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all competition #contest - The Victorian Government has committed to a $1 million prize pool for an international design competition to help rejuvenate and restore Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street Station.

The Government will be looking for the best ideas from around the world to re-energise the station and its surrounds while making sure integral heritage features are maintained.

Designs will be expected to address the station’s transport function, heritage requirements, urban design and integration with its surrounds as well as providing a value for money proposal.

The competition will be conducted in accordance with the Australian Institute of Architects competition guidelines and international best practice.

Work is currently under way to consult with key stakeholders and write a detailed project brief for competition entrants.

Anne Dalton & Associates has been appointed as the Probity Advisor for the competition. The Probity Advisor has a key role advising the project team in relation to integrity of decision making and will work closely with the Competition Advisor when appointed.

International Design Contest Guidelines

The design competition will be conducted in accordance with the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) guidelines. The AIA has been consulted and endorses the competition.

Short-listed entrants will receive a honorarium to assist with costs associated with participation in the second stage of the competition.

The objectives of the competition are to:

* upgrade the station to its former glory, in the tradition of other great cities around the world, as a Victorian and international icon and a centrepiece of the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD);

* restore and protect the Administration Building and other heritage elements and to include adaptive re-use;

* improve all aspects of the transport function of the station and adjacent transport modes and cater for significant growth in transport patronage;

* better integrate the station with the surrounding precincts that have grown up around it including Federation Square, and provide better linkages between the CBD and the Yarra River;

* better utilise the land adjacent to rail and air space above rail on the western portion of the site;

* provide significant civic space while allowing for a distinctive and memorable architectural outcome with a mix of uses; and

* provide a value-for-money solution capable of utilising public and private funding sources.

website: http://www.majorprojects.vic.gov.au/flinders-street-station-design-competition/home