Dandenong Lonsdale Street

After at least 3 years of effort by our team, BKK, TCL, artist David Sequeira, VicUrban and the City of Greater Dandenong we finally got to complete one of our favourite projects of all time: Lonsdale Street in Dandenong.

Lonsdale St has been totally transformed from a car-centric busy road to a pedestrian-focussed space with excellent public trasport facilities and a public realm designed for people instead of cars.  This has manifested in a whole new layout, stone paving, new trees, seating, open space and plantings.  But for us the jewel in the crown of the project has to be the light sculpture which runs the length of Lonsdale Street, some 600m.  It comprises a series of light sticks, custom designed for the project, with a glowing LED top section. Each stick is a slightly different colour to its neighbour, collectively showing a rich spectrum and representing the myriad cultures that exist in Dandenong, one of the most ethnically diverse areas in Australia.