Preston Street Revival

Emerge services provided:

• 2D and 3D graphics & animations
• Approvals and tendering
• Community consultation
• Concept design
• Cost estimation and management
• Detailed design
• Play spaces
• Podium and roof gardens
• Private garden design
• Public domain planning and design
• Wayfinding

About

Emerge Associates were engaged to assist with creating a vision and establishing an objectives-based framework for future development of the Preston Street precinct.

Work by the Sustainability Advisory team focused primarily on an options paper that detailed how to engage and embed sustainability requirements for future built-form developers, at an early stage of project planning. This included balancing firm sustainability commitments with ensuring that design requirements include options for future inclusion. Emerge presented the community and key stakeholders with a range of sustainability options that acknowledged the community expectations and concerns associated with the revitalisation and placed them in a broader sustainability context.

Landscape design was undertaken for the Preston Street project to realise its potential as an attractive and vibrant main street. The proposal included high quality mixed-use development on vacant and ‘derelict’ sites, reflective of the street’s strong character and identity. The streetscape design provides a greater level of activity and events to draw the community together, support local business and a new evening economy. It proposed the introduction of a Shared Zone through seamless transition verges and carriageway paving materials.

The heritage status of the Cygnet Cinema’s Art Deco facade was celebrated in paving patterns and the landscape palette, including public art. Alfresco dining, more abundant landscape and the creation of gathering and celebration spaces, including a small children’s and youth play space, that responds to and reflects the main street context; complements improved pedestrian and cycling amenity.