khairunnisa rahmaditia adita
for YIMBY Studio, RMIT 2024
super
passthrough
a proposal for Werribee’s town center that reimagines the train station as more than a commuter stop. By introducing programs like game centers, laundries, and lunch spots, the project encourages residents to live, work, and engage locally.
Werribee is seen as just a place to travel through, not a destination. Its station functions as a terminus, with little to keep people connected. The project asks:how can a station become a hub for daily life, rather than just a gateway to elsewhere?
The proposal introduces small but essential programs: laundries for everyday needs, game centers for leisure, and restaurants serving affordable meals. Together, these create a ‘superpassthrough’—a station that doesn’t just move people, but supports life around it.
The design developed through site observation, mapping commuter patterns, and testing 9 scenarios of ‘supertight living’. By layering programs around the station, the project challenges the idea of efficiency as only about movement, and instead frames it as about local living.
While the proposal reuses forgotten spaces and creates new programs, many groups—commuters, locals, visitors—still remain separate. The spaces are practical and useful, but they don’t automatically build community or belonging. The project highlights both the possibilities and the limits of design in changing social habits.
Superpassthrough was developed in the YIMBY Studio at RMIT Architecture, exploring how small interventions can transform suburban centers. Project by Khai Adita. Mentors: Graham Crist + Jimi Chakma.