The world’s longest driverless transit system, the Riyadh Metro network spans over176 kilometres across 6 lines and 85 stations. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the King Abdullah Financial District MetroStation serves as a key interchange on the network.
Project name
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Marco Amoroso, Vincenzo Caputo, Abdel Halim Chehab, Lee Cubeddu, Rawan Al-Derjem, Domenico Di Francesco, David Fogliano, Manuele Gaioni, Marko Gligorov, Subharthi Guha, Alexandros Kallegias, Lisa Kinnerud, Alexandre Kuroda, Stefano Iacopini, Carolina López-Blanco, Jamie Mann, Mohammadali Mirzaei, Arian Hakimi Nejad, David Wolthers, Nicola McConnell, Mario Mattia, Massimo Napoleoni, Niki Okala, Carlos Parraga- Botero, Sohith Perera, Izis Salvador Pinto, Carine Posner, Neil Rigden, Paola Salcedo, Nima Shoja, Thomas Sonder, Vincenzo Reale, Kate Revyakina, Roberto Vangeli, Seungho Yeo
Civil engineer
BuroHappold
Structural engineer
BuroHappold
Environmental & MEP
Zamil
Construction
BACS Consortium
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
The world’s longest driverless transit system, the Riyadh Metro network spans over 176 kilometres across 6 lines and 85 stations. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station serves as the key interchange on the network.
Project name
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Marco Amoroso, Vincenzo Caputo, Abdel Halim Chehab, Lee Cubeddu, Rawan Al-Derjem, Domenico Di Francesco, David Fogliano, Manuele Gaioni, Marko Gligorov, Subharthi Guha, Alexandros Kallegias, Lisa Kinnerud, Alexandre Kuroda, Stefano Iacopini, Carolina López-Blanco, Jamie Mann, Mohammadali Mirzaei, Arian Hakimi Nejad, David Wolthers, Nicola McConnell, Mario Mattia, Massimo Napoleoni, Niki Okala, Carlos Parraga- Botero, Sohith Perera, Izis Salvador Pinto, Carine Posner, Neil Rigden, Paola Salcedo, Nima Shoja, Thomas Sonder, Vincenzo Reale, Kate Revyakina, Roberto Vangeli, Seungho Yeo
Civil engineer
BuroHappold
Structural engineer
BuroHappold
Environmental & MEP
Zamil
Construction
BACS Consortium
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Experience the future of urban transit architecture with the Grand Central Harlem Station, where Santiago Calatrava's visionary influence meets cutting-edge design innovation. The station's entrance is a striking white, winding form crafted in Calatrava's distinctive parametric style.
Project name
Grand Central Harlem Station
Architecture firm
fatemeabedii.ai
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fatemeh Abedi
Visualization
Fatemeh Abedi
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Line 2 of the Salvador Metro, a public concession of the State of Bahia with private construction and operation, marks the connection between the economic center of Salvador, in the Iguatemi/Rodoviária region, and the International Airport. Starting in 2013, the project by JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo sought to combine concepts of identity standard...
Project name
Pernambués Metro Station
Architecture firm
JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Location
Salvador, Bahia - Brasil
Principal architect
João Batista Martinez Correa
Design team
Beatriz Pimenta Correa, Cecilia Pires, Clarice Shinyashiki, Cynthia Melo, Emiliano Homrich, Frederico Freitas, Gabriela Assis, Giusepe Filocomo, Gustavo Hannum, Helena Theodorakis, João Batista Martinez Correa, Marina Caio, Raffaella Yacar, Sandra Morikawa
Collaborators
Álvaro Macedo, André Delfim, Carina Oshita, Carlos Grasso, Cleide Cesario, Danilo Cosenza, Flávio Baraboskin, Frederico Teixeira, Gabrielle Rossini, Henrique Borçato, Isabelle Soares, Julio Campos, Lucas Martins, Marco Pelaes, Mariana Portella, Marina Lima, Marysol Ribas, Nara Borges, Paulo Ricardo Mendes, Penelope Casal de Rey, Reinaldo Nishimura, Sergina Machado, Tais Ossani, Vitor Aguiar e Vitor Delpizzo
Interior design
Interns: Laura Aguiar, Livia Guazzelli, Nabila Sukrieh e Tatiana Ordine
Structural engineer
Promon Engenharia
Environmental & MEP
Environmental Comfort Consulting: Anésia Frota • Engineering Consultancy: Paulo Ricardo Mendes • Environmental Comfort Consulting: Anésia Frota • Bim Consulting: Ivo Mainardi
Client
CCR – MetrôBahia / Consórcio Mobilidade Bahia
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Occupying the former train and car parking lot, known as "Rabicho da Tijuca,", the JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo project for Uruguai Station is part of the extension of Metro Line 1 in Tijuca, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A renewal where the concept of sustainability permeated the entire project, as it involved the retrofitting of a massive undergr...
Project name
Uruguai Metro Station
Architecture firm
JBMC Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Location
Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Principal architect
João Batista Martinez Corrêa
Design team
Beatriz Pimenta Corrêa, Cecilia Pires, Cynthia Melo, Emiliano Homrich, FredericoFreitas, Gabriela Assis, Pedro Câmara and Sandra Morikawa. Interns: Caio D´Alfonso, Carina Oshita, Diogo Luz, Mariana Nito, Nara Borges and Raffaella Yacar
Collaborators
Carlos Azevedo Arquitetura, Elcio and Yokoyama Arquitetura
Typology
Transport & Infrastructure
Emerged more than 100 years ago, metro plays an essential role in contemporary urban life. Originated from metro transportation, transit-oriented development (TOD) mode is creating a new urban lifestyle. It enables open, efficient, convenient and composite urban transportation to encounter with smart, natural, leisurely and dreamy future life. Vank...
Project name
Metro Station Passage at Vanke Wonderland, Hangzhou
Architecture firm
TOMO DESIGN, TO ACC
Photography
FREE WILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Design team
Vanke Hangzhou
Collaborators
Cooperative Design: Reed, Daniel, Asi, Jason. Decoration Design: Tin. Technical support: Shenzhen Lighting Language of Design Co., Ltd.
Interior design
Uno Chan, Xiao Fei
Material
Textural coating, Aluminium plate, Wood-grain brick, Stainless steel
Client
Hangzhou Xishu Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
MASK Architects and Shenzhen-based Jiang & Associates Design (J&A) have collaborated to develop the conceptual interior design of the Zhengzhou metro line-7 stations. The first phase of Zhengzhou Rail Transit Line 7 starts from Dongzhao Station to Nangang Liu Station.
Project name
The Flower Clouds I Zhengzhou Metro Line-7 Stations
Architecture firm
MASK Architects, Italy
Location
Zhengzhou, China
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Öznur Pınar ÇER, Danilo PETTA
Design team
Öznur Pınar ÇER, Derya GENÇ, Danilo PETTA
Collaborators
Jiang & Associates Design (J&A), China (Joint Partner Company)
Visualization
Derya GENÇ, GENC Design Studio
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
