Project
Auckland City Rail Link stations by Grimshaw
A newly operational, NZ$5.493 billion transit project combines major urban infrastructure with a system-wide architectural language developed through Māori cultural narratives. The three stations offer a substantive case study in Indigenous design partnership, integrated public art, repeatable station components and place-specific material expression.
- Location
- Te Waihorotiu, Karanga-a-Hape and Maungawhau stations, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Organizations
- City Rail Link Limited — Client and project delivery entity; Link Alliance — Delivery alliance and contractor for the principal stations, tunnels and rail systems; Grimshaw — Station architecture design lead and urban-interface design lead; WSP New Zealand Limited — Architecture partner; landscape architecture; structural, services, fire, HVAC, acoustic, sustainability and lighting design within Link Alliance; AECOM New Zealand Limited — Engineering, façade, acoustic and sustainability consulting within Link Alliance; City Rail Link Mana Whenua Forum — Cultural design partner representing eight mana whenua iwi; Maynard Design — Signage and wayfinding; Silvester Clark Consulting Engineers — Seismic design; Omexom New Zealand — Electrical contractor; Tonkin + Taylor Limited — Geotechnical engineer and Link Alliance design participant; Thermosash Commercial Limited — Façade systems, cladding, glazing, external shading and screens; Rokane Ltd — Suspended ceilings; Metal Concepts Ltd — Threshold ceilings and specialist metalwork; Jackson Industries — Precast moulds and architectural formwork; The Tile People — Basalt and porcelain cladding and terrazzo flooring; Project Unite Limited — Roofing; Sansom Construction Systems Ltd — Membrane roofing and waterproofing; Enterprize Steel Ltd — Structural steel; Macweld — Structural steel; Aurecon — Lead of the earlier technical-advisory consortium and reference-design work; Jasmax — Early definition and reference design; subsequent owner-verifier role; Mott MacDonald — Earlier business-case and technical-advisory work; Bennetts Studio Pty Ltd — Photography for the selected publisher story, credited to Peter Bennetts
- Source
- Grimshaw
