The site I have chosen is one of Sydney's little gems, Lang Park bounded by York, Lang and Grosvenor Streets. I was immediately attracted to it when I thought of the calming and contemplative nature of Hopper's texturally warm painting. It is also a very appropriate metaphor for a train carriage environment, because outside of the park there is the seamless buzz of motion of cars, especially with the nearby Bradfield Highway linking up to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. But within the site there is a complete juxtaposition to this with a small and open space that is ideal for reflection, rest and relaxation- where this vivid contrast and static nature of the space almost suggests time has stopped.My draft of the encapsulating sentence is 'Equals, enjoying the company of apparent strangers and discovering their inner qualities through the exchange of human experience in a timelessly elevating, harmonising space.' I have tired to construct it in such a way that it hints at the idealistic ambitions for the space, and some of its constantly present contrasts.
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