SECOND SPACE

2022 (This project is now complete)

Activation Partner: Town Teams

Client: City Renewal Authority (Canberra)

“The City Renewal Authority’s Second Space program is a pilot to establish a suite of spaces that will offer the opportunity for creative industry and business users to connect and activate the City Centre.

Our goal is to attract more people, more investment, and more business to the City Centre with a program that will lead to major, social, and economic benefits that will ripple outwards. With several vacant and latent tenancies and buildings in the City Centre, the program will support activation and visibility of these spaces for its duration.

The simple act of ‘turning on the lights’ can have the effect of changing the way spaces are perceived, creating a feeling of safety after hours, drawing people’s attention, dissuading anti-social behaviour and reducing CBD building vacancy.

The role of the pilot is to test the viability of connecting vacant retail and commercial city spaces with local creatives and innovators for 3-6 months on a rent-free agreement.”