Technical & Practice
‘transport super city’ in Hong Kong and its New Delhi Railway station project promote symbioses between development and station. In Hong Kong, the property development above and adjacent to the station helps to finance the railway system. Kowloon Station, completed in 1998, provides a passenger interchange between two separate rail lines, airport check-in, coach, bus, and other road transport. Each element is linked by a central concourse which is, in turn, linked by a major atrium to the Union Square air rights development above. It is one of the world’s largest station infrastructure developments, with over one million square metres of mixed-use space. Farrell’s New Delhi station
New Delhi Station – repairing the city FABRIC
The original New Delhi Station is one of the largest railway stations in India, handling over 250 trains a day. Farrell is the lead consultant for the masterplan to redevelop the station to be in line with the pace of modernisation and growth in the city centre. Landmark transportation hub links the east and west of the city, which the old station had divided. This provides property development above and around the station, along with improved passenger services and train operation and maintenance facilities. It illustrates how Old Delhi can be regenerated with minimal intervention and establishes an urban focal point in the north, in which to create a new, desirable neighbourhood. First phase is anticipated to have a passenger flow of one million people a day.
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New Delhi, India Architect Terry Farrell & Partners Client
Minister of Railways, India Feasibility study 2007-8 GFA 86 hectares, including 50 acres retail and commercial accommodation
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Top New Delhi Station, proposed departures and platform levels Above New Delhi Station concept drawing
masterplan project covers 86 hectares and proposes to replace existing facilities and repair the city fabric, creating a new city centre. Farrell proposed a convenient, rational station, minimising the overlap of pedestrian flow. Because escalators are unfamiliar to many, travelators are proposed where feasible, and to avoid the practice of carting parcels across tracks, Farrell has proposed an underground system. Tere were, however, concerns about the amount of road traffic this would generate. A key move in these designs has
been the adoption of the airport model that separates departure and arrival zones. Tis is a new model in railway station design, which responds to the need to accommodate large numbers of passengers, reduce cross-flow and assist with wayfinding. Asia’s scrap-and-build practices are at odds with patterns of property ownership and tenancy in Western Europe, which in themselves have an impact on our cultural values. Tey also challenge our models of sustainability. Both approaches involve a different type of pragmatism. It would be hubristic to assume that we have all the answers, but there is clearly a demand in Asian cities for British expertise and experience in sustainable and integrated infrastructure design. ■
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TERRY FARRELL & PARTNERS
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