration is to engender broad and
equitable urban regeneration without further displacement of the
existing population. The main concepts are focused on historic
preservation and reconstruction and sustainable water, energy and
land management practices.
Site Area: 3,000,000 m²
GFA: 3,600,000 m²
Project: Fortune Plaza
Client: Hong Kong Investments, Beijing
Location: Chongqing, China
Investment Value: AUS$ 600 million first stage
Critical Issues: Devise a world-class entertainment, wellness and
lifestyle themed retail complex and upmarket office environment
anchoring a major regional residential centre in the new mixed use
development district to the north of downtown Chongqing, currently
the largest city in the world (33 million inhabitants). Water
sensitive urban design and energy efficiency/cogeneration were a
key part of the concept.
Site Area: 450,000 m²
GFA: 1,350,000 m²
Project: Beijing Olympic Site Design Competition
Silver Medal Winner