Do you agree with the jury's choice for the Flinders Street design competition?

Melbourne’s Flinders Street station redesign competition was won by the Australian/Swiss design team of HASSELL, Herzog and De Meuron.

Their design would see the iconic stations transformed into a festival hub and market place under a vaulted white latticework roof.

Its entry includes a new, major public art gallery, a public plaza, an amphitheatre, a marketplace and a permanent home for arts and cultural festival organisations.

The architects say the cultural heritage and iconic status of the station is protected by the design, with the original Flinders Street building and corner entrance pavilion being retained and paintwork restored to the original colours.

The design is also said to improve access to and from the concourses, while the tram stop between the station and Federation Square is to be overhauled. Taxi ranks will be relocated to Flinders Street and a bike path under the station will link access the river and Elizabeth Street.

It beat five other contenders to win $500,000. The Napthine government has two years to decide whether it will implement the design.

The people’s choice award went to Eduardo Velasquez + Manuel Pineda + Santiago Medina, three students from Melbourne University.

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