Award / Auszeichnung | 10/2015
LEAF Awards 2015
The West Kowloon Terminus under the Hong Kong Section of the Express Rail Link Project
Best Future Building of the Year – Under Construction
Architektur
Projektdaten
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Gebäudetyp:
Verkehr
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Projektgröße:
380.000m² (geschätzt)
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Status:
Realisiert
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Termine:
Baubeginn: 01/2009
Fertigstellung: 01/2018
Projektbeschreibung
As a gateway to Hong Kong, the design, by Andrew Bromberg at Aedas, of the terminus is considered vital to connect the station with the surrounding urban context and make arriving and departing passengers aware that ‘I am in Hong Kong’. In order to do this, the design compacted all of the supporting spaces more efficiently to allow for a very large void down into the departure hall below. The outside ground plane bent down to the hall and the roof structure above gestures toward the harbour. The result is an around 40 metres high volume which focuses all attention through the south façade toward views of the Hong Kong Central skyline and Victoria Peak beyond.