City-shaping

Media January 28, 2025

First designs for the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport Line unveiled

InDesign Live reveals a first look at Hassell’s designs for Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport. Monumental in scope, the project includes six new stations and precincts, and a maintenance and operations depot, all connected by a 23-kilometre corridor of newly restored Cumberland Plain landscape.

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Three cities, three metros: The changing role of urban transport design in Australia

Australia’s new metro projects are reshaping more than just transit networks; they’re reimagining how urban areas link vital corridors, strengthen communities, and embed First Nations heritage into the heart of our cities.

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Bradfield Central Park

Honouring the Cumberland Plain as expressed by the Traditional Custodians, our design for Bradfield Central Park offers a new typology of urban space for Australia, demonstrating how a city space can help heal Country.

News November 22, 2024

Hassell wins global competition to reimagine Shanghai’s gateway

Hassell has been named the winner of the prestigious international design competition for the Sanchagang Port Green Space in Pudong, Shanghai.

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Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport

Marking a generational milestone in Sydney’s urban development, Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport exemplifies how research-led design can respect First Nations Australians and the concept of Country while facilitating a dynamic future.

News September 30, 2024

First designs for the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport line by Hassell unveiled

Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport is a city-shaping infrastructure project set to transform Australia’s Western Sydney Aerotropolis region.

News September 09, 2024

Five insights into Melbourne’s new Anzac Station

Anzac Station – the third of five new stations to be finished for the forthcoming Metro Tunnel Project in Melbourne, Australia – is ready for testing ahead of the underground rail line’s grand opening in 2025.

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News June 28, 2024

Hassell wins Shanghai Chongming Line international design competition

More than just a transit route, the Chongming Metro Line lies at the heart of a strategic initiative aimed at steering Shanghai toward a future of sustainable urban development.

Media May 14, 2024

Concept design unveiled for first stage of University of NSW Canberra City (UNSW) campus

The draft concept design for the first stage of UNSW’s Canberra City campus development has been unveiled. The Hassell-designed concept was guided by Country with the buildings ​‘designed for adaptability, flexibility and agility to cater for the university’s immediate and long-term needs’.

News May 10, 2024

Longgang River: a blueprint for waterfront revitalisation

Hassell has been working on the transformation of various parts of a 23.6km section of Longgang River in Shenzhen, China, based on our overall master plan. In early 2023, phase one of the project opened to the public.

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Everyone needs an address: solving the housing crisis

Our Making More Homes roundtable and installation at Perth Design Week highlighted Australia’s housing crisis and demonstrated the potential of collaboration to drive meaningful change.
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