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Revitalising Perth’s heart: the Yagan Square experience
UDIA WA Breakfast – 24 July 2019 Sean Henriques
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are warned that the following presentation contains images of deceased persons.
Revitalising Perths heart: the Yagan Square experience UDIA WA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Revitalising Perths heart: the Yagan Square experience UDIA WA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Revitalising Perths heart: the Yagan Square experience UDIA WA Breakfast 24 July 2019 Sean Henriques WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are warned that the following presentation contains images of deceased persons. Two goes
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Growing pains
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Create the opportunity
Perth City Link
- Area: 13.5 hectares
- Dwellings: 1,650
- Population: 3,000
- Workers: 13,500
- Commercial space
(office/retail): 244,000sqm
- Private investment:
$4 billion
- Government investment:
$1.3 billion
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We found our Centre ………
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Our Vision
A place to meet, play, eat and drink from a showcase of Western Australian produce. Celebrates the unique spirit of Western Australia. Strong cultural narrative and engagement. Interconnecting civic, transport, retail, commercial and cultural components. High quality event destination.
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We asked Perth what they wanted
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Time for something different
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We embedded it
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Then asked our Elders to share their knowledge
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We had our themes
The canopy on the upper level symbolises the lake system which
- riginally occupied
the site. The selection of native vegetation and tree species that are important culturally and reflect the history of the site. The tower symbolises the reeds and the bulrushes once found in his area and is made up of 14 ‘reeds’ representing the 14 language groups of the Noongar nation. The square is named after the Noongar warrior leader Yagan and is one of the first spaces in the city to be named after an Aboriginal person. The ‘tracks’ and ‘meeting place’ (amphitheatre area) acknowledge the history of the area as a place of hunting and gathering.
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We had authenticity
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We brought everyone together
Heritage Council of WA Community South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council and the Whadjuk people through the Whadjuk Working Group Heritage consultants Artists and architects
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We re-created our landscape
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Using our resources
Architectural Palette
Corten Zinc Zinc Sandstone Limestone Granite Granite
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Food, there’s always food
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With a Western Australian Focus
Dale Tilbrook - Maalinup
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Reconnected Perth - Physically
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Reconnected Perth - Culturally
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And went from here
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To here
William Street and the Royal Hotel from the Horseshoe Bridge, Perth, ca. 1924. Courtesy State Library of Western Australia (007675PD)
Horseshoe Bridge 1966 Courtesy State Library of Western Australia (012280D) Horseshoe Bridge 1966. Courtesy State Library of Western Australia (012280D)
Neon signs on the Horseshoe Bridge viewed from Wellington Street, Perth, ca.
- 1959. Courtesy State Library of Western
Australia (131118PD) Billboard on Horseshoe Bridge and Walshs store window display to promote film 'Godfather'. Courtesy State Library of Western Australia (359541PD)
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And arrived here
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A place for everyone
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Transforming the face of Perth
Elizabeth Quay
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The destination
Cosy @ the Quay – July 2019
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The next steps
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Our favourite foreshore
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Creating new destinations
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Success underpinned by collaboration
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Subi-East
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Perth’s East Side
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East Perth Power Station
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Reinventing a heritage icon
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METRONET
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METRONET East
Bayswater Redevelopment Area Forrestfield Redevelopment Area
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Just the beginning
“Conjure up a city embodying all things right about cities … Welco me to Perth”
- Baz Dreisinger, The New York Times
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@VitalPerth
@ElizabethQuayPerth
Questions?
Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority