With a little innovation there is often another way to do something. But you do have to look for it! Robert Morris-Nunn's proposal for the Derwent has quite a bit going for it.
While it might not exactly translate to the Kanamaluka/Tamar, it does demonstrate that there are innovators in Tasmania who can 'cut the mustard' plus 'move and shake on the world stage'.
Not being a pale shadow of Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai, etc. has a hell of a lot going for it. It is especially so if you are in the 'tourism business'.
Launceston is heading that way economically and culturally and better can be done. Let's do it! NO, let's get it done!
First of all Launceston needs to get with the project and 'LOOK LOCAL' to differentiate or get swallowed up in banality and mediocrity.
Why settle for second best when something else is out there? Why put up with the one-dimensional thinking when there are innovators out there waiting to be released from the chains of mediocrity?
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FROM THE MERCURY: A DEVELOPMENT application for a floating hotel on the River Derwent will be lodged with the Hobart City Council in the coming week, says the architect leading the proposal for Hunter Developments. ……………… Best known for his giant ray design at Saffire Resort on the East Coast, Robert Morris-Nunn said the five-storey, ring-shaped floating hotel near the Hobart Regatta Grounds would be the first hotel of its kind anywhere in the world if it went ahead. ……………… It would become not only a tourist attraction and a viable alternative to high-rise hotel developments in Hobart, but its pioneering technology could give birth to a new industry in the state, he said. ……………… Its innovative processes could be adapted to build everything from a floating hub for cruise ships on the Derwent to critical infrastructure such as hospitals in low-lying nations subject to catastrophic sea-level rise. ……………… Architect Robert Morris-Nunn is hoping to submit a development application for a floating hotel at the Hobart Regatta Grounds. ……………… Mr Morris-Nunn said the consortium, in partnership with Waterborne Designs, hoped to submit its application within days, after a year-long passage through the Co-ordinator-General’s office. ……………… “The Co-ordinator-General has reviewed the project and given Crown consent to lodge a development application,” he said. ……………… The waterfront at the Regatta Grounds where a floating hotel is proposed to be built. ……………… Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said she keenly awaited the project details. ……………… “I am looking forward to seeing the application and advice from planning staff on how the project fits into our planning laws,” Cr Reynolds said. ……………… “It’s certainly a very exciting concept and I welcome the focus on the Derwent River with the museum and gallery. ……………… “Mr Morris-Nunn has always brought really unique and high-quality designs forward in his projects and ideas for Hobart. ……………… “We want to be a city with buildings that have high quality and original designs that help to tell a story about Hobart.” ……………… Mr Morris-Nunn is one of the state’s best-known architects, with a host of award-winning designs to his name, including the Henry Jones Art House and Macq 01 hotels on Hunter St, and the floating Brooke Street Pier, where much of the technology for the new hotel was developed and refined. ……………… Mr Morris-Nunn said the proposed floating hotel and David Walsh’s plan for a hotel upriver at Mona would complement each other. “The fact they both directly relate to the river – one overhangs it and the other floats in it – means the beauty of the river can be enhanced for visitors and locals alike,” he said. ……………… Mr Morris-Nunn said that he was confident the floating hotel would secure international investors quickly. ……………… “We have in-principle investors behind us, but they need to know it is politically palatable,” he said. Interested parties included institutional investors and wealthy individuals looking to invest in Hobart for the first time.
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