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King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Zaha Hadid Architects

Saturday, May 18th, 2013

Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects

The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new Riyadh Metro network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line 4 (for passengers to the airport) and Line 6. The local monorail can also be accessed from the station via a skybridge. With six platforms over four public floors and two levels of underground car parking, the KAFD Metro Station will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district, responding to the functional requirements of a multimodal transport centre and the district’s future vision. The project extends beyond the simple station typology to emphasize the building’s importance as a dynamic, multi-functional public space; not only an intermediate place perceived through quick transitions, but also a dramatic public space for the city.

Image courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects

Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project: King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: 2012 / 2017
Client: ArRiyadh Development Authority
Project Director: Gianluca Racana, Filippo Innocenti
Project Architect: Fulvio Wirz, Gian Luca Barone
Design Team: Alexandre Kuroda, Fei Wang, Lisa Kinnerud, Jorge Mendez-Caceres
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services: Buro Happold
Transport and Civil Engineering: Buro Happold
Fire Engineering: Buro Happold
Façade Consultant: NewTecnic
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
Size: 20,434 m2
Levels: 4 above ground, 2 below ground (car parking)

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Cidade Nova Metro Station and Footbridge in Avenida Presidente Vargas, Brazil by JBMC Architecture (designed using AutoCAD and SketchUp)

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Article source: JBMC Architecture

Cidade Nova Metro Station and Footbridge are located on Presidente Vargas Avenue, Gamboa, downtown Rio de Janeiro. Already under construction in a stretch of elevated tracks, Cidade Nova will enable the integration between the two existing lines, playing a key role in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Image Courtesy Nelson Kon

Architects: João Batista Martinez Corrêa Architect
Project: Cidade Nova Metro Station and Footbridge
Location:Avenida Presidente Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ – Brazil.
Client/ Developer: Metro Rio
Completion Date: 2010
Size: 4297 sqm (Station), 1824 sqm (Footbridge)
Awards: 1st Prize Magazine Arquitetura e Contrução – Category Urban Intervention – 2011 Shortlisted at World Architectural News Awards 2009 – Category “Urban Design”.
Software used: AutoCAD and SketchUp

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Gautrain Rapid Rail Link in Johannesburg, South Africa by Bentley Architect

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Article source: Carol Minton

From the day it was publicly announced in February 2000, the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link has been described in superlatives: “one of the biggest rail project under construction in the world,” “the largest infrastructure project in Africa,” and “the biggest public-private partnership South Africa has yet seen.” Bombela Concession Company, a consortium of private companies in partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Government, is developing this project and has committed to measurable socio-economic development obligations aimed at stimulating economic growth, development, and job creation.

Rhodesfield exterior (Image Courtesy Gautrain)

Project: Gautrain Rapid Rail Link
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Organization: Gautrain
Photographer: Gautrain
Software used: Bentley ProjectWise

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Rennes metro station in Rennes, France by Atelier Zündel & Cristea

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

At the start, we wanted to define for ourselves what a metro station is: it acts as a marker along the metro line’s trajectory, an easily accessible public space with simple and fluid pathways, clear and intelligible signage. Our project, addressing the metro station stop “Gare (Train station) – Line B” in Rennes, attempts to render concrete and visible this new conception of the metro’s urban significance by concentrating on intelligibility and on the quality of the station’s space.