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在伊丽莎白街，这种无缝状态强化了已经存在的历史；自动扶梯、楼梯和电梯强调了历史的入口和上面钟楼的轴线。西方广场本身是宽敞的，但也是定向的和不言自明的，帮助旅行者找到她的路。沿着波光粼粼的西边景色建造的大拱廊，为人们提供了一个呼吸的绝佳场所，在头顶上放着咖啡或其他东西，头顶上的“金色”天花板上有着闪闪发光的圆顶，这让墨尔本人想起了他们的第一个黄金时代，也是最大的发现-“欢迎陌生人”(WelcomStranger)。从这里连接到北岸就在下面，通过自动扶梯电梯和楼梯，可以直接进入南岸人行桥或其他的沙岭桥和更远。

At Elizabeth Street this seamlessness reinforces the history already there; the escalators, stairs and lifts emphasize the historic entry and the axis of the clock tower above. The Western concourse itself is spacious but also directional and self-explanatory, helping the traveler find her way. The grand arcade along the rippling western view provides the perfect place to take a breather, with coffee or something more while overhead the “golden” ceiling with its sparkling domes, reminds Melbournians of their first golden age and the biggest find of all, the “Welcome Stranger”. From here the links made to the north bank just below, by escalator lift and stair, provide access either directly to the Southbank Footbridge or otherwise to the Sandridge Bridge and beyond.

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也许这个项目的主要功能是改善弗林德斯街车站分局作为一个市民和公共交通枢纽。在本质上，我们寻求增加跨方式和行人的通透性，但不仅以机械的方式，而且作为一种公民和文化的经验。行人、电车和城市领域之间的关系成为我们理解这个区域的关键。我们已将电车驶入车站附近，有北行及西行电车登车，并直接落车在行人路上，使我们可以提高交通效率，扩阔行人径，创造一种无缝和完整的行人体验。

Perhaps the primary function of this project is to improve the Flinders Street Station precinct as a civic and public transport hub. In essence we have sought to increase inter-modal and pedestrian permeability, yet not only in a mechanical fashion but also as a civic and cultural experience. The relationship between pedestrian traffic, trams, and the urban realm became crucial to our understanding of this precinct. We have brought the trams in close to the station with northbound and westbound trams boarding and alighting directly onto the footpath, this afforded us traffic efficiencies that allowed us to widen the footpaths, creating a seamless and integrated pedestrian experience.

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要改善车站的交通功能，以及改善车站与市区及其他交通工具的联系，必须考虑到墨尔本最近公共交通使用量激增，以及预计在未来十年内，弗林德斯街站的平日乘客量将会增加一倍以上。

The imperative to improve the transport function of the station and its connection with the urban realm as well as other transport modes must be considered in the context of Melbourne’s recent surge in public transport usage and the anticipation that weekday patronage at Flinders Street Station will more than double within the next decade.

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特别注意乘客的经验和在通勤高峰期间为行人流动提供适当的通行能力，以及特别活动。在一个关键的2046上午高峰，该站将容纳105，000人在两个小时内的移动。约有55，000架次的车辆将下落不明，40，000架次将与其他列车或MMRT换乘，10，000架次将从街上入境。

Particular attention was focused on passenger experience and the provision of appropriate circulation capacity for pedestrian movement during periods of commuter peak usage, as well as special events. During a critical 2046 AM peak the station will accommodate 105,000 movements over a two hour period. Nearly 55,000 movements will be alighting movements to the street, 40,000 movements will interchange with other trains or the MMRT and 10,000 movements will be inbound from the street.

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新的西部广场将沿月台的长度分配乘客。从街道到站台的通道偏向东端。这种垂直流通将充分满足所有高峰需求。大堂设计方便开放和清晰的移动以及被动监视。重新设计的东部广场的能见度模型有助于完善布局，以补充寻路策略，并通过提供一致的视觉连接来最小化路标系统。

The new western concourse will distribute passengers along the length of the platforms. Platform access from street is biased towards the east end. This provision of vertical circulation will adequately cater for all peak demands. The concourse designs facilitate open and clear movement as well as passive surveillance. Visibility modelling of the re-designed eastern concourse has helped refine a layout that will complement the wayfinding strategy and minimise signage systems through the provision of consistent visual connections.

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这项建议包括部分拆卸车站大楼内一些很少或根本没有重要意义的建筑物，以及兴建大量新建筑物、扩建历史建筑物及其他改建工程。这项建议将有助严格和有创意地改善这个注册文物地点，并确保现时接近冗余的车站行政大楼获得重要的新用途。按照设想，这项建议不会对弗林德斯街火车站综合大楼的既定文化遗产重要性造成不利影响，也不会从弗林德斯街和斯旺斯顿街的关键有利点来看，主导注册遗产地的视觉设置。

The proposal, which involves partial demolition of some building elements which are of little or no significance in the Station Complex, and the construction of substantial new buildings, extensions to historic fabric and other alterations, will serve to rigorously and creatively upgrade this registered heritage place and guarantee vital new uses for the currently near redundant Station Administration Building. The proposal, as envisaged, will not detrimentally impact upon the established cultural heritage significance of the Flinders Street Railway Station Complex, nor will the proposal dominate the visual setting of the registered heritage place when viewed from the critical vantage points in Flinders Street and Swanston Street.

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这项建议是一个重要的概念，在尊重、保留和维持该地方的重要文化意义的同时，首次有效地将弗林德斯街火车站大楼与雅拉河连接起来。弗林德斯街车站确实是这个城市的一个标志，也是一个相当大的障碍。在探索提高渗透率的方法时，我们发现了各种令人兴奋的可能性。

The proposal is a vital concept which, whilst respecting, retaining and maintaining the essential cultural significance of the place, has for the first time, effectively linked the Flinders Street Railway Station Complex with the Yarra River. Flinders Street Station is indeed an icon for the city and a considerable obstacle. In exploring the means to improve permeability both east/west and north/south we have discovered various exciting possibilities.

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我们的比喻使用行波、反射、振幅和传播。我们的计算机模拟使用动画，涟漪和元数据，让我们想知道还有什么完美的灵感可能来自这个Birrarung，“这个薄雾和阴影的地方”，这个关于什么是流动和泛滥的“Yarra”，这是另一个黄金，这样的梦想。

Our metaphor uses travelling waves, reflection, amplitude and propagation. Our computer simulation uses animation, ripples and metablobs to let us wonder at what other perfect inspiration might spring from this Birrarung, “this place of mist and shadow”, this mishearing of what was flow and flooding “Yarra Yarra”, this other gold, this kind of dreaming.

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整体来说，我们的计划旨在找出适当的平衡，包括三重底线、一项符合市民比例的物有所值的建议、一项可以促进我们已经拥有的财富的计划，以及我们只能猜测的对未来的期望。

Overall, our scheme aims to find the proper balance of a triple bottom line, a value-for-money proposal of civic proportions, a scheme that can facilitate the riches we already have and expectations of the future we can only guess.