Over the next thirty years, the population of Australia’s capital cities will double. There can be two responses to this; we can continue to expand our cities, or we can contain growth. Rob Adams is the Director of Design and Urban Development for the City of Melbourne. Adams uses Melbourne as a case study to explain how existing infrastructure can be adapted to accommodate a growing population and to produce a more sustainable, liveable and economically viable future. For example, by encouraging development along existing, road-based, public transport corridors, within the bounds of the tram network alone, an additional 730,000 people could be accommodated within Metropolitan Melbourne.
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Director of Design & Urban Environment, City of Melbourne, VICTORIA
Through this portfolio, in 1985 Rob put in place the first comprehensive urban design strategy for the city. He has guided its implementation from strategic vision and implemented projects such as the City’s revitalisation project, Postcode 3000, Swanston Street, QV, Birrarung Marr, Queensbridge Precinct, Turning Basin and CH2.
This comprehensive program over two decades is unique and has seen a reversal in the way the city is both perceived and as it functions. Rob’s division has received over 70 state and national awards for design excellence. Recent awards include:
He has been a visiting lecturer at RMIT and Melbourne University and in June 2004, the University of Melbourne recognised Rob's contribution to the University and the city with the title of Professorial Fellow within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning.
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