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MURU GILIGU – METRO MARTIN PLACE PEDESTRIAN LINK, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
LIGHTING DESIGN: ELECTROLIGHT IALD RADIANCE AWARD AND AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Metro Martin Place is the primary station for the new Sydney Metro network. The station is split between north and south concourses, linked at numerous ground and basement-level connections. One of these links, between ofice developments 1 Elizabeth and 39 Martin Place, includes a 67m-long pedestrian tunnel bored through the rock. Muru Giligu – meaning ‘Path of Light’ in the Gadigal language – provides a space for immersive light and sound experiences below ground. (The Gadigal are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands are located in Gadi, on Eora country, the location of Sydney.) The lighting concept is based on two layers of light – static and dynamic – working with a series of audio soundscapes and proximity-sensing, custom-built algorithmic controls platforms to create an immersive experience throughout the space. The result is an organic and ethereal journey of light and sound. It was nominated by The New York Times as one of its 52 Places to Go This Year.
Muru Giligu is currently exhibiting Tina Havelock Stevens’ light and sound piece, Sonic Luminescence. Muru Giligu will also be lit up in different colours at certain times of year, as a part of 1 Elizabeth’s wider acknowledgement of nominated days of significance. ‘The seamless integration of light with the spatial structure responds to movement and time, creating a rhythmic and immersive environment that reimagines the narrow, dim passageway into a surprising and captivating space,’ said one judge.
ARCHITECT: GRIMSHAW ARCHITECTS CLIENT: MACQUARIE BANK
LIGHT + AUDIO PROGRAMMING: IIO/DAVID HAYES
AV+ LIGHTING CONTROLS ENGINEERING: XENIAN
SOUND ARTIST: OTTO REITANO
PHOTOS: ©ROHAN VENN
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