{"id":5194,"date":"2026-02-11T08:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:54:00","slug":"plans-unveiled-for-australias-first-new-city-in-over-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/plans-unveiled-for-australias-first-new-city-in-over-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans unveiled for Australia’s first new city in over 100 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American studio SOM<\/a> and Australian studio Hassell<\/a> have revealed plans for Bradfield City, a new, 114-hectare city in western Sydney<\/a>, which is set to include 10,000 homes, a university campus and a two-hectare park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Planned to be located beside the recently-completed Western Sydney International Airport<\/a>, the Bradfield City masterplan proposes an urban landscape roughly 50 kilometres west of Sydney’s central business district, conceptualised as “Sydney’s new urban heart”.<\/p>\n

The masterplan forms one of Australia’s largest urban development projects and, once complete, will be the country’s first major city built in over a century, according to SOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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SOM and Australian studio Hassell have revealed plans for Bradfield City in western Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Key aspects of the development will include the creation of 10,000 new homes, a 2.2-kilometre Green Loop park, a two-hectare Central Park and four major civic centres.<\/p>\n

SOM and Hassell<\/a> designed the proposal in collaboration with cultural design partners Djinjama<\/a> and COLA Studio<\/a> to be an “inclusive and climate-resilient” city shaped by indigenous connections to Country \u2013 a term used by First Nations peoples to refer to the lands, waters and skies.<\/p>\n

“To design a new city is both a rare opportunity and a profound responsibility,” senior associate principal at SOM Michael Powell said.<\/p>\n

“Bradfield City is a chance to shape a vision with Country and community, embedding resilience, sustainability, and innovation into every layer of the city.”<\/p>\n

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It will include 10,000 new homes, green areas and four major civic centres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the centre of the development, the First Land Release, also known as Superlot 1, will encompass a 5.7-hectare site described by SOM as Bradfield City’s “civic heart”.<\/p>\n

This central area will be the proposal’s first stage and is set to contain 1,400 homes alongside a university campus, offices, retail space, a hotel and public space.<\/p>\n

Renders of the First Land Release depict a series of high-rise blocks situated along tree-lined streets and interspersed with expansive green areas.<\/p>\n