<p>The Netherlands-based architecture firm Mecanoo’s design for the new Kaohsiung Station will introduce a generous amount of public green space to Taiwan’s second city. <br /><br /></p>.<p> With its organic, curvilinear shape and landscaped canopy, the station reaches out to the city in a powerful gesture and represents Kaohsiung’s vision for the future as a sustainable city. The new Kaohsiung Station will be a true transportation hub integrating train, metro, local and intercity bus services, taxi and bicycle. Arriving from the underground train and metro platforms, the station’s central hall is a sunken plaza that unfolds underneath a bright ceiling of oval-shaped lights. <br /><br />The station’s canopy connects a hotel, commercial buildings, shops, restaurants and other facilities for the local community and travellers. Atop the multi-layered landscape is a cycling path running east-west. The colonial station building, which will be relocated to its original site, is embraced by the canopy and symbolically reconnects the old and new Kaohsiung.<br /><br />The station is the crowning achievement of the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area underground railway project, which started in 2014 and includes seven subterranean stations along a 9.75-kilometre railway tunnel. Completion of the Kaohsiung Station is expected in 2024.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Netherlands-based architecture firm Mecanoo’s design for the new Kaohsiung Station will introduce a generous amount of public green space to Taiwan’s second city. <br /><br /></p>.<p> With its organic, curvilinear shape and landscaped canopy, the station reaches out to the city in a powerful gesture and represents Kaohsiung’s vision for the future as a sustainable city. The new Kaohsiung Station will be a true transportation hub integrating train, metro, local and intercity bus services, taxi and bicycle. Arriving from the underground train and metro platforms, the station’s central hall is a sunken plaza that unfolds underneath a bright ceiling of oval-shaped lights. <br /><br />The station’s canopy connects a hotel, commercial buildings, shops, restaurants and other facilities for the local community and travellers. Atop the multi-layered landscape is a cycling path running east-west. The colonial station building, which will be relocated to its original site, is embraced by the canopy and symbolically reconnects the old and new Kaohsiung.<br /><br />The station is the crowning achievement of the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area underground railway project, which started in 2014 and includes seven subterranean stations along a 9.75-kilometre railway tunnel. Completion of the Kaohsiung Station is expected in 2024.<br /><br /></p>