train and bus terminal

Our solution delivers a modern, clear, and legible new check-in hall. A hall whose user space extends deep into the covered exterior. A hall whose roofing makes it a confident partner to the original four-story station building. We introduce respect for a sensitively restored railway monument and, simultaneously, a clear indicator of the direction of railway development. A pair of buildings dominate the brand-new railway station square, where pedestrians and cyclists reign supreme, and which is so comfortable that our visitors are happy to wait in peace for the next train.

However, how should we cope with the fact that the new check-in hall is a large structural volume positioned along the track and does not extend into the vicinity of the historical station building? The old station building is to be given a new and partly public function, but reducing it to a central mass with no side wings would deform the building proportionally. To satisfy both conflicting demands, we eventually opted for a solution to return the historical station to its appearance at its construction, i.e., before the horizontal wings were extended. The logical shape of the listed building will be preserved, with the four window axes added at the end of the 19th century on both sides to the original mass, always sacrificed in favour of modernity. The old building can then be treated as an integral monument, and all its authentic structural detailing can be restored according to contemporary documentation, including the platform porch - exactly how we treat it in the design.