INNER-CITY AUGMENTATION

摘要

Tourists, shoppers and pedestrians enjoying inner-city Melbourne's Yarra River might give the blocky, grey and red-paneled building situated on Dodds Street no more than a curious glance as they walk past. With a design fusing practical science with a tinge of modern art, the recently commissioned $55 million Southbank zone substation blends into its surroundings, exactly as intended by Melbourne distributor, CitiPower. The substation is a key electricity distribution hub for CitiPower's distribution network, ensuring the security and reliability of electricity supply in one of Melbourne's most sophisticated and busy inner-city precincts, while catering for significant expected growth in demand for electricity in the area. With nearly three times the capacity of its predecessor, it will supply a larger area including the southern parts of the CBD.