Burringbar has a variety of both permeable and impermeable spaces. The valleys create copious permeable spaces for the community. Examples of this include the main street, the parklands and then out the back of town. In this graphic, the purple shapes highlight key areas where people predominately access the Burringbar landscape. Although, many residential streets do run to dead ends. It's also difficult to access the area behind the main retail district, which limits the scope of the area.
Burringbar is rich in variety, due to both topography and main road access. There is a retail precinct (orange), residential areas (pink), various parklands, farmlands and natural forests (green) and community areas (yellow). Buildings such as the community hall and sports club are used for a variety of community activities, as are the parks.
At present, it is a small town, but it certainly doesn’t lack personality. It’s welcoming personality is apparent in the war memorial, the aged trees, the aboriginal-art inspired decoration, the variety of shapes, colours and textures used on buildings, and the exposed aging of buildings. At present, it’s characterised by small, local businesses (orange), community involvement and strong cultural heritage (yellow), with the RSL Memorial right in the centre of town.
Burringbar has a variety of both permeable and impermeable spaces. The valleys create copious permeable spaces for the community. Examples of this include the main street, the parklands and then out the back of town. In this graphic, the purple shapes highlight key areas where people predominately access the Burringbar landscape. Although, many residential streets do run to dead ends. It's also difficult to access the area behind the main retail district, which limits the scope of the area.
DESIGN RESPONSIVENESS
BASED ON IAN BENTLEY'S SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN