CENTRAL STATION METRO

CENTRAL STATION METRO


ARTIST:          ROSE NOLAN
CLIENT:          WOODS BAGOT + LAING O'ROURKE

Creative Road was part of the design team for Sydney’s Central Station $955m for the Sydney Metro urban transformation, working with Laing O’Rourke and architecture firms Woods Bagot and John McAslan + Partners.

"All Alongside of Each Other” offers an open and affirmative text-based proposition to celebrate the daily passage of people as they move together through the portal of Sydney’s iconic Central Station.

The artwork – a large-scale red-and-white terrazzo floor drawing – begins with the formal red-and-white typology of the athletics track: parallel lines, circles and arcs. This strong graphic form operates as a marker of time and place as commuters actively follow parallel paths to reach their destination.

Seen on approach from the Eddy Avenue entrance, the polished stainless-steel letters of All Alongside of Each Other function as a sign, beckoning commuters into the grand Northern Concourse. Scaled up and given static form, these words are assigned new meaning within this busy urban environment.  For more, watch here.

Photography: Silversalt Photography

The artwork evokes the constant flow and circularity of daily life. Conceived for the public realm, return commuters become participants in an unfolding experience as they move freely and effortlessly in and across the Sydney Metro concourse space.” Rose Nolan