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'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldA design proposal from the <a href="http://www.naaustudio.com/" target="_blank">Network for Advanced Architecture and Urbanism</a> (NAAU) of Melbourne, Australia, shows how an industrial brownfield region might be transformed into a center for clean-energy development, sustainable agriculture, and eco-tourism. Titled “The Cultured Landscape,” NAAU's proposal was developed as an entry in a competition called “<a href="http://www.transitingcities.com/" target="_blank">Transiting Cities -- Low Carbon Futures</a>,” organized by the <a href="http://outr.org/" target="_blank">Office of Urban Transformations Research</a> (OUTR) at Melbourne-based <a href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/" target="_blank">RMIT</a>, a university of technology and design. The competition challenges urban designers to develop a vision for transforming the City of Latrobe and the surrounding valley from a center of coal mining and conventional electrical generation into “an innovative hub for low carbon solutions.” Coal-fired generation is slated to discontinue in the valley by 2030, and OUTR is seeking solutions for development and recovery of the region after that change.1
'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldA concentrated solar array ties into the existing electrical grid.2
'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldNatural hot springs can be used to create attractive leisure and recreational sites.3
'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldSustainable farming and local foods can be incorporated into residential housing areas.4
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'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldExisting industrial sites are retained as reflections of the historical character of Latrobe.7
'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldTransition of the character of the site over time.8
'The Cultured Landscape' Sets Out a Strategy for Recovering an Australian BrownfieldThe sample section chosen to illustrate the kinds of changes that The Cultured Landscape would bring to Latrobe.9
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