Melbourne’s Docklands gets a facelift
It’s always nice when a shed gets a facelift, and Melbourne’s Docklands is slowly transforming from an area full of sheds into a slick, urban and commercial community. This shed was a former train freight discharge terminal, or big goods shed, and is now set to house shops, eateries and offices. A walkway through a centre atrium gives a spacious, luminous feeling to energise the space, and with a high energy rating, environmental concerns have also been incorporated. The most important part is that with all that glass, lights and large spaces, it will be a treat to hang around this old goods shed which is scheduled for completion at the end of 2009.
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Marcus said | 7 May, 2009
Really? The old Rail terminal has amazing shape and is the most distinct building in the area linking it back to the original use. I love light and this should ‘open up’ the building, but the constructivist/modernist right angles of the glass edgings at either end (especially the entrance from Collins St) don’t seem to fit at all. The original building is dominated by these bold, flat planes and I can only hope the visualisation over-emphasises them greatly. Let the building speak for itself, or is this design about maximising leasable real estate? Please don’t **** up one of the gems in Docklands.