Objects in Transit
Auckland Railway Station
Auckland
Scope: Concept / Floral Design / Installation
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Built in 1930, Auckland Railway Station was once the city's main railway terminal. For this wedding, instead of using the grand marble foyer where events are usually held, we were drawn further inside — to the former concourse leading towards the platforms.
The soaring ceiling, green staircases and warm yellow tiles immediately caught our attention. The space reminded us of Henri Matisse's The Blue Window — a painting filled with small, playful objects, set against strong fields of blue and warm colour.
That became the starting point for the floral concept.
Rather than creating conventional floral arrangements, we treated the flowers as a collection of objects. Different forms were placed across the original checkerboard floor, almost as if the objects from the painting had stepped out into the station. Once the flowers met the architecture, the whole composition began to move.
The bridal bouquet continued this idea. Designed as a rotating, interactive object rather than a traditional bouquet, it could be moved and played with — a small gesture that echoed the lightness of the entire installation, and our own floral footnote to Matisse.
