HASSELL + Herzog & de Meuron won the $1 million international design competition for the redevelopment of the historic Flinders Street Station in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The decision by the competition jury was unanimous. The project will turn the station into a modern 21st century transport hub while retaining its best known heritage features and buildings. It transforms the site into a new civic precinct with a major public art gallery, a public plaza, an amphitheatre, marketplace, and a permanent home for arts and cultural festival organisations. Flinders Street Station is the hub of Melbourne's fixed rail network with connections to other transport modes. It sits on a 4.68 hectare site on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River, adjacent to the city's Federation Square and important arts and cultural institutions. The HASSELL + Herzog & de Meuron proposal pulls all these elements together. The Government of the Australian State of Victoria first announced the competition in November 2011. The final result was announced today by the Premier of Victoria, Denis Napthine. The competition attracted 117 entries. The winning proposal was selected from six short-listed entries by a jury chaired by the Victorian Government Architect, Professor Geoffrey London. The winning entry is the work of a global team comprising the renowned Swiss based architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron, HASSELL (Melbourne) and Purcell (London) as heritage consultants. The Premier of Victoria, Denis Napthine, announced HASSELL + Herzog & de Meuron as the winner of the Flinders Street Station competition. HASSELL Principal and project leader Mark Loughnan responded on behalf of HASSELL. http://www.hassellstudio.com/en/cms-news/hassell-herzog-de-meuron-win-flinders-street-station-competition http://www.hassellstudio.com/en/cms-projects/detail/flinders-street-station-

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