A new proposal has been unveiled to reimagine Brisbane’s Northshore region with a wide-ranging, privately funded precinct that would house a stadium capable of hosting the Olympic Games in 2032.
Northshore Vision 2050 is the brainchild of the Brisbane Design Alliance, a team of specialist designers in architecture, engineering and planning. It features experts from Buchan, HKS, NRA Collaborative, Aurecon and Nikken Sekkei.
The 60,000-seat stadium would feature an adjacent aquatic centre, wave pool, and retail and hospitality zone. The venue would also include pedestrian promenades extending east and west to provide what is being pitched as a “unique” riverfront experience.
The A$6bn (£3.1bn/€3.6bn/$4bn) project will also support housing, business, recreation and tourism and will be underpinned by the creation of a mixed-use urban renewal zone. The site’s First Nations history would be acknowledged by cultural venues, while other features would include public open spaces, elevated gardens and recreational canals.
HKS director Andrew Colling said: “The vision of the Brisbane Design Alliance is to make Brisbane an even greater city, now and into the future, Our Northshore scheme responds to projected population growth over the next 25 years, providing a mixed-use precinct unmatched in Queensland, located on the shores of our famous river and supported by a private finance model that will minimise cost to the state.”
Buchan principal Phil Schoutrop added: “Stage One would establish a sports and entertainment precinct that accommodates the 2032 Olympics. It includes the stadium, warm-up facilities, and a 2,500 apartment athletes’ village, alongside hotel, restaurant and leisure amenities. This combination of uses will allow for activation every day of the year, with the stadium complementing a much broader community offer.”
Over the subsequent 15 years, the project would integrate an additional 12,000 residential apartments and townhouses, enterprise, innovation and cultural zones, and a specialist high performance sports science and sports medicine zone. The precinct would also feature a central park and an elevated landscape walkway connecting it to Doomben Station.
