Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
Public Space and Laneway in Sydney
Central Sydney becomes the most intensely used areas in Sydney with over half a million people commuting on a regular basis (Jan Gehl, 2007). According to Australian Bureau Statistics in 2016, Central Sydney recorded a population of 17,252 people living in the city centre, and results to a heightened need for a greater variety of public life in urban public space (ABS, 2016).
However, in Public Sydney, it reveals Sydney as an unplanned and accidental city. “Sydney is testament to the ideas proposed, project debated, political choices made, places established, and buildings and spaces created and occupied” (Philip Thalis and Peter John Cantrill, 2013).
Furthermore, in the
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In Life Between Buildings Jan Gehl states that a dominant ideology started in 1960, when modernist rejected the city space, and shift their focus to individual buildings. Therefore, the city neglected with human content and people to engage in city life (Jan Gehl, 2011).
Likewise, the pattern of growth and development of Sydney laneways has traditionally been one of the laissez-faire affect. During the year of 1969-1989, the sale of the Sydney laneways became the significant source of revenue, with an approximate seventy-five million dollars generated for Council. (City of Sydney, 1999, p. 2). The Management of Laneways in Central Sydney reported that the number of laneways is decreased upon the year 1854 to 1980 − Sydney’s unique scale and character had
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Sydney City Council is taking steps to realise and preserve the potential of Sydney Laneways (Miletic Branko, 2009). In the year 2007, City of Sydney invested ten million dollars to begin the laneway revitalisation project. City of Sydney Councillor, Jess Scully notes that a dramatic increase of 58% in pedestrian traffic since the laneway revitalised in 2007 (Gayle Bryant, 2017). Even though, citizen expresses their desire to explore beyond the main streets. However, the lack of wayfinding culture in a laneway still induces the pedestrian to wander and stick to the main streets (Tony Griffin et al.,