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‘What was there previously was of no particular significance or character, so we felt justified in modernising it with stainless steel-clad columns and ceiling’ –David Jackson, senior architect at JMP
bomb gap used to be. These louvres also assist the airflow in a space that could otherwise be prone to summer overheating. Departure boards, the first class lounge and retail spaces are
in this area, where the building wraps around three 4m x 4m ventilation shafts from the London Underground. After the Main Train Shed, the Western Range is largest
component of the historic station and covers a wide variety of uses. JMP greatly improved working conditions for the station staff, train operating companies and Network Rail manage- ment teams. These five buildings are like a series of terraced houses,
Jackson explains. “There are party walls and we have a corridor running down the middle on the upper floors; to form the gateline on the ground floor we demolished party walls and added columns to support the party walls and the corridor above. While we did that, we needed a huge amount of tempo- rary work to support the building from above. “Bar the ‘bomb gap’ in the Western Range, we’ve tried to
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From top: The brighter Main Train Shed; the Eastern Range exterior, looking into the Main Train Shed
avoid copying when replacing small missing areas or repairing damage and in some instances, such as the ticket gate line at the southern end, we have opted for transparently modern insertions. What was there previously was of no particular significance or character, so we felt justified in modernising it with stainless steel-clad columns and ceiling. “By contrast, the northern gate line, which is now the main
connection between the Western Concourse and the Main Train Shed, has been treated as a historic feature and some of the York stone floor is salvaged stone reworked,” explains Jackson. Retail outlets in the Western Range have embraced existing
features. For example the Leon café that occupies a former ladies’ waiting room has two columns from the original building, and its glazed wall tiles are sympathetic to the historic fabric. Meanwhile, the Northern Wing, which was destroyed by
World War II bombs, has been rebuilt to its original design, but with a complementary rather than exactly matching brick, in order to show that it is a modern reconstruction. In contrast to the Western Concourse’s modernity, the
Main Train Shed is a brighter version of the existing structure. In this covered area – 250m long, 22m high and 65m wide, spanning eight platforms – brickwork has been cleaned and new lighting, CCTV and public address systems installed. Removal of plastic sheeting and unsatisfactory old glass has
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flooded the space with light, and increased gaps between glaz- ing sheets have improved ventilation. The north and south
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