SYDNEY METRO CITY LINE ON TRACK FOR GREATNESS

The new Sydney Metro City line is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Australia – and it has moments of the sublime.
By Naomi Stead.

"The Waterloo station building – designed by John McAslan + Partners – might also be the pick of the bunch for architects, who will admire its disciplined rationality, the scale and proportion of its grand concourse and its tough but generous interface to the street."

"A special case is the new Metro platform at Central – designed by Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners – because it was added beneath the existing railway station, complementing the grand new intercity train concourse that opened last year. I was surprised by how much I liked this Metro, its platform slid under the original heritage sandstone building. The way the light washes down the fibre-cement panel walls makes them look upholstered, undulating in pillowy bulges. Rose Nolan’s artwork All Alongside of Each Other makes a joyful contribution to the space."

"Once you’ve tasted the future, it’s hard to go back to the infrastructure of the past."

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image: Waterloo Station Sydney ©Peter Bennetts