Executive Chairman | Barrie Harrop, Sustainable Outcomes, Placemaker, with social responsibility.
There are better solutions than carving up valuable rural landscapes around Sydney's outer metropolitan suburbs to the city's worst shortfall in affordable housing. In addition to water and sewerage infrastructure backlogs, there are significant road and public transport infrastructure delays, some extending up to 20 years. The 170 railway stations across metropolitan Sydney are predominantly surrounded by single-detached dwellings, limiting the potential of billions of dollars of public-funded infrastructure. An immediate rezoning around "all" this entire public-funded transport infrastructure is required to ensure enough affordable housing for Sydney's essential workers and key workers with easy access to their jobs. Developing inclusive quality mid-rise apartments near these stations can create walkable urban villages, enhancing community bonds and social cohesion. Pushing residents to outer suburbs with limited job opportunities and inadequate public transport leads to extensive daily commutes, impacting well-being and social responsibility issues. It's time for innovative solutions, like advanced modular construction in inclusive quality residential grade mid-rise apartment construction using renewable resources, to address the chronic shortage of affordable housing. Relying on traditional construction methods with skills shortages won't resolve the housing crisis. Embracing new construction platforms with sustainable materials like Cross Laminated Timber can minimize waste and build a more sustainable future for Sydney's housing needs. The Thrive Alliance's expertise is over 100,000 major CLT urban reference projects worldwide. Led in Australia by a proven "Placemaker" over the last decades, I have set aside between 30% and 50% for affordable housing with no mandatory requirements, just through my initiative and sense of social responsibility, on all vacant metropolitan major serviced land holdings won at either State or Local Government tenders. The Thrive Alliance's capabilities include up to 40,000 inclusive-quality residential-grade mid-rise apartments within walking distance of railway stations or tram stops per year. A speed-to-market solution is desperately needed in Australia today. A fast-track solution lies in advanced modular construction platforms built from CLT up to 75% faster than slow, inefficient custom construction methods. #Sydney #infrastructure #housingcrisis #advancedmodular #sustainability #CLT #ThriveAlliance #Harropfactor #Placemaker #essentialworkers #keyworkers #speedtomarket #fasttomarket #sustainability #inclusiveness #residentialgrade #midrise #townhouses
Azar Kassis
3mo
Houses within 400 metres to Shopping centres also must be fast Tracked in all Areas , Terraces and Townhouses of 2 stories within 800 metres to Shops should also be Gazetted Immediately ,it all helps to Build much needed residential housing .
Gerard Stepien
3mo
Barrie, I agree. Also look into rezoning of development over major train stations, for example Chatswood train station. The redevelopment of Victoria railway station in London revitialsed the area.
Public interest advocate, journalist, campaign director, marketing and communications | Fellow, AICD | “Once a rooster, now a feather duster!”
3moPeople are entitled to have a choice as to the type of home in which they live. Building thousands of apartment blocks around railway stations might solve a short to medium supply problem, but it might also create communities that exacerbate the known mental health issues that many experience in congested urban areas. We need innovative ideas. Let’s start with an old one. The Internet has created an opportunity to make decentralisation fully viable. Fifty percent of those deserting our capital cities are millennials. There’s a message there and it’s not just about affordability.