Towradgi Station
Towradgi Station is on the land of the Wodi Wodi Dharawal people. Consultation with Traditional Custodians saw stories of the ‘seven warriors’ story in the adjacent park and the ocean emerge as being important for the site.
The transition between these two different storylines has been carefully interwoven into the design, with gestures of the escarpment at its tree canopy at the upper levels of the station, and the ocean at the lower levels. Passengers move from one to the other, as though moving from the mountains to the sea.
Seven Warriors
The seven trees located in close proximity to the station are regarded as symbolic guardians—or protectors—of the place. A visual motif of the canopies of these trees continues from the adjacent parkland into the perforated screens along the footbridge, flowing through the station.
The design is stratified, with the rough textured base of the tree imprinted into concrete lift shafts, and the the smoother, lighter limbs and leaf canopy expressed in the perforated metal footbridge screen as well as the glass of the lift shafts.
Saltwater Story
The saltwater and ocean story is interpreted through a water and wave motifs that are inlaid into concrete retaining walls flanking the tracks and platforms and pathways in the the adjacent park.
