An intervention: Redeveloping Flinders Street Station: It now seems a billion dollar project is out of the question. This project proposes small phased upgrades as being more suitable for the site that strengthen the community.
Backround:
The project is on hold due to a lack of community gain and consensus. This proposal has small phased interventions to win the trust of the public. It proposes moving forward with shortlisted architects and more. Under a design umbrella with diverse built forms and small scale interventions.
Backround:
Kevin McCloud MBE has decided that we should “Leave it alone”
There is debate about the peoples choice award and the winner. A debate about a roof vs public space. We are all part of this conversation.
Can we move forward by finding a middle ground?
This competition was the positive catalyst to secure the future of the station.
Let’s all work together to create a better future for Flinders Street Station.
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this relationship... Is that acceptable?
Priority Number 1: Restore & save the station with a small seed project such as a crèche.
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this relationship... Is that acceptable?
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this relationship... Is that acceptable?
Make good the existing building and embrace a new future.
Add some Victorian tiles for an old world feeling.
4 Diverse Built Forms... A collaboration
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Built Forms:
Key Views:
Iconic landmark and emblem the centre of political life.
Flinders St station an icon of Melbourne.
Does the Houses of Parliament in London setting bear a resemblance to Flinders St Station context from the river? Protected view?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this Cinematic Ensemble
Is that acceptable?
How can we fix this?
You enter an iconic heritage train station that has had it’s heritage extended and symmetry balanced.
What does it look like?
Flinders Street Station from St Pauls
What was the process for this?
Current:
Original :
Anchor Building
Process diagram:
Proposed:
New Axial Lane
Cultural blackhole
You walk down a new Degraves like lane that acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on a sunrise Stonehenge style axis aligned with Federation Square. Your now in a close relationship with a new space. Melbourne’s newest laneway secret....
Are you ready to enter the Melbourne’s newest laneway?
Dreamtime...
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
-Two stately heritage elevations activated
-Two new lanes
-Direct sight lines & sunrises from Federation Square
-A new public space
-Maybe even a School...
Why hide an iconic heritage facade?
Lets interact with it...
Heritage & Indigenous culture acting in unity
What is Melaru?
A new lookout and tourist attraction vantage point requires Indigenous input.
References the Kata Tjuta.
What does it have to do with Flinders Street Station?
Flinders Street Station needs a more mature relationship with Federation Square in order to move forward with unity. Lets resolve these issues now...
Cloaked covering the Reichstag in Berlin
A shattered History Intervention: Western Shard redesigned as an Indigenous shard.
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this relationship... Is that acceptable?
Have you seen Victoria’s Secret?
Most Flinders St Station entries significantly reduce this relationship... Is that acceptable?
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright once remarked:
That a doctor can bury his mistakes, while an architect ‘‘can only advise his client to plant more vines’’.
Urban Camouflage :
What could this proposal give the community?
4 x New views
2 x Lanes
1 x School (ARM)
1 x Crèche
1 x Police Station
1x Melaru 1 x Doctor & Dentist 1 x Gym 1 x Yoga Studio 1 x Hotel 1 x Hostel 1 x Supermarket
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Retail Apartments Affordable Housing
and more...
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Urban Forest
3000 x Bicycle spaces
Are there specific measures that might be taken immediately to prepare for the future?
We invite you to Judge our scheme and provide feedback or support.
This is the opportunity for Melbourne to prove Heritage, Modernity, Indigenous Culture, Transport and community can win....
Don’t wait now is the time to act...
Otherwise we may miss the last train...
"She gathers strength as she goes."
intervention@spacerepublica.com
PRESENTED AS PART OF: REFERENCES:
http://www.majorprojects.vic.gov.au/project/flinders-street-station/ http://vote.majorprojects.vic.gov.au/ http://www.spacerepublica.com/ http://artinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1239310/Program_Heritage.pdf
For image and content credits refer to competition entry.
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