Interchange station

The interchange station  in Żory is a public space that combines the functions of a station, a square and a meeting place. The priority while designing the bus station was  safety and the convenience for travellers. It was attempted to consolidate the pedestrian communication area within an island - a waiting-room square around which particular platforms were located. Thanks to this, the pedestrian streams were separated from traffic. The use of clinker in the floor and walls around the square is a bow to the historic buildings of the nearby old town. The authors' intention was to create a structure that would not be a traditional building but more an element that would formally limit the public space. Thus, the station has a form... More