The Train Station

The opportunity to design the new National train station beneath parliament house in Canberra is an incredibly exciting prospect. I guess the reason for it is because I have such fond memories of the grand train stations on England. The division of public and private space, along with the chance to play with scale in a much grander sense than anything I've been able to do before sends a huge variety of ideas through my mind and I literally cannot wait to get into the design phase of this semester. I think being able to work in collaboration with the other group members as well will result in a stronger project for all of us, each with designs that belong together as a set, creating a complete system for the future of Australia. Our brief has been divided into three sections, that of the National Train Station in Canberra, the Regional Centre train station, and the train itself with its inter-locking pods. Jay will design the regional centre, Cat will design the train and I will design the new station for Canberra. While different aesthetically, both the regional centre and national stations will be able to integrate the train pods seamlessly into their own architecture creating new, mobile and flexible spaces from which politicians will be able to both work and travel simultaneously.