A new classical station building will be built in central Gothenburg as part of the completion of Västlänken railway.
Out of the 28 proposals submitted, only four architectural teams advanced to the final round: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, Cobe, Dorte Mandrup, and Erséus Architects.
Finally, we can reveal that we are the winners of the competition to design Gothenburg's new station building in Sweden.
In the jury report, the project was described laudatory:
"As soon as the four architectural proposals were revealed, it was clear that one proposal showed an unusual sharpness and a captivating design that immediately caught the jury's attention.
The proposal includes an architecture that finds its natural place in the cityscape, with a monumental and easily readable building, and which anchors the building in the station area with its arches and walls. A building that very likely has the capacity to not only be liked and appreciated, but even become one of the city's future symbols and brand buildings. In a traditional as well as futuristic interpretation that captures the soul of the city in an instant. In scale and form, the proposal interacts with both the old and the new city. Here, a masterful craftsmanship is displayed, where aesthetics, function and structure are corrected in a powerful, lively and beautiful proposal, which strengthens the site, the city and the railway in the best way.
If it now takes a Norwegian to capture Gothenburg's soul, it has happened - the task of designing the new station building at Gothenburg Central goes to Team REIULF RAMSTAD ARCHITECTS."
It is an honorable task to design a building that carries such an identity for city life as a station building. We are in a kind of renaissance for trains and station environments. In European metropolitan tradition, the station was often a monumental architectural structure. A cathedral of modernism which today manages great cultural and historical values. The expression and architecture of the station building must therefore be as timeless as it is future oriented. Inspired by Gothenburg's historic Central Station, the development of the infrastructure and the life of the city, it will be a new signature building in the heart of Gothenburg, according to architect Reiulf Ramstad.
With the building, the Central station gets a new entrance from the north. It is the largest of three entries for Västlänkens station Centralen. The new station building will be the entrance to the new district under development. An attractive junction point is created here to get more people to travel by public transport in a safe and sustainable urban environment. The project has been developed by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter in a team with Bollinger+Grohmann engineers.
The start of construction for the new station building is planned for mid-2024 to be completed at the turn of 2026 – 2027.
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Architects, Images, Text: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Client: Jernhusen
