Five Australian registered architects have been selected to prepare their vision for the new $50 million Frankston railway station in Melbourne.
Proposals from Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper, Grimshaw Architects, Genton Architecture, Cullinan Ivanov Partnership and Supermanouvre were chosen from 39 anonymous submissions in a national design competition seeking a vision to revitalise the Frankston station precinct.
The finalists will now work with technical experts from the Victorian Government to generate a more detailed design concept for a new station.
A final design will be chosen in March 2017, and the winner will be assigned the role as project architect. Construction will commence before 2018.
The shortlisted architects:
Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper
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The proposal creates “a continuous and contoured ground plane providing universal access and connection.” The station will be a memorable and significant landmark for Frankston through the use of tactile and visual cues.
Grimshaw Architects
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Grimshaw wants “the station precinct to function as a vital civic asset for locals and visitors.” They propose to “integrate the transit interchange with landscape and public spaces.”
Genton Architecture
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Genton’s visualises the “station at the centre of a pedestrian retail zone across young street and a public park running along Fletcher Road adjacent to the Chisholm campus.”
Cullinan Ivanov Partnership
This proposal suggests three stages of redevelopment, which will consist of features such as a landscaped promenade, an elevated boulevard, and an amphitheatre.
Supermanouvre
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Supermanouvre’s proposal, titled Frankston United, integrates a new public plaza and amphitheatre, with a “transportation spine [that provides] a new heart for the city as well as a development plan for re-uniting the CBD with its suburbs.”