架构师提供的文本描述。2001年5月至9月，上海南站举行了一场国际比赛，分三个阶段进行。AREP和ECADI联合赢得了这次比赛。

Text description provided by the architects. An international competition for the Shanghai-South station took place from May to September 2001, over 3 different phases. AREP and ECADI won this competition jointly.

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上海南站在设计上超越了火车站作为单纯的交流枢纽的传统功能，成为上海作为经济、金融、文化和创意世界级城市的积极参与者。

With its design, the Shanghai South station goes beyond the traditional function of the railway station as a mere exchange hub, to become an active participant in the role of Shanghai as an economic, financial, cultural and creative world class city.

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车站本身就是一个目的地，它为旅行者和游客提供了许多服务，也为他们提供了著名的零售空间。

A destination in itself, the station provides travellers and visitors alike many services as well as prestigious retail spaces.

它的圆形形式允许一种简单而直接的操作模式：它为车辆提供良好的循环条件，并为旅客提供通往候车室和月台的最直接和最符合逻辑的方式。位于9.90 m层的不同服务和零售空间与7.50m层的候车室之间的细微差别，创造了一个大型圆形剧场式的开放空间，从这里可以看到所有车站，从汽车下车到火车，所有功能和流通模式都得到了理解。

Its circular form allows for a simple and straightforward operational mode: it provides good circulation conditions to vehicles, and it offers travellers the most direct and logic way to waiting rooms and platforms. The slight difference of level between the different services and retail spaces located on level 9.90 m and the waiting rooms on level 7.50 m, creates a large amphitheatre-like open space from which all the station is visible, and all functions and circulation patterns are understood, from cars drop-off to trains.

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最引人注目的建筑元素是直径255米的屋顶，尽管它的面积为60 000平方米，但它仍然是该项目的一个轻盈、细长和优雅的元素。它由三层组成：外部防晒层、透明聚碳酸酯表面和内部穿孔金属皮。这三层的结合过滤和扩散自然光在整个空间。

The most striking architectural element is the 255 m diameter roof, which, despite an area of 60 000 m², still remains a light, slender and elegant element of the project. It is composed of three different layers: the external sun breakers, the transparent polycarbonate surface and the internal perforated metal skin.  The combination of those three layers filters and diffuses natural light throughout the space.

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车站的照明原理是必不可少的设计要素。为了获得均匀的光，光极均匀地分布在空间站上，按照严格和精确的网格。使用隐秘的照明，直接在板和屋顶底面上训练的灯，保证了车站在夜间仍然是一个明亮的灯塔。方向性照明是为了突出屋顶结构，使其充分的建筑表现形式而采用的。

The lighting principles of the station constitute an essential design element.  Light poles are distributed evenly over the station according to a rigorous and precise grid, in order to obtain a homogeneous light. The use of concealed lighting, lamps trained directly on the under-face of slabs and roofs, guarantees that the station remains a bright beacon at night. Directional lighting is used in order to put a strong emphasis on the roof structure and gives it its full architectural expression.

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使用玻璃(透明或印刷图案)、透明聚碳酸酯元素、穿孔钢或刷过的铝等材料来实现透明效果，使车站既轻盈又具有现代的表现力。

Using materials such as glass (transparent or pattern printed), transparent polycarbonate elements, perforated steel or brushed aluminium to achieve a play of transparency, gives the station both lightness and a modern expression.

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城市、区域以及长途交通工具都向上海南站汇合，而上海南站又不仅仅是一个简单的枢纽，充分发挥了上海南门的作用。

Urban, regional, as well as long distance means of transportation all converge towards Shanghai-South station, which in turn becomes more than a simple hub, and fully assumes its role as the City of Shanghai South Gate.

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