TRAIN STATION A

RIBA UK TRAIN COMPETITION 2020

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Duration: 2020.12

The project is supposed to be developed and realized incrementally within a long period of time in different sites. Thus, this project is intended to provide a solution that is capable of reflecting various site shapes and the different needs of each facility over time. Moreover, it is important to consider giving the project a distinct identity that integrates the wide range of urban and suburban contexts surrounding it.

The train station is based on a unit of an upside-down pyramid-shaped steel structure that can be multiplied and expanded into any direction to be accommodated at various sites across the UK. The benefits of this simple steel structure unit are that it can be pre-assembled and the materials can be standardized, leading to the reduction of cost and the mitigation of deleterious impacts to the en­vironment. In terms of structural capability, the suggested upside-down pyramid is a self-stabilized structure that can stand alone. When assembled along with other units, it can fortify them as well.

The structure units have varying post heights, so assembling the dif­ferent units generates quality spaces that are unique to each station. Besides the steel structure, the use of unique materials for the inte­rior and exterior enclosure to reflect the contexts of each train sta­tion is also possible. The project aims to achieve localized character­istics on a per-station basis under the integrated assembly system.