LOCATION: Aubin Grove, Atwell, Perth, Western Australia

PROJECT TYPE/SERVICES: Public Infrastructure/Concept Design & 3D Visuals

PROJECT COST: $80,000,000

Fremantle based Commercial and residential architecture firm Mike Edwards Architecture produced this concept design & images for the Aubin Grove Station proposal at Atwell, Perth.

The $80,000,000 proposal is for a major rail station and bus interchange with 2000 car parking spaces, which would make it the largest 'park and ride' facility in the whole Perth rail network.

The concept design and images were produced in less than four days from a minimal architectural brief for government media release. 

The Concept:

A bold, simple organising structure led to a composition of articulated forms expressing the directions and intersections of pedestrian and rail transport routes. The floating long box/tube expresses the pedestrian access in the east/west direction with an abstract syncopated facade treatment creating an interesting night lighting pattern visible from the train-line and freeway. Carefully chosen colours express a relationship with the building’s landscaped surrounds.

Expressing the north-south linear rail-line direction, a continuous ‘Transperth Green Ribbon’ roof canopy element sails over the platforms and undulates upward and over to encompass the double-volume vertical pedestrian circulation element.

The four light-coloured inverted ’L’ rail-line cover elements invoke pairs of protective hands clasping from either side protecting the platforms from rain, wind and sun. The long horizontal slot windows provide passive surveillance of the platforms from the freeway and station approaches.