Yagan Square
Yagan Square is an ambitious urban destination that occupies a challenging site. A central part of the Perth City Link Project, the square reconnects the CBD with Northbridge for the first time in more than a century. Perth’s newest major public space is a place to have fun, meet, play, eat and shop.
ASPECT Studios, in collaboration with Lyons (lead) and Iredale Pedersen Hook architects, won the competition to design this city-shaping space with a concept that responds to the vision of Yagan Square as an inclusive, welcoming and active cultural and civic destination. The resulting square embodies the characteristics of the local area, Perth and Western Australia more broadly.
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- Traditional Owners & Ongoing Custodians of the Land Whadjuk Country
- Client Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
- Location Perth, Australia
- Year 2018
Central to the concept are ideas of convergence: of geologies, tracks, narratives, of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within the Square itself.
Wildflower gardens showcase the unique and diverse qualities of Western Australia flora and landscape. Visitors can see a variety of eucalyptus species found in Perth and across the State. The planted gardens work to heighten and reveal the seasonal characteristics and colours of Western Australia.
Wildflower gardens showcase the unique and diverse qualities of Western Australia flora and landscape. Visitors can see a variety of eucalyptus species found in Perth and across the State. The planted gardens work to heighten and reveal the seasonal characteristics and colours of Western Australia.
Water also plays a major part in the story of Yagan Square and a unique feature has been developed with artist Jon Tarry. As a sequence of connected elements, the water feature provides a physical and experiential enhancement to the public landscape, encouraging the visitor to look, touch, feel and enjoy.
- TEAM Lyons Architects (lead consultant) with Iredale Pedersen Hook architects, Aurecon, Waterforms International, WSP
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AWARDS
AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards - Award of Excellence for Tourism, (Lyons in collaboration with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios), 2019
AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards - Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape, (Lyons in collaboration with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios), 2019
WE-EF After Dark Competition National Winner (Lyons in collaboration with Iredale Pedersen Hook and landscape architects ASPECT Studios), 2019
IFLA Asia Pacific Landscape Architecture Awards - Award of Excellence for Cultural & Urban Landscape, 2019
AILA WA Landscape Architecture Awards, Civic Landscape - Landscape Architecture Awards (submitted by ASPECT Studios with Lyons Architecture and Iredale Pedersen Hook), 2019 - PHOTOGRAPHY Peter Bennetts, Gary Peters, Dion Robeson
