1. Vertical mixed use communities in Australia: a compact city model?
Iderlina B. Mateo-Babiano
School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
Simon Huston
UQ Business School, The University of Queensland

2. Vertical mixed use development
Purpose Scoping study vertical mixed-use buildings in Brisbane, Australia.
Findings
Conflicted definitions of VMUs
Limited uptake in Brisbane
single function 86% of 418 CBD buildings
11.9% two uses
1.7% (VMU 3 or more uses)

3. Evaluation framework

4. Brisbane study area

5. Vertical structures in Brisbane

6. Mixed Use Developments in Brisbane’s CBD

7. Location of evaluated VMU buildings

8. Horizontal mixed-use development
Brisbane Transit Centre displaying 3 towers (Colliers International)

9. VMU Riparian Plaza Eagle Street Bloomberg Incorporated Limited and the
Architect is Harry Seilder
Constructed in 2005
National Award for Innovation and Excellence in Mixed Use Development (2008)
53 levels
Outside - retail component
car parks
commercial space
residential space

10. Building heights

11. Limited temporal extension
Development
Before 8am
Working Hours 8am-5pm
After 5pm-late
24 hours
Anzac Square Buildings
Brisbane Square Building
Brisbane Transit Centre
Oaks Festival Towers
Riparian Plaza
Central Station
The Midtown
The Bostonian Apartments
201 Charlotte Street
Primac House
400 George Street
141 Queen Street
140 Elizabeth Street

12. Conclusion VMU is no silver bullet to sustainable cities
Limited scoping study
Results
Definitions of VMU conflicted
Uptake limited by:
Greater cost and risk
Complexity of decision process
Scarcity of mixed-use design and project management talent