100 CROSSRAIL


CASE STUDY PADDINGTON


As the first Central London stop on the Elizabeth Line for those arriving from Heathrow or Reading, Paddington aims to impress. With Brunel’s legacy apparent in the mainline station, the Elizabeth Line station mimics the Victorian’s sense of space and awe.


Sitting below Eastbourne Terrace, the new station spans three levels with two surface level entrances via a new pedestrianised public realm.


A 90m clear opening is covered by dramatic steel and glass canopy that lets natural light flood down to the station while the void also allows natural air to circulate through the station – a boon in London’s summertime heat.


Printed on to the 120m long canopy is a bespoke work of art by US artist Spencer Finch. The ‘Cloud Index’ creates a picture of the sky that seems to change according to the light, the direction of the sun and the time of day.


The ticket hall here is also spacious and features eight flared elliptical columns, clad in bronze to head height and that carry the weight of the structure and dark anodised ‘lily pad’ light fittings that are embedded in to the concrete ceiling coffers.


This has been a Weston Williamson project and its spokesperson, Steven Harding, told FX: ‘This is all part of a much bigger redevelopment project in the Paddington Basin but this project certainly aims to reproduce Brunel’s original sense of space and rhythm of architecture. The expansiveness here really strikes you and the whole scale of the Elizabeth Line station is deliberately large.’


Box station 20m below ground 208m platform length


174,000 passengers predicted per day 34 trains per hour (peak time)


Interchange: Bakerloo, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, National Rail


This image The spacious ticket hall is illuminated by rows of anodised ‘lily pad’ light fittings


Left The surface level entrances boast a 90m void that allows air to circulate and natural light to flood down from the steel and glass canopy


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