Cecil Avenue

As part of the ‘City Centre Regeneration Program’, City of Canning identified the need to upgrade a crucial link to Carousel Shopping
Centre and the Cannington train station. As a highly used link, PLACE Lab wanted to bring a mixture of high-quality materials and
narrative to the user experience.

Building on the identity themes set out in the Master Plan of Cecil Avenue East and West, PLACE Lab continued their work with a finer-grained exploration of themes to strengthen Cecil Avenue through slight character changes along its corridor. PLACE Lab worked closely with the City of Canning to understand the important interfaces of the future town squares, green links and commercial ventures to ensure the foundations are laid for a future-proofed public realm. The City Centre’s highest density development is along Cecil Avenue and includes a number of landmark development sites adjacent to Station Square and Cecil Square. Bookending the Avenue is Cannington Station which will interface with the future ‘Station Square’ and the ‘Living Stream’.

During the concept phase of Cecil Avenue Streetscape Revitalisation, a series of guiding principles and strategies were established as a result of the concept phase, a series of guiding principles and strategies were established as a result of extensive community and stakeholder consultation informed by key literature reviews and collaborations from the project team. This enabled a cohesive design approach across the entire project team.

Finding stories that resonate with the local community is one of the keys to creating a strong identity and sense of place. The City of Canning’s strong connection to the Canning river invited ways to celebrate the role of water ecology as an enjoyable experience for residents and visitors. Out of this iterative process emerged a series of opportunities for Finding stories that resonate with the local community is one of the keys to creating a strong identity and sense of place. The City of Canning’s strong connection to the Canning river invited ways to celebrate the role of water ecology as an enjoyable experience for residents and visitors. Out of an iterative engagement and design process emerged a series of opportunities for delineation of public space in line with the goals of the masterplan.