Transportation architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about transportation architecture
Project • By ALPOLIC™ | Metal Composites Materials • Bus stations
Newport News Transportation Center
Population growth in the Hampton Roads, Virginia metropolitan area, particularly in the Upper Peninsula, called for improved mass transit facilities. Planning and construction of a new transportation center in Newport News arose from the need to expand upon existing stations lacking sufficient parking and accommodations for people with disabilities.
Kat Lively
Kat Lively
Kat Lively
Completed in the summer of 2024, the new transportation center was designed to replace outdated stops. It serves as a hub for local bus transit and Amtrak's Virginia Peninsula branch of the Northern Regional. Additionally, train passengers can connect to this station via the Amtrak Thruway bus to and from Norfolk, Virginia.
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News • News • 9 Jun 2024
Wonder Bridge by SPF:a: Vital transportation link stands as a symbol of innovation and artistic expression
Spanning a busy highway in Paso Robles, California, Wonder Bridge by acclaimed architecture firm SPF:a is a striking example of modern engineering and design that seamlessly integrates functionality with aesthetic appeal. This architectural marvel serves as a vital transportation link and stands as a symbol of innovation and artistic expression.
Mike Kelley
Bisected by a busy highway with only one controlled intersection, the Paso Robles hamlet of Lost Hills was essentially cleaved in half before the construction of the Wonder Bridge. Transited by large trucks, the highway presented a significant barrier to pedestrians looking to cross safely. SPF:a was engaged to design the bridge at a location directly adjacent to Lost Hil... More
News • News • 10 Feb 2023
MAD Architects unveil their competition-winning design for Changchun International Airport
MAD Architects, in collaboration with the China Airport Planning & Design Institute Co., Ltd. and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Co., Ltd., have revealed the international competition winning entry for the Changchun "Longjia" International Airport Terminal 3 in China.
MAD Architects
Totaling nearly 270,000 square meters in built area, the airport will accommodate a staggering 54 aircraft gates. It is anticipated that 22 million passengers per year will pass through this new air transportation hub, serving a regional population of 23 million people.
MAD Architects
The terminal building that greets visitors from the high-speed rail "Longjia Station" or the nearby parking structures features a disti... More
News • News • 25 Jan 2022
Simple and robust Paris Metro Line reaches great depths with an impressive structural concept
Located at the base of the Paris judicial tribunals, the new Porte de Clichy station by AZC Atelier Zündel Cristea and ARCHITRAM is part of the northern extension of Metro Line 14. Relatively bare, the station is emblematic of the extension project as a whole with its great main spaces organised and designed according to rational principles of simplicity and robustness. It is one of four new stations covering 5.8 km of tunnel tracks and serving approximately 96,000 additional inhabitants.
Sergio Grazia
Given the highly urban nature and presence of other ongoing projects in the surroundings, co-operation and joint activity with these construction projects were essential. Further to this, the great depth required for the platforms... More
Project • By AIDIA STUDIO • Train stations
Tulum Train Station
The station sits in the beach resort of Tulum, in the Mexican Caribbean, along the Riviera Maya. The primary goal in the design process was to push the sustainability agenda to the foreground and to find in that optimized performance a narrative which would speak about the qualities of pre-Hispanic Mayan Architecture through the use of light, shadows, patterns, materials and vegetation.
AIDIA STUDIO
One of the key elements was to minimise the footprint of the station, so after exploring different spatial configurations, an eye-shaped footprint, widest at the centre, where the main functions converge, seemed the most efficient use of space. This was enhanced by stacking the public programme of the station above the platforms de... More
Project • By dkarchitekti, s.r.o. • Train stations
Hall of daily treatment DEPO Brno
Investor: Brno Public Transport Company
Location: Czech Republic, Brno-Pisárky, Hlinky Street
Author: DKARCHITEKTI (David Kudla, Tomáš Fries, Filip Malý)
Building layout: 117 × 14.5 m, height 10.5 m,
Window size: 5.6 × 23.6 m
Built-up area: 1,612 sqm
Total area of interest on the premises: 6,650 sqm
Tracks area: 12,730 sqm
Design: 2017
Construction: 2018–2020
Introduction:
A new tram maintenance depot was built in Brno-Pisárky. The architects DKARCHITEKTI gave the building a highly distinctive look and also the technical solution is very unique – it goes beyond what we imagine under the terms "hall" or "depot". The distinctive facade panel segmentation was optimis... More
News • News • 14 Aug 2020
In the Hague, bike parking takes on a museum-like experience
Near The Hague’s Central Station, artists Silo have developed a powerful spatial concepts that transform parking a bike into a museum-like experience.
Credit: Mike Bink
With its high, bright white ceiling, smart directional markings, spacious aisles and back-lit glass walls, the subterranean bike parking experience is not only exceptional it is quality, but on a more pragmatic level also enhances the comfort and safety of the thousands of daily users that use the facility.
Credit: Mike Bink
An integrated application of light and spatial identity makes the facility appear more spacious, while also more intuitive, thus making it easier to find your bike and the end of a long day.
Credit: Mike Bink
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Project • By GHD Woodhead • Airports
Adelaide Airport Landside Infrastructure
Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) and GHDWoodhead have created an exciting, world-standard and very memorable gateway for arrivals and departures.Interpreting metaphors of Adelaide’s plains and open skies, the Adelaide Airport Landside Infrastructure Project is vast. The project is a showcase for a functioning civic space and a work of art.Access – link bridge- Link bridge provides direct weather protected access from the car park to departures level 2 of T1 eliminating the need to 2 vertical movements- Arrivals can access the car park directly from level 2 of T1, avoiding vertical movements again- Assists in separating departures and arrivals pedestrians, avoiding congestion in plaza- Reduces waiting times... More