3O4U 'On Rejuvenation' 2012

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Introduction

‘3 Over 4 Under’ is an annual forum presented by Merge, providing an opportunity for three established practices and four emerging practices to present and discuss current works.

Theme: On Rejuvenation Forum Location: The Bakery, James Street, NorthbridgeSpeakers:Overs ARM Architecture, Taylor Burrell Barnett, Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland, UDIA

Unders MRA, Armstrong Parkin Architects, CODA

‘On Rejuvenation’ is the theme for this year’s event, the 8th in our themed series previously exploring ‘On Home’‘On Site’‘On Weathering’‘On Language’‘On re-use’ ‘On Idea’ and ‘On Technology’.

On Rejuvenation

2012 has set the stage for the Olympic Games in London, and created an opportunity for an industrial wasteland, which obstructed the growth of London to the East for decades, to been rectified through a once-in-a-lifetime event. Closer to home barriers within our city, Perth, after decades of debate and bureaucracy, are finally being removed in order to breathe life into areas of stagnation.

‘On Rejuvenation’ relates to the act of revitalising / mending / stimulating a piece of urban, rural or suburban fabric through the architectural and urban design process. It is about reinvigorating once degraded areas through the insertion of a new building or series of buildings. It is about creating frameworks for appropriate and functional built forms and landscaping, in order to promote flexible and sustainable future developments.

Elvin Chatergon, MergeSeptember 2012

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Ryan Keys Metropolitan RedevelopmentAuthority (MRA)

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Name of Organisation:Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority

Name of Chief Executive OfficerKieran Kinsella

Date of Practice Commencement2012

Mission StatementThe MRA brings together the work of four agencies which have led the urban renewal of East Perth, Subiaco, Midland and Armadale since 1992. With vision, innovative design and planning – and in partnership with local government, communities and industry – we continue to revitalise communities and create a distinctive sense of character and place that is transforming our city and redefining key areas of metropolitan Perth for generations.

Our vision is for a revitalised Perth – a great place that people want to be a part of! Underpinning our vision are our key redevelopment goals: to build a sense of place; promote urban efficiency in the design and construction of infrastructure; enhance connectivity; promote economic wellbeing; promote social inclusion; and enhance environmental integrity within each redevelopment area.

Ongoing Research: N/A

Current Projects: (key projects for the night)Elizabeth Quay, Perth City Link, Riverside, Perth Cultural Centre, Subi Centro, Armadale, Wungong Urban, Midland, New Northbridge, Claisebrook Village, and East Perth Power Station

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On Rejuvenation

Perth is experiencing a once in a lifetime opportunity during a period of unprecedented population and economic growth. More than $260 billion of projects are planned or already underway and each year more than 30,000 people are moving to live in our State. In transforming urban spaces, the role of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority is to ensure our city can adequately meet the challenges of a rapidly growing population.

MRA’s projects represent $2.7billion worth of government investment, and are ex-pected to generate a further $13billion in private sector investment. Through delivery of 11 major redevelopment projects, the MRA will build Perth’s capacity by allowing the city to develop on a north-south axis, as opposed to its traditional east-west orientation. We are working to create a ‘city block’ with new commercial, residential, retail and public spaces where people want to live, work and visit. It is about creating a network of destinations and increasing intensity and activity in the city.

Taking a ‘place making’ approach to urban renewal, the MRA recognises that the most successful places put people first. We are engaging with the users of these spaces to transform areas of metropolitan Perth from places you never want to visit, to ones you will never want to leave.

Metropolitan Redevelopment AuthorityNovember 2012

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Lisa Shine CODA

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Name of practice: CODA

Name of principals: Kieran Wong and Emma Williamson

Date of practice commencement: 1997

Size of office: LargeSmall (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up)

Practice Statement: CODA is an influential Western Australian architectural practice, with a focus on con¬tributing innovative, pragmatic and sustainable design responses to urban and com¬munity challenges. Since 1997 we have been dedicated to an approach of user-centric design, creating spaces that respond to social, economic and practical needs. This approach has seen us widely recognised as one of Western Australia’s premier boutique architectural practices.

Ongoing Research: Appropriate climatic responses in metropolitan and regional Western Austraiia.

Current Projects (key projects for the night): KINGS SQUARE STRATEGY, FREMANTLE

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On Rejuvenating Fremantle

Kings Square sits at the geographic and civic heart of Fremantle and is circled by the Council Chambers, the Town Hall, St John’s Church and the Myer building. Despite its prominence, the site has been in a state of social and economic de-cline for many years. In early 2012, the City of Fremantle engaged CODA to develop a strategy to rein-state the Square and its surrounding sites as an important social and commercial hub for the city centre. In short, we were engaged to assist the City develop a strategic vision for the regeneration of its historical heart. We needed to develop strategies that would achieve beneficial economic, social and environmental outcomes and we needed to put forward improvements to the existing built form and urban realm. Physical connections also needed to be strengthened to and from the Square itself. Typically, discussions surrounding development in central Fremantle evoke an im-passioned response and so a series of community consultation workshops and presen-tations were held throughout the project to ensure that the needs and desires of Fremantle’s residents, commercial owners and operators and other stakeholders and interested parties were given meaningful voice to.

The Kings Square Urban Design Strategy exemplifies the collaborative and iterative process that CODA seeks to apply to all of our community-based projects.

CODANovember 2012

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Ben De Marchi Taylor Burrell Barnett

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Name of practice: Taylor Burrell Barnett

Name of principals: Bill Burrell, Lex Barnett, Ben De Marchi, Samantha Thompson


Size of office: Extra LargeSmall (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up)

Practice Statement:Taylor Burrell Barnett has 40 years experience in delivering major urban projects from vision to completion. We are focussed on providing a specialised service, covering the various aspects of urban design and planning, to government and the development community in WA.

We are a well-resourced office with a staff of 35, including a comprehensive team of creative, experienced urban planners and designers all with the multifaceted knowledge essential for planning and implementing successful projects.

Ongoing research: N/A

Current projects (key projects for the night): -Perth City Link-Keralup-Mangles Bay Marina-Port Coogee-Wheatstone-Shorehaven at Alkimos-Two Rocks Townsite Expansion-Lakelands Estate and Town Centre

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On Rejuvenating the City of Perth

Perth City Link will be a dynamic new destination that embraces the city’s life-style and character and is an important part in the overall program to revitalise our city. Running east-west across the heart of Perth’s city centre, the 13.5 hectare project will reconnect the CBD with Northbridge for the first time in 100 years, delivering improved access and connectivity and forming strong linkages to the foreshore.

Perth City Link will play a key role in addressing transport and infrastructure issues while meeting the changing needs of an evolving city. Sinking the Wellington Street Bus Station and the Fremantle rail line, from Perth Station to Lake Street, will prepare the site for redevelopment. The presentation on the project’s rejuvenation qualities will focus on the Link’s ability to:

• Provide a focus for public life, with the creation of an improved and new public realm.

• Optimise the appeal of the city centre and Northbridge and forge a connection of the two areas.

• Create better connectivity and access to public transport.

• Assist in supporting the revitalisation of the Perth Cultural Centre.

• Capitalise on the potential transit-oriented development benefits.

• Provide opportunity and support for private investment, to drive the continued revitalisation of the city centre.

• Ensure that public investment is designed and implemented holistically.

• Provide housing with a diversity of dwelling types and sizes, and 10% to 15% affordable dwellings.

Taylor Burrell BarnettOctober 2012

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Fred Chaney Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland

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Name of practice: Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland

Name of principals: Steve Woodland, Greg Howlett, Fred Chaney


Size of office - Extra LargeSmall (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up)

Practice Statement: For over 40 years, the Cox practice has maintained a passion for the idea of buildings ‘completing’ environments. The process of studying closely what already exists in context, and of exploring ways to enrich and invigorate, leads to diverse solutions rather than to a particular style or idiom.

However, some aspects of architecture are perpetual, and our work is distinguish-able by certain emphases. One aspect is that buildings depend upon structure and skin to define space. Possibly more than any other Australian practice, we have an interest in the potentials of surface and structural expression. Beginning with an appreciation of the Australian industrial and rural vernacular with its inventive and often dramatic structural rigour, we have reveled in the advancements in technologies and materials to generate innovative, spatially dynamic buildings.

Equally, our interest in the vernacular has imbued our work with inherent environmental sustainability long before it became a necessity. Thus, response to the environment informs both the performance of our architecture and its expression. Advances in environmental technologies and strategies offer wide-ranging opportunities for new forms of architecture to evolve, and our practices all see collaboration with engineers and other allied professions as being fundamental to the way we work.


Current Projects (key projects for the night): Bullsbrook High School

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On Rejuvenating Bullsbroook

Bullsbrook High School is a well established school campus on the north-eastern edge of the metropolitan area. The school is located just east of the Great Northern Highway which also forms a kind of boundary between the settlement of Bullsbrook and the RAAF Pearce Air Base.

In the recent past there has been some uncertainty surrounding the long-term future of Bullsbrook High School – a situation which has made it difficult for the school to prosper, and which has hindered much needed investment in the school buildings and grounds. This significant campus redevelopment therefore represents a much needed vote of confidence in the longer term future of the school, and a massive shot in the arm for the local community.

The project includes the refurbishment of the earliest and some later school buildings on the site, and the strategic demolition of other structures. The master plan is organised around a network of external courtyards and spaces which link the high school to an existing library and primary school to the north.

The retention of existing buildings and strong focus on integrated buildings and outdoor spaces maintains a sense of continuity on the site, whilst delivering an entirely rejuvenated and refreshed learning environment for primary and secondary school students in Bullsbrook.

Cox Howlett and Bailey WoodlandNovember 2012

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Debra Goostrey

Urban Development Institute of Australia(WA)

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Name of Organisation: Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA)

Name of principals: UDIA has an elected board of twelve members with Cameron Shephard the current President

Date of commencement: UDIA was first Incorporated in 1972

Size of office - MediumSmall (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up)

Mission Statement: Our purpose is to promote excellence and innovation in the creation of sustainable communities for the benefit of all West Australians.

Ongoing Research: UDIA has a Policy and Research Unit that looks at market trends, demographics etc as well as actively reviewing government policies at local, state and national levels. Regular publications include the Urban Development Index and the Industry Sentiment Survey.

Current Projects (key projects for the night): UDIA runs an Awards for Excellence program that covers ten areas of development including Urban Renewal Projects. Some of these winners and the challenges of bringing them to market will be discussed in the presentation.

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Urban renewal is one of eleven categories in the annual Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Awards for Excellence. Projects entered in this category must demonstrate revitalisation and appropriate use of land/and or building in established suburbs or inner city areas. There is no restriction on the type of uses or the inclusion of new elements into the projects. The Institute is looking for projects that not only deliver new amenity and vitality for an area but also deliver viable commercial outcome. Previous winners have included Midland Metro by the Midland Redevelopment Authority, New Northbridge by EPRA and of course the internationally famous redevelopment of Subiaco. This presentation considers urban renewal as a journey not a destination, looking at the process change and unpacking some of the challenges and compromises that need to be made to gain community acceptance. It also looks at what happens as communities move past the hype of awards and accolades and how they respond to new initiatives.

Debra GoostreyNovember 2012

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Stephen Parkin Armstrong Parkin Architects

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Name of practice: Armstrong Parkin Architects

Name of principals: Colin Armstrong and Stephen Parkin

Date of practice commencement: 1999 - Stephen joined Colin in practice in 2005

Size of office - mediumSmall (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up)

Practice Statement: Armstrong Parkin Architects (APA) strive to achieve elegant, refined, pragmatic, climatically responsible and economical architectural design. Thorough surveying and analysis of existing site conditions and constraints inform a regional and site specific approach to the practice’s project resolution. A rigorous management of the design process underpins APA’s design approach in order to provide quality buildings that can be constructed for prescribed budgets.


Current Projects (key projects for the night): Proposed Claremont Train Station Upgrade

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On Rejuvenating Claremont

This Public Transport Authority (PTA) has been undertaking a series of upgrades tomany of its rail network’s older train stations. As part of this program ArmstrongParkin Architects were commissioned to design a whole-of-station upgrade to theState Heritage listed Claremont Train Station located on the Perth to Fremantle train line. This includes conservation and upgrade works to the Heritage listed island platform canopy, Old Signal Cabin and timber footbridge structures. The ma-jor part of the project involves the replacement of the existing eastern at-grade pedestrian crossing with a substantial, skylit pedestrian underpass with associated stairs and lifts.

The underpass provides a major connection for rail passengers and the public between a new Station public forecourt, located on Gugeri Street to the east of the Old Station Master’s House, through to a new eastern platform extension and canopy and beyond to and from LandCorp’s proposed Northeast Precinct residential/commercial development on the north side of the train line. A minor glazed addition for a PTA office is also proposed to an existing small, Heritage listed weather-board platform building. The project seeks to provide a contemporary architectural solution that enhances the amenity of the station, engages with the adjacent Heritage context, and reinvigorates the eastern end of the Station precinct, its street frontages and the rail crossing for the public.

Stephen ParkinNovember 2012

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Andrew Lilleyman ARM Architecture

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Name of practice: ARM Architecture

Name of principals: Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt, Ian McDougall


Size of office - Extra Large (approx 50)Small (1-5), Medium (6-15), Large (16-25), Extra Large (26 & up):

Practice Statement: ARM is a leading edge design consultancy with a reputation for innovation, scholarship and creativity. We aim to make a real contribution to the life of our clients by understanding their culture and incorporating into their new environment the ideas which underpin that culture. ARM Perth was established in 2006 with the Perth Arena project, and since then has made a significant invest-ment in WA, with major projects including the Elizabeth Quay Masterplan, Murdoch MUP Masterplan and Wanangkura Stadium in Port Hedland.

Ongoing Research: We are keen students of the history of ideas, known for enriching our design work by bringing aspects of the local scene and the relevant history to the overall solution. ARM’s projects have made a major contribution to the shift in client and community expectations of architectural design in both the cultural and commercial sectors by combining creative lateral thought, new technology and just plain hard work. We have proven that within the so-called constraints of Australian culture, new work of utility, excitement and durability can be created.

Current Projects (key projects for the night): The Perth Arena is a state of the art indoor sporting and entertainment arena, with a capacity of 15,500 patrons. Its prime location within the Perth CBD brings it close to public transport and the city centre and will serve as a vital link to Northbridge, as Perth’s premier entertainment destination. The stadium will be a catalyst for the renewal of the whole City Link precinct, re-establishing a connection between Perth’s commercial and entertainment hubs.

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On Rejuvenating the City of Perth

A joint venture with ARM Architecture & Cameron Chisholm Nicol (CCN), the Perth Arena is a state of the art indoor sporting and entertainment arena, with a capacity of 15,500 patrons. Its prime location within the Perth CBD brings it close to pub-lic transport and the city centre and will serve as a vital link to Northbridge, as Perth’s premier entertainment destination. The new Arena is expected to bring more than 250,000 people into the precinct each year. The stadium will be a catalyst for the renewal of the whole City Link precinct, re-establishing a connection between Perth’s commercial and entertainment hubs.

Our architectural strategy was simple: provide a core multi-functional arena without compromise and then surround it with variable circulation and a striking configura-tion. Most venues of this type provide continuous repetitive spaces around the core function. We have explored this building typology another way. Instead of a singular facade we have created extreme variability, giving the building a different face from every angle. Whether approaching from the elevated freeway to the west, the grand boulevard to the south, the railway lines on the north or new urban developments to the east, every facade presents a new dynamic.

Our hope for this project was to find inspiration both locally and globally. Giant pieces, as if from the Eternity Puzzle, have been used to create the facades of the Arena. Each piece acknowledges that it is part of something much bigger, of the city as a whole and as an image for a new urbanism. Instead of making the Arena just a singular big thing like so many arenas around the world, the Perth Arena is a col-lective building, a compelling amalgamation, something that can look quite different from every point of view. Each piece of the Arena is open to rich interpretation by the public – puzzle pieces that remain indefinite, even enigmatic.

It is the interior and especially the entrance and great public concourses that best express our vision for the building. Instead of a brutally unimaginative interior, Perth Arena is inspired by the whole experience of a public building, and especially the experience of looking out to the city.

ARM ArchitectureNovember 2012

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