I think Adelaide needs to increase its population, but not outward as it has in the past: there are vast underdeveloped areas in the western suburbs virtually devoid of life, which could be redeveloped with medium density housing up to say 3-6 levels. People also want a mix of residential styles and not everyone can afford an inner urban house on 600 sqm. We need to increase density, to go up, to increase efficiency in all respects but we need to do it sensitively, with predetermined and clear rules. People have said medium density produces social ills- well this would mean that 99% of the glamourous cities of the world are just pits of depravity. And this is worse than the wasteland of the north western suburbs? I don't think so. high rise does not have to be staright up and down blocks of horror- they can be terraced wonderlands with hanging gardens and zero carbon footprint, if people want them to be. blocking views to the hills?: I was driving up Greenhill road, and the last thing on my mind was the hills: rather the insidious tailgaiters and the need to drive in peak hour petrol sniffing mayhem were my concerns, and if I got out and walked, the view to the hills was blocked by a bunch of gratuitously ugly commericial exercises in egoism...and if I crossed to the parkland side of the road, I would have been somewhat concerned about my safety- so I stayed on the south side and put up with the lame attempts at stained '80's architecture. sometimes I think Adelaide needs to go "vertical", just to give the Architects some scope to design something decent, rather than the squat poo brown horizontality that characterises Adelaide and its inner suburbs. We need a bit of razzamataz!!
by blove (score: 0|9) 3678 days ago