The steel superstructure allowed the metal wall cladding to be highly discontinuous and light, to make the stadium as transparent and connected to the landscape wherever possible. “We all shared a vision for the whole-precinct approach and how the site could be regenerated, and returned to the people,” says Matthew Batchelor, director at COX Perth. Here was an opportunity to take a long-neglected, relatively isolated site and restore it for the public’s enjoyment. The brief called for a world-class, fans-first stadium fully embedded within an active public realm - an ambition that would become the reigning mantra for the competition-winning design team lead by Hassell in association with COX Architecture and HKS Architects.įor their part, Hassell, COX and HKS all immediately recognised the project’s potential as a game-changer for the Western Australia capital.
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