The highly-scrutinised government-led Lot Fourteen project involves a complex mixed-use response to a prominent CBD fringe site that is already embedded in the psyche of Adelaide locals. There are certain places that occupy special places in the consciousness of the city because they have cultural meaning that can be parlayed into social and economic capital; the vast former-Royal Adelaide Hospital site on which Lot Fourteen now resides is one such site.

Renewal SA engaged Right Angle to develop a set of guiding documents to not only clarify the Place Vision for the entire precinct, but also to motivate stakeholders as the project moved out of the theoretical and into the delivery stages. Our job was to understand the full breadth of government interest in Lot Fourteen and ensure that in describing how it would be in the future there was no diminishing of the cultural, social, environmental and economic potential of the site.

Working closely with the client, multiple government agencies, the Kaurna Nations Cultural Heritage Association, an economic consultant and the design team, Right Angle was able to articulate a Place Vision for Lot Fourteen that secured funding and has led to the creation of a global precinct with a focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, research, education and tourism, significantly contributing to job growth and the South Australian economy. Lot Fourteen is an integral part of the state’s innovation network and an exciting environment for global companies, start-ups and organisations from the high-tech, space, defence and creative industries. As Lot Fourteen evolves it will house an Innovation Hub designed by John Wardle Architects, multiple cultural and commercial buildings for organisations like the Australian Space Discovery Centre as well as renewed and reimagined heritage buildings.

The process of articulating the proposition within a singular Place Vision for Lot Fourteen has identified many opportunities for elevating the project from what could have been a grab bag of disconnected buildings into a coherent, connected and creative precinct.

Right Angle’s work on Lot Fourteen has now been presented to the South Australian Premier, Chief Executive of the Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Chief Entrepreneur. It is used by design, marketing, economic and leasing teams as the North Star for this historic site.