Archive for the ‘Railway Station’ Category
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Article source: Andrea Maffei Architects
The conditions of the city all round and the varies infrastructures to be provided has developed the idea of the station as a tentative to string together different urban needs overlapping.The rail line has always divided the city of Bologna in two different parts: on the south the historical centre with monuments and palaces, on the north the industrial districts (so called “Bolognina”) and the Fair designed by Kenzo Tange (1967). The urban layout has followed these differences, regular and rectangular on the north, concentrated and radio centric on the south.
 Image Courtesy Andrea Maffei Architects
- Architects: Andrea Maffei Architects
- Project: Bologna station
- Location: Bologna, Italy
- Program: railway station
- Client: RFI – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana
- Competition time schedule: june 2007- june 2008
- End of construction: tbd
- Design team: Arata Isozaki & Associates (Tokyo), M+T & Partners (Florence)
- Structure: Maurizio Teora (PD), Angelo Mussi (PM), Gabriele Del Mese, Luca Buzzoni, Francesco Uggetti, Giovanni Tecchio, Matteo Codignola, Salvatore Settecasi / Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Mep plants: Pietro Guarisco, Enrico Zara, Alice Quinterio, Nicola Carofano, Alfonso Mastrodicasa / Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Fire security plants: George Faller, Luis Mulinelli / Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Station layout: Leszek Dobrovolsky, Julie-Ann Janko / Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Security program: Barbara Marino/ Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Construction planning: Tom Honnywill / Arup Italia s.r.l., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
- Computer graphic: Miller Hare
- Floor areas: new station- 92,870 sqm., area “Bovi Campeggi”- 58,102 sqm., area “Ex Ie” – 6,710 sqm., area “ex-OMA” - 10,318 sqm.
- Materials: concrete, steel, glass
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Tags: Bologna, Italy
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Article source: Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten
The railway station Hameln was initiated in 1872. After a devastating fire in 1925, it was rebuilt and its structure as well as its access was fundamentally altered.The intervention after the wartime destruction in 1945 and several modifications into the 1980s conducted to fully unrecognizable conditions of the interior structure.Entire elements of the building were run-down and did not feature any functions at all. Some parts of the building were not connecting to the central circulation.
 Image Courtesy © Andreas Braun & Rainer Gollmer
- Architects: Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten
- Project: Station Hameln
- Location: Bahnhofplatz 19,2331785 Hameln, Germany
- Awarding authority: GWS public services Hameln
- Concept and development : Scheidt Kasprusch Archiekten, Berlin
- Competition:2002, 1st prize
- Completion : May 2006
- Gross floor area:6580sqm
- Construction cost :6,5 m euro
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Tags: Germany, Hameln
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Saturday, November 24th, 2012
Article source: Prokofyev-Archigroup
At the crossing of the transport routes in the cities, where there is constant presence of people and their movement, there is formed certain public space, which has its own especial atmosphere. Usually, stations in any country of the world, in any city, both bus and railway, arouse people’s typical formed stereotypes. And what if they are all identical? Same dowel, same rails and typical bulkheads over them. That is why each station should have its own unique appearance, its own atmosphere.
 Image Courtesy Prokofyev-Archigroup
- Architects: Prokofyev-Archigroup
- Project: The station area of Malmi in Helsinki
- Location: Malmi, Helsinki, Finland
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Tags: Finland, Helsinki
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Article source: Nicole Schindler
Following their success in winning first prize in an international competition, the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned to design the new southern railway station in Hangzhou. The project involves the conversion and extension of the station in the Xiao Shan district to the south of the Qiantang river; after the eastern and main railway stations it will be the third largest railway station of this metropolis.
 Image Courtesy © GMP Architects
- Architects: Gmp – Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
- Project: Hangzhou South Railway Station
- Location: Zhejiang, China.
- Competition 2011: 1st prize
- Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Stephan Rewolle
- Design team members: Jiang Linlin, Zhang Yingying, Zhang Xiaoguang
- Client: Ministry of Railways
- Gross floor area: 90,000 m²
- Number of Platforms: 7 platforms
- Number of tracks: 21 tracks
- Number of passengers/year from 2020: 4.5 million
- Construction period: 2012-2014
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Tags: China, Zhejiang
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Article source: Stanton Williams Architects
To the north of King’s Cross and St Pancras International railway stations, 67-acres of derelict land are being transformed in what is one of Europe’s largest urban regeneration projects. The result will be a vibrant mixed-use quarter, at the physical and creative heart of which will be the new University of the Arts London campus, home of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.
 Image Courtesy Hufton+Crow
- Architects: Stanton Williams Architects
- Project: Central Saint Martins
- Location: Granary Building, 1 Granary Square, London, N1C 4AA
- Project Value: £200M (based on cost of land, building, fit-out and expansion incl. third floor)
- Construction Start date: January 2008
- Completion Date: April 2011
- Date of Occupation: August 2011
- Construction phase: January 2008 – August 2011 (Incl. fit-out)
- Student arrival: 3rd October 2011
- Gross Internal Area: approx. 40,000m2
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Tags: London, UK
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Friday, March 16th, 2012
Article source: Zaha Hadid Architects
‘Shell & Shadow’: a unique architectural language of fluidity inspired by natural ice formations, for stations along Innsbruck’s northern chain of mountains. Lightweight organic roof structures float on concrete plinths, their soft shapes and contours creating an artificial landscape that describes the movement and circulation within. The brief called for the design of four stations along cable railway tracks leading to Innsbruck’s northern chain of mountains. Each station had its own unique context, topography, altitude and circulation and adaptation to these specific site conditions was critical to the design approach – while maintaining a coherent overall architectural language.
 Nordpark Railway Stations
- Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Project: Nordpark Railway Stations
- Location: Innsbruck, Austria
- Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
- Area: 2500m2
- Project Completion: Thomas Vietzke
- Project Architect: Thomas Vietzke
- Production Team: Caroline Andersen, Makakrai Suthadarat, Marcela Spadaro, Anneka Wagener, Adriano di Gionnis, PeterPichler, Susann Berggren
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Tags: Austria, Innsbruck
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Article source: Foster + Partners
The Haramain High-speed Railway is a major infrastructure project for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, connecting the cities of Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah and the developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). The stations are conceived as gateways to each city, filled with places to meet, shop, eat and shelter from the sun. Altogether, the large, flexible stations will cover an area more than 30 times the size of London’s Trafalgar Square and will initially accommodate an anticipated 60 million passengers – approximately six times the number of passengers that take the Eurostar from St Pancras each year. This is expected to increase to 135 million passengers by 2042.
 KAEC Station
- Architects: Foster + Partners
- Project: Al Haramain High-speed Rail Stations
- Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Client: Saudi Railways Organisation
- Collaborating Architect: Dar Al Riyadh
- Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
- Structural Engineers: Buro Happold
- Foster + Partners Team: Mouzhan Majidi, Luke Fox, Angus Campbell, Huw Thomas, Alistair Lenczner, Angelika Kovacic, Jurgen Kuppers, Tony Miki, Pearl Tang, Vincent Westbrook, Young Wei-Yang Chiu, Diogo Bleck, Melissa Clinch, Perry Ip, Dirk Jantz, Charbel Tannous
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Tags: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Article source: Peter Ruge Architekten
New Metro Station 20 on Metro Line 1 in Sofia, Bulgaria - International Competition, 2011
Acting as a primary metro connection between Sofia’s city centre and the airport, and the hub of a major commercial redevelopment plan, the design of Station 20 site seeks to establish clear pathways, form active connections and harmonise architecture and landscape.
 Perspective from main plaza
- Architect: Peter Ruge Architekten
- Name of Project: Metro Station 20
- Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
- Site: 12, 390 sqm
- GFA: 2,430 sqm
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Tags: Bulgaria, Sofia
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Article source: Metro Arkitekter
Malmö Central Station has always looked to move with the times. Since opening in 1858, the city’s first railway station has been rebuilt, extended and modernised to cater for changing passenger needs over the decades.
The original Terminal Building is in two sections. The smaller Green Hall was a waiting room for third-class passengers in the 1920s. The turquoise tiling has since regained its former lustre and the limestone floor is from Skånska Ignaberga. The Central Hall started out as an open platform building. Its old brick walls and herring-bone tiled floor have been carefully preserved. Beneath the domed roof, 15 shops and restaurants provide an inviting environment for people to meet and eat.
 Exterior seen from new square (Image Courtesy Rafael Palomo)
- Architects: Metro Arkitekter
- Project: Malmö Central Station
- Location: Malmö Centralstation, Malmö; Sweden
- Architect Team: Metro Arkitekter AB through Claes R Janson (head architect), Carl Kylberg (project architect), Josefin Klein, Alexander Simittchiev, Rikard Jansson, Henrik Troedson and others.
- Constructor: Jernhusen AB
- Contract by tender: Collaborating contract
- Building contractor: NCC
- Area: 10 000 sqm
- Year: 2008 – 2011
- Photographer: Rafael Palomo (Metro Architects), Martin Spencer
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Tags: Malmo, Sweden
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Article source: Foster + Partners, in a joint venture with engineers, G.O.C. and Cabanelas Castelo Architects
Foster + Partners wins competition to design Ourense AVE Station
Foster + Partners, in a joint venture with engineers, G.O.C. and Cabanelas Castelo Architects, has won an international competition to design a new high-speed rail station in the city of Ourense in Galicia, north western Spain. The design combines transport infrastructure with a new park, which will create a major new public space in the city and open up pedestrian links between the districts on each side of the tracks.
 Images Courtesy Foster + Partners
- Architect: Foster + Partners, in a joint venture with engineers, G.O.C. and Cabanelas Castelo Architects
- Name of Project: Ourense AVE Station
- Location: Galicia, Spain
- Sofwtare used: Autodesk 3dsMax 2011-2012
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Tags: Galicia, Spain
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