‘Basel SBB’ Railway Station in Switzerland by Cruz y Ortiz

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

‘Basel SBB’ Railway Station in Switzerland by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

December 13th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

Basilea Station showed the typical problems of all stop-and-go train stations that stand parallel to railway lines. The proposal for its transformation assigns this important piece of infrastructure its new urban role: as a gate for travellers that reach the city and as a connection between neighbourhoods that until now had no direct link.

Image Courtesy © Duccio Malagamba

Architects: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Project: ‘Basel SBB’ Railway Station
Location: Centralbahnstrasse, 10 y Güterstrasse, 115. 4053 Basilea, Switzerland
Photography: Duccio Malagamba
Client: Passarelle Bahnhof Basel SBB
Collaborators: Juan Carlos Mulero, Miguel Velasco, Luis Gutiérrez, Mónica Delmenico, Thomas Radczuweit, Pietro Vitali
Local Architect: Giraudi & Wettstein
Structural Engineering: Passera & Pedretti S.A

Image Courtesy © Duccio Malagamba

Urban Planning: Feddersen & Klostermann
Main Building: Walkway: 9.000 m²
Other Buildings: Car park: 14.700 m², Cinema: 1.500 m²
Total: 23.700 m²
Competition: 1996
Design of Project: 1996
Construction: 1997 – 2003
Implementation: 2003

Image Courtesy © Duccio Malagamba

To make this possible, the underpasses that up to this date had joined the platforms beneath the railway, have been replaced by raised footbridges that house shops and other facilities, giving the old lobby back its lost prominence. The silhouette of the roof can be seen from various spots in the city, and it will play the leading part in the renovation of the station’s image, which will appear across the train tracks, as if it were a final destination point.

Its slanted planes –broken into almost topographic profilesgive each functional area a specific height and converge with the existing canopies that shelter the platforms. In this way, the roof maintains the continuity of the spacial sequence that is transversal to the flow of passengers and which ends in another main hall on the opposite side of the platforms.

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Tags: Basel, Switzerland

Categories: Cinema, Extention, Parking, Railway Station, Renovation

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