Masterplan polnischer Zentralflughafen Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) / Solidarity Transport Hub (STH) nahe Warschau (PL)

This UK based architecture firm, boasting an impressive project portfolio, has prepared three alternative designs for the STH, based on different approaches towards integrating airport with the railway station. All three projects share certain elements, such as good lighting of the airport space, made possible by frequent use of large area transparent elements, as well as incorporating lush vegetation, sustained by a well-designed system that supports the plants in Polish climate. 



The first designs is to locate the railway station directly under the airport, allowing the passengers to observe oncoming railway traffic from the upper levels. The second version of the plan assumes placing a passenger part of the station just above the platforms, combining other elements of the airport as included in the master plan. The third designs, more futuristic in nature, proposes a solution where trains arrive directly at the airport terminal, with platforms located on different heights. 

Associate Director Filippo Innocenti presented various project phasing options, integrating railway station with the airport, and management of passenger flows arriving and departing by train, airplane and cars. ‘STH is the sole greenfield project that is currently ongoing in Europe. We would like to learn more about investment needs and adjust our proposal to those requirements’ he explained.