Open road

摘要

A simple query about the walls used along the Great Western Highway led to this discussion by the Centre for Urban Design in Roads and Maritime Services about the thinking behind some of our newer highways. We are, on occasion, asked how a particular design outcome has come about: for example the red poles on the M7 motorway, the brick patterns on the walls on the Great Western Highway at Shell Corner, or the enigmatic bas-relief on the Gore Hill Freeway noise walls.