Laing O’Rourke for Level Crossing Removal Authority
This is one of 85 level crossing removal projects commissioned by the Victorian Government.
Their purpose is to reconfigure intersections that are congested and dangerous, and they enrich their surrounds with great urban design. BKK teamed up with Kyriacou Architects to design and deliver this one.
Merinda Park Station serves Cranbourne, in outer-suburban Melbourne. It’s the penultimate station on the long Cranbourne line.
The new station has vastly improved the experience of train travel to and from Cranbourne, and encouraged more people to use public transport.
Art on the ceiling
A public artwork has brought the new station alive. The ceilings feature Reflections – Past and present by internationally recognised Australian artist Catherine Woo. Constructed from anodised aluminium, its concentric circular patterns are inspired by the area’s ecological history.
“The design is based on the rippling patterns that occur on still water and that would have been a constant feature of the marshland: patterns created by water droplets, or the undulations created around moving reeds or trees that once flourished in the wetland.”
Connecting a new station into its community
A welcoming transport hub that connects community
Relieving traffic with a new landmark
Architectural forms inspired by wondrous, natural basalt column formations