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Above and right: Conradie Park main vehicular entrance
• they provide vehicular parking and space
for street infrastructure which includes
seating, bicycle parking, bins, lighting
and wayfinding.
The perimeter building courtyards perform
a vital semi-private / public space function
that creates secure open space environments
for active and passive use by residents of the
respective perimeter blocks. This includes
providing safe spaces for the elderly and
children, social seating relief, visual relief,
micro-climatic planting, multi-functional
open spaces and activated play spaces.
The courtyards also fulfil a stormwater
management function in the capture and
attenuation of stormwater.
Parks and public spaces
Lobelia anceps Zephyranthes candida Gabion walls along the canal for The main park space plays a key role in the
flood water control
social, ecological and technical functioning of
the development. The park provides valuable
green relief space, active recreational space,
performs stormwater attenuation, acts as a
flood barrier, and creates an ecological zone.
It consists of three main components namely
the promenade edge, the ecological and
stormwater zone, and the activated berm.
In addition to the main park, two pocket
parks are integrated into the denser urban
fabric. Their main function is to provide a
green breakaway space, passive and active
amenities, stormwater infiltration and
attenuation basins. They also act as the
starting point of a bio-swale system that runs
in a southerly direction towards the ecological
detention facility situated in the main park.
Attenuation ponds within the Grand Park In addition to the streets and parks, a
number of defined public spaces form key
areas in the public space network, with
the main public squares functioning as
civic spaces within the development. The
development provides two main public
squares, a primary square aligned on the
main entrance axis to the development, and
a secondary, lower order square where the
western most pedestrian street terminates.
The public squares are the main gathering
spaces of the development, where daily
public functions and events take place.
The spaces are predominantly hard-
surfaced, but function as breakaway lawn
spaces with strategic planting, concession
space to retail edges, defined seating areas,
stormwater capture, tree planting and
Streets and sidewalks within the social housing precinct general street furniture. These public spaces

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