Rural Studio: "Establishing the ethos of recycling, reusing and remaking"
The environment has over time been subject to increased greenhouse gas emissions leading to global warming due to the production of waste. For the reason the light rail stop has the purpose to highlight the theme of sustainability. It consists of recycled materials, notably the tunnel which is reusing old water tanks, cutting then joining them together to make a unique tunnel shape. As the Rural Studio state, recycling and reusing are essential factors to reduce the waste emission into the environment..
Adolf Loos: "A blank canvas can be more"
The 'blank canvas' of the light rail structure a large wall on the side furthest away from the UNSW Main Entrance. It has two purposes - one is to support the surrounding objects, notably the platform and the elevator and stairs. The other purpose is to divide the road to retain a lane which other vehicles can drive through.
One consideration when designing a light rail stop outside the university was whether to clear any existing structures to accommodate the light rail. However, land clearing has been shown to destroy habitats and increase carbon emissions and reducing sustainability on the land. Loos' concept and thus be effectively applied into the light rail stop to high light sustainability.
