Co-Designing Yitpi Yartapuultiku

Design Team: Ashley Halliday Architects together with Wax Design and the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Working Group  

Discover the remarkable story behind YITPI YARTAPUULTIKU – Soul of Port Adelaide, a multi-award-winning public realm project that has transformed the heart of Port Adelaide. Join Architect Ashley Halliday and Landscape Architect Warwick Keates as they take the audience behind the scenes of the project's conception, design development, and delivery.

This engaging presentation explores how architecture, landscape architecture, planning, culture, history, and community aspirations were woven together to create a place of lasting significance. Through insights into the co-design process, working with cultural knowledge , key challenges, and moments of innovation, Ashley and Warwick reveal the thinking that shaped a project now recognised for its design excellence and contribution to public life.

Whether you are a design professional, student, or community member, this presentation offers a unique opportunity to understand how thoughtful, place-based design can celebrate identity, strengthen connection, and leave a lasting legacy for future generations.