Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros
26/11/2021.
[Santiago de Compostela] Spain
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
One hundred years after the arrival of the railway to Santiago de Compostela, the new footbridge overcomes the trench that was occupied by the extra-wall tracks, until recently an almost insurmountable barrier that separated the historic center from the southern neighborhoods. The author of the project is estudio Herreros, winner of the 2017 competition.
In the first phase, the pedestrian walkway has been built, which will be followed by the high-speed station located on its eastern side, which in addition to being a train station will create a line bus, taxi and urban bus interchange. The walkway indicates the traces of the future complex: precast concrete columns support a deck on which the building stands with light, translucent and dry-mounted construction systems.
In the first phase, the pedestrian walkway has been built, which will be followed by the high-speed station located on its eastern side, which in addition to being a train station will create a line bus, taxi and urban bus interchange. The walkway indicates the traces of the future complex: precast concrete columns support a deck on which the building stands with light, translucent and dry-mounted construction systems.
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Ángel Cid.
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by López Cousillas.
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Elías Costal Rodríguez.
Urban diagram. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Axonometric station. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Site plan. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Boarding area. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Calle Hórreo level plan. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Offices level plan. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Roof level plan. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
North elevation. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
West elevation. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Section. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Section. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Section, detail. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Rendering. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Rendering. Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros.
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Pedestrian Walkway, Clara Campoamor Square and future New High-Speed Train Station by Estudio Herreros. Photograph by Juan Rodríguez
Estudio Herreros designed the zinc roofs, the deployé metal enclosures in "old gold" color, polycarbonate, U-glass, and the exposed metal structure painted in dark green, make up the industrial image that defines the complex. At the southern end is the Plaza de Clara Campoamor, which provides a generous public space as a counterpoint to the Plaza de la Estación that will be built on the north side.
The new train station of the Intermodal complex in Santiago de Compostela will be built on the existing railway lines and, in addition to hosting the future passenger terminal, the complex will function as an urban connection infrastructure thanks to the pedestrian walkway located on its west side. The project creates a lobby that has a direct visual, functional and structural relationship with the platforms, which are accessed through a series of "fingers" that house the connecting elements: stairs, escalators and large-capacity elevators.
Project description by Estudio Herreros
One hundred years after the arrival of the railroad to Santiago de Compostela, the trench that the extramural tracks occupied, continues to be an almost insurmountable barrier between the historic center and the neighborhoods that have emerged to the south. However, this border also had the positive effect of preserving the natural area of Las Brañas del Sar, a piece of priceless ecological value yet to be discovered by the citizens of Santiago, which in addition is the home of the Ciudad de la Cultura.
The new train station of the Santiago de Compostela Intermodal Complex will be built above the railways. It will constitute a building that is both a passenger terminal and an infrastructural element of urban connection by means of a pedestrian walkway that runs along its west side. This arrangement provides a lobby in direct relation with the platforms from a visual, functional, and structural point of view through a system of fingers that includes escalators, stairways, and high-capacity elevators.
Currently, the pedestrian footbridge has already been completed over the platforms to which the passenger building will be adhered to form the new bus-train-taxi-urban bus transport hub. The footbridge highlights the architectural vocation of this joint future: prefabricated concrete columns carry a deck on which the building is raised using light, translucent, dry-mounted construction systems. The zinc decks, the golden stretch metal enclosures, polycarbonate, and u-glass, as well as the green-colored metal structures, define a pragmatic whole that builds the character of the new transport hub. At its southern end, the Plaza de Clara Campoamor unfurls providing a generous public space as a democratic counterweight to the Plaza de la Estación to be built on the north side.
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Architects
estudio Herreros. Architects.- Juan Herreros, Jens Richter. Competition.- estudioHerreros with the collaboration of R&AS. Concept Design.- estudioHerreros and INECO with the collaboration of R&AS. Schematic Design and Construction Documents.- Architecture: estudioHerreros; Engineering: Prointec. Structure: BACBCG.
Design team
Architecture project director (estudioHerreros).- Abraham Piñate (Schematic Design and Construction Documents), Víctor Lacima (Concept Design)
Architecture project collaborators (estudioHerreros).- Martha Sosa-Dias, Irene Rodríguez, Manuel García-Lechúz, Alberto Martín, Juan Carlos Bragado, Beatriz Salinas, María Escudero, Alex Orive, Ana Torrecilla, Raúl García, José Baldó, Inma Soler.
Collaborators
Engineering Collaborators (Prointec).- Belén Perez-Pujazón, Jose Luis Puertas, Luis Encinas.
Structure collaborators (BACBCG).- Xavier Aguiló, José Manuel Ruizfornells, Pablo Anaya, Alejandro Nava, Alberto Tevar.
Infographics.- Berga & González.
Basic And Execution Project.- Abraham Piñate.
Client
ADIF. Xunta de Galicia.
Area
Areas.- High-Speed Train Station: 5,350m²; Pedestrian Walkway: 2,350m²; Clara Campoamor Square: 3,600m²; Station’s Square: 1,550m²; Urbanization, Parkings and Logistic Platform: 22,400m².
Dates
2017-2021.
Location
Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Photography
Juan Rodríguez, Elías Costal Rodríguez, Ángel Cid.
Juan Herreros, Jens Richter. Estudio Herreros
estudioHerreros. In 2014, its Founding Partner Juan Herreros transformed Herreros Arquitectos into Estudio Herreros with the intention of opening up its practice to a partnership based configuration with which an international agenda can be approached while building on a solid national reputation. The first architect to become a partner is Jens Richter, who was Director of the firm after 10 years of collaboration with Juan Herreros.
Estudio Herreros is a Madrid-based architecture practice operating worldwide, employing about 20 architects from different nationalities, that has important achievements in the art world such as the Edward Munch Museum in Oslo, currently under construction, the re-qualification of the exhibition areas of the Reina Sofía Museum, the contemporary art space SOLO in Madrid and a number of designs for art fairs, galleries, exhibitions, or artist studios such as Luis Gordillo's.
The list of significant projects of estudioHerreros includes the intermodal station of Santiago, the Ágora-Bogotá event center in Colombia and the Tacubaya Strategic Plan in Mexico, along with achievements in Spain, Korea, Panama, Uruguay, France, Morocco, etc.
Estudio Herreros is a Madrid-based architecture practice operating worldwide, employing about 20 architects from different nationalities, that has important achievements in the art world such as the Edward Munch Museum in Oslo, currently under construction, the re-qualification of the exhibition areas of the Reina Sofía Museum, the contemporary art space SOLO in Madrid and a number of designs for art fairs, galleries, exhibitions, or artist studios such as Luis Gordillo's.
The list of significant projects of estudioHerreros includes the intermodal station of Santiago, the Ágora-Bogotá event center in Colombia and the Tacubaya Strategic Plan in Mexico, along with achievements in Spain, Korea, Panama, Uruguay, France, Morocco, etc.
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