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BEAUTIFUL & CONNECTING
WITH
ENGAGING
COUNTRY
RELEVANT &
INCLUSIVE
HEALTHY &
ACTIVE
A successful open
Well designed and
Open spaces must
Open space in Camden
space is one that
carefully planned
be designed to be
has the potential to
provides experiences
open spaces play a
spaces of pleasure
enrich the lives of all
and environments that
crucial role in creating
and beauty. This
are relevant to the
healthy communities,
beauty must reflect
community it is created
improving wellbeing,
local context, respond
for. This requires a
and improving social
to existing natural
deep understanding
cohesion. Open
systems and be driven
of local context
spaces must provide a
by the aspirations of
can deepen connection
including physical
range of opportunities
the community each
to place, contribute to
characteristics as well
that encourage
open space is built to
a shared vision for the
as social systems,
movement, play,
serve.
future of Camden while
latent needs, and the
meeting, gathering and
also respecting the
aspirations of existing
social interaction.
unique and long history
communities.
CAMDEN OPEN SPACE DESIGN MANUAL
our communities by
respecting Country and
including the voices
of the First Peoples of
Australia in the planning
and design process. This
of Australia.
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