Final Year Design Thesis- Reconception of a Train Station

RE-CONCEPTION OF A TRAIN STATION REDFERN FUTURE PROJECTION RESEARCH AND PROPOSAL

SIMON CHAN

Content Page part 1_event studies NYE, Regular Day & Anzac Day part 2_ benchmark study Stuttgart Main Station part 3_ site analysis Redfern part 4_ intervention University of Sydney Station

Underground Underground Train lines Train lines

Event areas and Event areas and Station interchange Station interchange

Topography Topography

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THE BACKDROP OF EVENTS THE BACKDROP OF EVENT

PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK

PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK

NEW YEARS EVE

09:30 Crowd competing for best spots

13:00 More crowds gather around the Harbour

17:00 More crowds starting to gather, people off work join-in

00:00 Fireworks commence

01:30 People going home after the fireworks

-The peak hours on NYE are slightly shorter then a regular day, some people will take a day off for celebration.

-People who don’t work on the day will gather around the harbour early to fight for a good spot for fireworks.

-After work and fireworks, some will stay back for party till the next day.

-Huge crowds going home after the fireworks.

Train service will go on until 04:27 the next day.

REGULAR DAY

07:45 Morning queue at Artarmon Station

08:00 Milsons point

08:15 Working force at North Sydney

08:30 Going out of Wynyard Station On an average day, the morning peak (07:3009:30) and the afternoon peak (17:30-19:30) accounts for most of the train line activities.

The packed cabins and platforms presents a different sense of public space. People try to be at ease in this spontaneous and intimate distances, escape into various anti-social behaviour, such as napping, texting and listening to music.

8:45 Heading to office at CBD

ANZAC DAY

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03:00 Refreshment at Wynyard

03:30 Before dawn service, Martin Place

04:15 Dawn Service in the rain

09:30 Morning Parade along George Street On Anzac Day, Dawn service at Martin Place starts 04:15, trains services start at 3:00 to Accommodate the crowd.

Major events on the day include: 09:30 Morning Parade on George Street 12:30 Commemoration at Hyde park 13:00 Indigenous Anzac March at Redfern 17:00 Sunset Service at Martin Place.

12:45 Afternoon Commemoration at Hyde Park

The general public will also gather around RSLs and bars for commemoration.

we were warned at the very beginning, a project in this scale requires a different kind of thinking...decisions of demolitions should be done if necessary, but wisely.

BEING BRUTAL MIGHT BE THE WAY OUT

BENCH MARK CASE STUDY

Stuttgart Main Station - part of the Stuttgart 21 Development Ingenhowen and Partners, in collaboration with Frei Otto

SEWING THE URBAN FABRIC Stuttgart Main Station

RAIL LINE PLAN OF STUTTGART

URBAN DISCONNECTION:

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The old station track cuts off the connection of the city centre, sacrificing pedestrian flow between the two sides. The main road in front of the station lies on a wiped-out plaza, rendering the station an island.

The new proposal creates a public space in place of the original track to re-integrate the urban fabric.

It also facilitates connection across the road, bringing the station and the Kings Street pedestrian zone together. The new design serves as the meeting point between the old city and the new development.

Old Stuttgart Main Station

New Stuttgart Main Station

Minimize Environmental Impact Underground water of Stuttgart

The precious underground mineral water is taken into consideration during the design of the rail line, in order to preserve such important natural feature and minimize the destruction of the construction to the nature.

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Vertical Circulation

Major Network of City Centre of Stuttgart

New Railway Line

Main traffic routes

Pedestrian Path

Important Heritages

Proposed Alteration

The two wings of the original station and the tracks are demolished for mixed use development, leading to controversies.

The new Stuttgart Central Station is a forward looking station; it integrates the fabric of existing city, protects the country side, requires no land use and promotes future development

REDFERN - SITE ANALYSIS

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The study shows the point of congestion within the study perimeter, the congestion focuses around the vicinity of the train station, along Lawson Street towards the Sydney University

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Lack of urban cohesion, causing in-efficient pedestrian flow

Serving the Virtual Communities The current Redfern Station serves mainly for the students of the Sydney University, which had 47,775 students in 2009 and the Australian Technology Park with Channel 7 office housing up to 2000 employees. Causing a huge demand of transport during the peak hours. there is also an influx of new residents and workers set to result from the Redfern- Waterloo urban renewal project.

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Existing Proposal for Redfern

University of Sydney Station

A New Station for Sydney University and ATP in 2030

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Proposing New Station

Untying the knot

“Infrastructure should be a projection of the future, hence the expansion of both Sydney Uni and ATP will be the major concern for the relocation of station.”

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ATP future expansion

The expansion of University of Sydney into the North Eveleigh site, the new master plan will include education building, residential abundant greens pace and retail facilities; the ATP site is also great potential for future development, which will induce a large demand of transportation, exceeding the current situation.

A Design for the Future

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Separation of human and vehicle traffic

Conditioning the Station

Integration of new bus route

Locating the Station

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The Station that Connects and Entertain, before and after the train operates

The project consists of two bridge buildings linked by an open pedestrian bridge; each bridge contains its own program. The first bridge contains the train station and an accessible roof, with gallery space and a nightclub, access via a ramp that is open 24 hours before and after the train operates.

The choice of program is a protest against the current timetable system of train operation, and the mixing of activities that have previously been perceived as incompatible. The second bridge is the University Learning hub, containing small collections of books and digital media, reading room, classrooms and lecture theatre, allowing both individual and collective uses.

The choice of program is a protest against the current timetable system of train operation, and the mixing of activities that have previously been perceived as incompatible

Design Process

Splitting program masses with pedestrian walkway in the middle

Visual Connection to the future access route from ATP

Extending the bridges to connect with urban artefacts

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Public Roof Terrace Gallery Space and Night Club Learning Hub 2F

Station Concourse Learning Hub 1F

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Entrance Staircases

There are many stairs/ benches space along the journey through the bridge, these spaces, almost like a little stadia, hang out space, are places where you can say, ‘ Let’s meet there!’ within the scale of a city.

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The university learning hub allows a wonderful combination of different The universityconsist learning a wonderful combination of different intensions, of hub bothallows individual and collective uses, including lecture intensions, consist of both individual and collective uses, including lecture theatre, classrooms, meeting rooms and abundant of reading spaces. theatre, classrooms, meeting rooms and abundant of reading spaces.

Learning Hub 2F

The shallow floor plans maximise available sunlight, creating ideal reading environment which is crucial to a library

Pedestrian Bridge

A new public domain- the pedestrian bridge aligns with the strong axis linking the north and the south Eveleigh

View from Platform

Station Concourse Station Concourse

the two skylights on the roof of the station visually connects the levels below the two skylights on the roof of the station visually connects the levels below and above, enriching the experience as one approaches the station from the and above, enriching the experience as one approaches the station from the platform platform

“The station in other words becomes a place to stop, to contemplate, to listen and see, to rest and refresh, to talk and exchange.�

Utopian Station by Hans Ulrich Obrist

IMAGINATION is the root of all change

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behind the scene

Simon Chan nomis6891nahc@gmail.com