Finalists for Frankston train station design competition unveiled

FROM sand dunes to space age designs, five very different concepts have been shortlisted in a competition to design a new train station in Melbourne’s southeast.

This futuristic design by architect Supermanouevre has been shortlisted in the Frankston train station redevelopment design competition.

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FROM sand dunes to space age designs, five very different concepts have been shortlisted in the competition to design Frankston’s new train station.

Architects from Grimshaw, Genton, Cullinan Ivanov, Supermanouvre as well as Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper were chosen from a field of 39 who submitted their visions for the precinct.

A panel chaired by Victorian Government architect Jill Garner selected the five, who will now work with experts to produce a more detailed design concept.

A design by architect Cullinan Ivanov is among the finalists.

The winner will be announced in March, with construction expected to start at the end of 2017.

Ms Garner said that while she wasn’t looking for anything particular, the winning designs had to work with the existing network in Frankston.

“They are all very different, but that wasn’t intentional,” Ms Garner said. “I’m really excited about what could be.”

Timber decking is among the features in this Grimshaw Architects design.

Another space age design by Genton Architecture. Picture: Supplied

Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Frankston state Labor MP Paul Edbrooke, who met with the finalists at the Frankston Revitalisation Hub last week, said the competition generated a lot of interest.

Ms Allan said the station was going to be bigger and better than ever before.

“We’re doing it with the help of the local community and the best architectural minds from across the country,” Ms Allan said.

An impression of the new Frankston train station by Luke Farrugia and Andrew Shaper. Picture: Supplied

The current Frankston train station.

Rebuilding the station is the centrepiece of the Government’s $63 million transformation of the Frankston rail precinct.

Work is already under way to give Young St a facelift, expected to be finished by April, creating safer and easier access to the station.

To view the five designs, visit the Frankston Project Hub on the corner of Young and Balmoral streets (opposite the station) or go to transport.vic.gov.au/frankston-station-precinct-redevelopment