WAX was recently involved in the Henley Square Urban Design Competition. Our response was to evoke a South Australian icon, the striped beach tent which remains an essential compliment to a day at the beach. The canvas tent is a recognisable artefact of our local culture with its collection of poles, pegs, and ropes that can be arranged to become a shelter, a destination, a place made.
Our design ‘CANVAS’ used the shade structure, a temporary, almost ephemeral object that delivered a series of unique urban design responses for this important South Australian beach destination.