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10 | CIC Australia view off, they opened it up. They also included what they call a “dis- persed model of open space,” Alan says. In- stead of having only a few large parks, they carefully designed the community so that smaller green spaces are all over the com- munity. That way, they could guarantee that there’s at least one high quality pocket of open space within 200 metres of every dwell- ing. On top of that, CIC has made sure those spaces can be sustainably maintained. They went out of their way to a secure a source of recycled water, for example, which meant constructing a 10 kilometre pipeline from the wetland to the north. “If you’re going to put in a quality public realm, it needs to be sustainable,” Alan says. “That’s a key part of what we’re about as a developer.” The UDIA Awards for Excellence were formed to promote innovation and leader- LIFTING THE BAR