New South Wales
The Transport Access Program (TAP 3) is a 10year, billion dollar project of station precinct upgrades across NSW. Design managed by Transport for NSWs Urban Design Team, the program goes beyond accessibility compliance to deliver bespoke, safe, pedestrianfriendly environments in complex urban neighbourhoods, regional towns, and heritage settings.
The TAP 3 program challenges traditional thinking, bringing an architectural and urban designled process to one of the most heavily regulated sectors within the built environment. The program spans 54 station precincts across city, intercity and regional networks.
It has delivered valuable place benefits that could easily have been abandoned in favour of cost and compliance. Improved access comes hand in hand with urban heat mitigation, Aboriginal and heritage interpretation, intuitive way finding and reduced visual clutter. By championing strong contextual public domain principles from the beginning, these station upgrades move beyond standardisation and repetition to positively contribute to the communities they serve.
Commendation for Urban Design
Transport Access Program – Tranche 3 (‘TAP3′) inserts a client-side architect in every station upgrade, helping define project briefs that make room for bespoke responses and advocating design value in every subsequent discussion. The jury commends Transport for NSW in championing the role of the architect in delivering equitable, high-quality transport infrastructure that puts urban design on an equal footing with core engineering requirements.
Aecom, Technical Advisor
Architectus, Technical Advisor
CCG Architects, Technical Advisor
DesignInc, Technical Advisor
GHD, Technical Advisor
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
