The Swell is a stepped landscape that ascends upwards from the museum plaza to shelter the Metromover station and create a floating civic space. A pair of escalators pass through the Swell allowing direct access from the museums and park to the station. At its most turbulent moments the Swell arcs and rears to reveal glimpses into the station also creates boundaries and vegetated walls. At its calmer moments the smooth, twisting stairs create pockets of program for visitors to activate. As the Swell drifts up and follows the rail, it becomes an icon of the Metromover system as it passes over I-395.
The propsed Parkline/Swell station is located between the Miami Art Museum and Science Museum and elevated to align with the adjacent plaza, creating a visual and physical connection to the surroundings. Sheltered by the form of the Swell which rises up and over the station, a structural, living green wall frames the platform edges, screening the Metromover riders from highway traffic to the north. Apertures in the diagrid screen and the concrete form frame views from the platform to Museum Park to the south and create glimpses of the Metromover cars as the enter and exit the station......more
