Our renewal project is a new Route 96 tram terminus structure surrounded by a public plaza. It has involved repurposing 1300 square metres of road and parking spaces into pedestrian and open spaces. The plaza occupies 600 square metres of this space.
We designed it in collaboration with landscape architects McGregor Coxall.
The renewal site is at Acland Street’s eastern end, just before it terminates at Barkly Street, and has involved closing a section the road to traffic (apart from trams).
The new plaza, with street furniture and tram shelters, is a setting for the large events and festivals that St Kilda already hosts, plus an opportunity for new ones. It also creates a pleasant, social everyday place to sit, eat, chat, and wait for trams safely and comfortably. It welcomes the public, free of charge.
