PLACE Laboratory

PLACE Lab celebrated the end of year with our Perth studio wine touring as ‘Pirates in the Valley’ and our Canberra studio hot air ballooning with breathtaking views across Canberra. Our amazing team had so much fun, and we are now ready for our festive break.

Thank you to our clients, collaborators and friends that shared another excellent year with us. We look forward to seeing and working with you in the new year. Happy holidays and best wishes for a fantastic 2023 from PLACE Laboratory.

PLACE Lab’s first team site visit for the Perth Cultural Centre Rejuvenation!

We are excited to be the landscape architects on this significant public realm project partnering with Cox Architecture, Aurecon, element, Karrda Pty Ltd and Apparatus to transform the heart of culture and arts for Perth and Western Australia.

We look forward to working with our clients and stakeholders on this city shaping project.

See more of our public realm projects here: https://lnkd.in/gPPfntJi

We are delighted by our recent wins at the PIA WA 2022 Awards!

- Great Place Commendation Award for the reactivation of the Kalamunda Central Mall
- Community Wellbeing and Diversity Commendation Award for the Edenvale Heritage Precinct Place Plan.

Thank you to our PLACE Lab team, clients and collaborators on these great projects, City of Kalamunda, TABEC Civil Engineering Consultants, Engineering Technology Consultants/ETC, Terpkos Engineering , Shire of Murray and Jenelle Provost and Associates.

Check out these winning projects;
- https://www.placelaboratory.com/project/edenvale-heritage-precinct/
- https://www.placelaboratory.com/project/__trashed/

We are looking for our next team member to join our growing Canberra Studio. This is a unique opportunity to work on high quality projects and make a difference to improve the environment in which we live.

Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gb7q4k2d

We are delighted to see our designs come to life and be so well received in Merredin’s Pioneer Park. We have worked closely with the Shire to ensure the narrative and identity of this iconic park is uniquely ‘Merredin’ right down to the fine detailing.

The careful curation of material and the local flora inspired concrete finishes are great examples of how form and function can be layered with narrative and history.

Pioneer Park is the first of a series of transformational projects PLACE Lab are delivering to enhance the Shire of Merredin’s culture, history and tourism and we look forward to sharing more progress over the coming months.

Thank you to our great team; The Shire of Merredin, Engineering Technology Consultants/ETC, TABEC Civil Engineering Consultants, Terpkos Engineering, CADSULT IDS and The Artisan Co. Landscaping for all your hard work to bring this vision to life.

See more PLACE Lab projects https://lnkd.in/gsvdu3zG

How many landscape architects does it take to make a paella?!

Thank you so much Sunny de Ocampo and Riki Kaspi: The Cooking Professor for a fantastic team building event. We had so much fun making our Spanish feast and sharing dinner together.

We are delighted to receive very positive community feedback to our preliminary designs for the Brierly Street improvements in Weston, Canberra. The designs were created in response to initial community consultation in 2021 and further targeted stakeholder engagement with local businesses and community groups in 2022.

The improvements will address community requests for better lighting and pedestrian connectivity with a safer traffic environment. A recognisable place character will be created through additional greenery, improved seating including opportunities for alfresco dining, and unique garden rooms.

Thank you to all our collaborators, client representatives and community members who are coming on the journey with us, ACT Government-Major projects Canberra, Harris Hobbs Landscapes and WSP in Australia.

See more of our p***c realm projects: https://bit.ly/3DpwVse

We are looking for a passionate and creative Senior Landscape Architect to join our growing team. This is your opportunity to be acknowledged and rewarded for your great work and to grow and progress your career with an award-winning team working on remarkable projects.

Find out more at https://www.placelaboratory.com/were-growing/

PLACE Lab at the 2022 Town Team Conference

It was wonderful to be invited to showcase our Wise Terrace precinct prototyping project at the 2022 Town Team Conference in Kariyarra Country, South Headland and get firsthand feedback watching and talking to users of the spaces and trial activations.

The purpose of the Town Team Movement | RAC WA Conference is to explore the benefits of the place leadership approach in activating communities; rediscover the power of working together as a collective to create positive change and show how a 'can do' approach works when we all work together.

It was an honour to be part of this 2-day outdoor conference that saw generous sharing of knowledge and a celebration of the real positive change and empowerment of communities. Seeing our ideas for the Wise Terrace precinct coming to life reinforced PLACE Lab’s commitment to work with communities to create places with purpose and identity. We can’t wait to see what happens next in the South Hedland Town Centre!

We are excited to see our design for Kalamunda Central Mall coming to life.

The bespoke canopy design is an interpretation of the distinctive natural environmental surrounding Kalamunda. A series of branches that support folding “leaves”, moving throughout the day, creating dappled light and shadow play across Central Mall. A unique forest experience for Kalamunda.

We are very fortunate to work with an excellent team on the canopy structure; City of Kalamunda, Engineering Technology Consultants/ETC, Terpkos Engineering and Living Iron.

See more projects here https://lnkd.in/gsvdu3zG

We are delighted that we were selected as finalists for the Kidsafe WA 2022 Consumer Protection Western Australia Awards for Waabiny Park for the Department of Communities.

The complex and sensitive history of this 12-hectare brownfield site in Bentley was reimagined with community engagement into an innovative and unique public open space creating positive social outcomes for existing and future communities.

Thank you to all the wonderful collaborators, our client representatives and most importantly community members, who came on the journey and contributed to the realisation of this amazing outcome. We look forward to seeing the continued evolution of this community.

Project info:https://lnkd.in/gTyt-5yh Video:https://lnkd.in/gCNXZ3E8

A shining star!

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