The Elizabeth line, London’s newest railway and part of the London Underground network officially opened on 24 May 2022. Working with the client, Crossrail, Grimshaw with Atkins, Maynard and Equation led a unique role on the new line - delivering the line-wide design for the project - a design strategy that brings a cohesive, intuitive and consiste...
Project name
Elizabeth line
Architecture firm
Grimshaw
Location
London, United Kingdom
Photography
Hufton + Crow
Principal architect
Neill McClements
Collaborators
Atkins, Maynard
Typology
Transportation › Railway
The Lubetkin Prize winning Southern Cross Station reorganisation and expansion was the first project undertaken by Grimshaw in Australia. It is now a landmark of Melbourne’s Central Business District.
Project name
Southern Cross Station
Architecture firm
Grimshaw
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Photography
Shannon McGrath
Principal architect
Keith Brewis, Mark Middleton
Collaborators
Lincolne Scott Australia (Services Engineer), DCWC (Cost Consultant)
Structural engineer
Winward Structures
Client
Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd
Typology
Transportation › Rail Station
Construction of the three new stations for Dnipro Metro is underway. Excavation and engineering works of the 4km extension to the city’s metro line were initiated in 2016. The three new stations (Teatralna, Tsentalna and Muzeina) designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will connect the residents, businesses, cultural and academic institutions in Dnipro’s...
Project name
Dnipro Metro Stations
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Design: Patrik Schumacher. ZHA Project Architect: Yevgeniya Pozigun. ZHA Project Director: Manuela Gatto.
Design team
Seungho Yeo, Tommaso Casucci, Mark Winnington, Elena Scripelliti, Federico Borello, Garin O’Aivazian, Veronica Erspamer, Branko Svarcer, Catherine McCann, Evgeniya Yatsyuk, Olga Yatsyuk, Jose Pareja Gomez, Jung Yeon Kwak, Li Jin, Nicolas Turchi, Shajay Bhooshan, Vishu Bhooshan, Aiste Dzikaraite, Veronika Ilinskaya, Houzhe Xu
Collaborators
Façade Engineering: Eckersley O'Callaghan EOC [London]
Structural engineer
Schlaich Bergermann Partner SBP [Stuttgart]
Lighting
Office for Visual Interaction Inc. [New York]
Visualization
Omega Render, ATCHAIN
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Construction
Limak Insaat Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. [Turkey]
Client
Dnipro City Council
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
BAU (Brearley Architects & Urbanists) designs Yuandang bridge that connects Jiangsu and Shanghai.
The Yuandang Pedestrian Bridge celebrates the coming together of Jiangsu Province and Shanghai. The 586m bridge is a hybrid structure incorporating landscape, infrastructure, and architecture. It is located in a key location where the two jurisdiction...
Project name
Yuandang Bridge
Architecture firm
BAU (Brearley Architects & Urbanists)
Location
Qingpu, Shanghai, Suzhou Jiangsu, China
Principal architect
Huang Fang
Design team
Berry Pan Linlu , Zhu Qizhen , Yan Xiaoxi , Guo Liexia, Shi Zhengting, Sheng Bailu, Zhao Zheng
Collaborators
Yangtze River Delta Ecological Integration Development Demonstration Zone Executive Committee (General coordinator); by: China Three Gorges Corporation
Structural engineer
Shanghai Investigation, Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd
Construction
CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd.
Photography
Zhu Runzi, Video: Dera (Construction footage provided by CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd.)
Client
Construction Bureau of Fen Lake High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, Shanghai Qingpu District Water Conservancy Management Institute
Typology
Bridge, Urban design, public landscape
Due to the location of the site in terms of proximity to universities and various industries and science and technology towns and educational and research institutions and proximity to the fourth ring of Isfahan and location on the main route Isfahan-Tehran and Isfahan Najafabad axis has made it possible to establish scientific research. And meet t...
Project name
Knowledge Bridge
Architecture firm
Kalbod Studio Design
Location
Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Shaghayegh Nemati
Visualization
Shaghayegh Nemati
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
The existence of the Qasr-dasht segregated gardens and Chamran gardens on both sides of the project site, led the idea of binding two adjacent areas together. This project creates a continuous green network and make the bridge more integrated to the context. Shiraz City has a unique historical characteristic.
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Principal architect
AmirHossein Ashari
Design team
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Collaborators
Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Roodabeh Lotfpour, Donya Rahmatzadeh
Structural engineer
Alireza Dehghani, Roodabeh Lotfpour
Visualization
Zahra Jafari, Mostafa Yektarzadeh
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Client
Shiraz Municipality
Striatus is an arched, unreinforced masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar. Exhibited at the Giardini della Marinaressa during the Venice Architecture Biennale until November 2021, the 16x12-metre footbridge is the first of its kind, combining traditional techniques of master builders with advanced comput...
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich, incremental3D, Holcim
Location
Giardino della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
Length
3D-printing path lengths (per block) = 602 m - 1754 m
Design team
ZHACODE: Jianfei Chu, Vishu Bhooshan, Henry David Louth, Shajay Bhooshan, Patrik Schumacher. ● ETH BRG: Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Philippe Block
Structural engineer
ETH BRG: Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell’Endice, Sam Bouten, Philippe Block
Construction
Bürgin Creations: Theo Bürgin, Semir Mächler, Calvin Graf, ETH BRG: Alessandro Dell’Endice, Tom Van Mele
Photography
Studio Naaro, Tom Van Mele, Alessandro Dell'endice, in3d
The Mexico City-based architecture firm AIDIA STUDIO reveals design for Tulum Train Station, planned to be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. Throughout the design journey, AIDIA STUDIO aimed to infuse the station with some of the best-known features of Mayan Architecture; symmetry, monumentality, geometrical alignment, and the use of l...
Project name
Tulum Train Station
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Mariano González Silva, Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Structural engineer
Project & Calc
Material
The roof structure is a steel gridshell cladded with Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) panels on the top and laminated wood panels below
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Ladybug, Kangaroo, Adobe Package
Status
Anteproyecto (Schematic Design)
Typology
Transportation › Train Station
