{"id":143249,"date":"2025-09-14T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/143249\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:30:14","slug":"edith-cowan-university-unveils-unmissable-media-architecture-for-new-853-million-perth-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/143249\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Cowan University unveils \u2018unmissable\u2019 media architecture for new $853 million Perth campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edith Cowan University\u2019s new campus is set to light up Perth\u2019s skyline with its striking media architecture being revealed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The $853 million project, jointly funded by the Federal and State governments as well as ECU, will feature more than 2800 custom LED fixtures across the building\u2019s facade and a four-storey digital screen inside its foyer, which will be one of the largest indoor displays in Australia.<\/p>\n

The exterior lighting will allow video integration across two sides of the 65,000sqm campus, creating a dynamic public experience in the CBD.<\/p>\n

The foyer screen, spanning 407sqm, will showcase student work, art and digital storytelling.<\/p>\n

Premier Roger Cook said the project would cement Perth\u2019s reputation as a hub for creativity, ambition and possibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of what makes the ECU City project truly extraordinary is the media architecture that powers it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt creates opportunities for industry to partner with education in new and exciting ways, and it cements Perth\u2019s reputation as a city of imagination, ambition and possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal Acting Infrastructure Minister Murray Watt said the development would add a new dimension to Perth\u2019s identity as the \u201cCity of Lights\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor students, staff and anyone passing by, this dynamic display will be unmissable in the city centre,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerth\u2019s reputation as the City of Lights just got an upgrade, with a spectacular display that will light up the skyline like never before.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Treasurer Rita Saffioti said Perth\u2019s skyline would be transformed with ECU City, Yagan Square, the WACA, Optus Stadium and Matagarup Bridge creating a network of illuminated landmarks across the city.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe ECU Perth campus will light up with 2800 custom LED fixtures. Credit: ECU<\/p>\n

\u201cECU City will not only be a visible canvas, it will also train the highly skilled artists, designers, producers and creatives who will go on to work in these fields both here in WA and abroad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The campus is scheduled to open in semester one of 2026 and be home to more than 10,000 students and staff.<\/p>\n

It will be the new home of the WA Academy of Performing Arts, the School of Business and Law, and offer programs in creative humanities, media, cyber security and Indigenous education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edith Cowan University\u2019s new campus is set to light up Perth\u2019s skyline with its striking media architecture being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,505,460,2555,134,44,46,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-143249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-central","14":"tag-design","15":"tag-education","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-perth","19":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}