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533BlighSydneyThreevisionsforSydney2050bythreeleadingarchitectsUrbanIdeasaskedthreeleadingSydneyarchitectstodeveloptheirownvisionforwhatSydneycouldlooklikein2050.OurbriefwastothinklaterallyandnotbeconstrainedbythecurrentplanningrulesfortheCBDofSydney.Thearchitectsarefullyawareofwhatishappeningintheworldofhighrisetowersandeachhasdesignedtheirownhighrisebuildings.Weworkshoppedtheideasandthepotenalbutleittoeacharchitecttocomeupwiththeirownconcept.WiththehelpofcomputergeneratedimagesitissomewhateasiertodevelopsomedramacconceptsthaninthedaysofEmersonCurswhopainstakinglydreweverylineinhisvisionofthe1930s.Importantlyeacharchitecthadanunderlyingconceptaboutpublicinfrastructuretransportandthepublicdomainthatunderpinnedtheirdesigns.Itisimportantthatviewersseethesedesignsasbeingconceptualandnotresolvedindetail.Theirpurposelikethoseinearlieryearsbyvisionaryarchitectsandplannersistosmulatediscussionabouttheideasandtochallengetodaysthinkingbyfastforwardingto2050.BehindthesethreevisionsisaquesonofwhereweallseeSydneyintothefuture.ThesedesignsclearlysupportstronggrowthinSydneyasaleadingcityintheAsiaPacicregion.TheyseeSydneyasaplaceofcondenceinthefutureandasaplacethatsupportsanurbanlifestyle.RichardFrancis-Joneshasusedthesolaraccessplanesfromgreenareastodenewheretallbuildingscanbebuilt.PhilipVivianfundsanewmetrosystembyclusteringheightaroundnewstaonsandJamesFitzpatrickdisbursesthefuturecitytovespecialistcentreslinkedbyacirclelinemetro.FRANCIS-JONESMOREHENTHORPRICHARDFRANCIS-JONESFITZPATRICKPARTNERSJAMESFITZPATRICKBATESSMARTPHILIPVIVIANTowerofCultureChinaANZTowerSydneyGREENNETWORKDEFINESAREASOFGROWTHNEWMETROSTATIONSASAFOCUSFORSUPERTALLTOWERSFIVESPECIALISTCENTRESWITHMETROLINKS