Barangaroo Station Park

The design team for Sydney Metro Barangaroo Station had the overarching goal to create an iconic station interface with world class transport infrastructure, serving as a catalyst for development across the entire precinct. The landscape design at Barangaroo Station Park responds to a complex site with a multitude of stakeholders, delivering a significant and interconnecting piece of Barangaroo public domain, respectful of the heritage fabric of the area and well-integrated with the existing public domain.

Barangaroo Station Park is a pivotal piece of landscape architecture that allows commuters and visitors to arrive to a uniquely Sydney transport experience set amongst a re-created landscape setting in the urban environment of Barangaroo’s precinct. Designed as a green space, Barangaroo Station Park links the urban environment of Barangaroo’s commercial and dining precinct, the Walsh Bay Arts District, and the natural elements of the Barangaroo Headland Park and Wulugul Foreshore Walk. The new easily recognisable station entry connects directly at grade with an important interchange for multiple transport modes: walking, cycling, buses and Sydney Metro.

Thousands of people pass through Barangaroo Station every day, with the park and plaza designed so commuters and tourists have easier access to the ever-developing Barangaroo precinct and to areas of the CBD's north that were previously challenging to reach via public transport, including the Wulugul /Barangaroo Foreshore Walk, the Headland Park and Hickson Road theatre district. Designed to provide a living connection to Indigenous and colonial history, with its harbour setting, Barangaroo Boat artwork, open lawn and 50m feature seat, visitors are encouraged to linger; enjoying time with others or a moment in the fresh air enjoying the view.

Extending seamlessly from adjacent public footpaths and ‘read’ as a fully accessible public spaces, the station precinct is an important interchange for multiple transport modes and includes bike parking, taxi facilities, and improved pedestrian access to reduce congestion at nearby stations. The public domain design includes parkland, streetscape, plazas, cycleways, urban, heritage and interpretation elements on a historically significant site that demanded a thoughtful and respectful treatment. Landscaping and plant species choices are a key feature of the Barangaroo Station Park designed so that visitors feel a living connection to the Indigenous narrative within the space. The park has created an accessible green space planted with 168 trees, ferns and shrubs, using mostly native species, to increase biodiversity in the urban environment. Landscape design and species selection reinforce Hickson Road streetscape design principles and continue the Barangaroo Headland Parkland into the Parkland, with tree and understorey planting prioritising pedestrian amenity. The planting strategy allows for successional ecologies over time and will maintain a safe environment of keeping sight lines clear from obstruction. Barangaroo Station Park enables safe and efficient movement on and off the Sydney Metro while also extending the public realm and contributing to the urban environment.