Denver Union Station SOM

2014-05-20 01:00

执行合伙人安东尼·瓦奇奥内城市设计和规划合伙人玛丽莲·乔丹·泰勒项目经理克里斯托赫·塔卡奇助理项目经理马里·利波宁高级运输规划师德里克·摩尔高级设计师Themis Haralabides，Peter Glasson高级技术协调员Robert Airikka，Kevin Peters技术协调员Rita Kwong，Alexandra Kovenat结构工程总监Charles Besjak高级结构工程师Dmitri Jajich结构工程师Aurelie Ble主开发人员联合站邻里公司(USNC)主要顾问AECOM土木/MEP工程师AECOM结构工程师(上层建筑)：

Managing Partner Anthony Vacchione Urban Design and Planning Partner Marilyn Jordan Taylor Project Manager Kristopher Takacs Assistant Project Manager Mari Lipponen Senior Transportation Planner Derek Moore Senior Designer Themis Haralabides, Peter Glasson Senior Technical Coordinator Robert Airikka, Kevin Peters Technical Coordinator Rita Kwong, Alexandra Kovenat Structural Engineering Director Charles Besjak Senior Structural Engineer Dmitri Jajich Structural Engineer Aurelie Ble Master Developer Union Station Neighborhood Company (USNC) Prime Consultant AECOM Civil/MEP Engineer AECOM Structural Engineer (superstructure): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Structural Engineer (below grade) AECOM Design/Build Contractor Kiewit Western Public Realm Designer Hargreaves Associates Lighting Design Clanton & Associates Signage & Wayfinding Tamara Kudrycki Design Historic Preservation Iron Horse Architects Urban Design Consultant Ron Straka, FAIA Manufacturers Loading... More Specs Less Specs

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罗伯特·波利多里(Robert Polidori)

架构师提供的文本描述。丹佛市历史悠久的联合车站是位于市中心商业区边缘的Beaux艺术杰作。SOM受命扩建和改造这个车站，使之成为一个主要的区域交通枢纽。为了做到这一点，该公司将20英亩以前的铁路造船厂改造成了一个城市中转区，将轻轨、通勤和城际铁路、自行车和公共汽车路线，以及行人通道安排成一个直观的多式联运枢纽。

Text description provided by the architects. Denver’s historic Union Station is a Beaux Arts masterpiece located on the edge of the city’s central business district. SOM was commissioned to expand and transform this station into a major regional transportation hub. To do so, the firm converted 20 acres of former rail yards into an urban transit district that orchestrates light rail, commuter and intercity rail, bicycle and bus routes, and pedestrian pathways into an intuitive intermodal hub.

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罗伯特·波利多里(Robert Polidori)

这些新元素中的重点是露天火车大厅，它被认为是一种高效而正式的遮蔽多条铁路轨道的手段。它的主要结构体系包括11个钢“拱桁架”跨越近180英尺，覆盖在拉紧聚四氟乙烯织物。在剖面图中，树冠两端都有70英尺的高度，在中心以动态的方式向下移动到22英尺，这样的姿态可以让建筑保护下面的乘客平台，同时也可以避开为保护这座历史车站的景观而建立的观景走廊。美国铁路公司(Amtrak)的泽菲尔列车(Zephyr)-从丹佛西部到旧金山，从东部到芝加哥-现在每天都停在SOM高耸的火车大厅顶篷下。此外，四条通勤铁路线定于2016年和2018年开通。

The focal point among these new elements is the open-air Train Hall, which was conceived as an efficient and formally expressive means of sheltering multiple railway tracks. Its primary structural system comprises 11 steel “arch trusses” spanning nearly 180 feet, clad in tensioned PTFE fabric. In profile, the canopy rises 70 feet at either end and descends in a dynamic sweep to 22 feet at the center, a gesture that allows the structure to protect the passenger platforms below, while remaining clear of the view corridor established to protect views of the historic station. Amtrak’s Zephyr trains— which zip passengers from Denver west to San Francisco and east to Chicago—now pull in beneath SOM’s soaring Train Hall canopy every day. In addition, four commuter rail lines are scheduled to open in 2016 and 2018.

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罗伯特·波利多里(Robert Polidori)

一条繁忙的、两街区长的步行街将列车大厅连接到由SOM设计的丹佛联合车站轻轨终点站，自2012年通车以来，该终点站每个工作日都能载客近1万人。一个加强的网络内和周围的行人和公共空间，现在无缝地集成中心到LoDo(下城区)区的东部和较新的居民区在南部，西部和北部。

A bustling, two-block-long pedestrian promenade at grade level links the Train Hall to the SOM-designed Denver Union Station Light Rail Terminal, which has carried nearly 10,000 passengers every weekday since it opened in 2012. An enhanced network of pedestrian and public spaces within and around the site now seamlessly integrates the hub into the LoDo (Lower Downtown) district to the east and newer residential neighborhoods to the south, west, and north.

地下，22门联合车站公共汽车汇合处提供16条区域性、快速路和地方公交路线.终点站的长度为980英尺，具有双重功能，它是一个地下人行天桥，连接着分布在该地点的交通项目星座。生动的色彩和自然的灯光帮助乘客定位自己，无论他们是登上公共汽车，导航到轻轨或通勤火车站，或上升到首都。漂亮的水磨石地板和闪闪发光的黄色玻璃瓷砖提升了终点站的氛围，超越了典型的、通常是缺乏想象力的仓库体验，一系列的天窗和玻璃展馆充满了日光下的大厅，给车站注入了一种运动感和空间感。

Underground, the 22-gate Union Station Bus Concourse services 16 regional, express, and local bus routes. The terminal, measuring 980 feet in length, serves a dual purpose as a subterranean pedestrian concourse that connects the constellation of transportation programs distributed across the site. Vivid colors and natural lighting help passengers orient themselves, whether they are boarding buses, navigating to the light rail or commuter rail stations, or ascending into the capital city. Handsome terrazzo floors and sparkling yellow glass tilework elevate the ambience of terminal beyond the typical, often unimaginative depot experience, and a series of skylights and glass pavilions flood the hall below with daylight, infusing the station with a sense of motion and spaciousness.

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罗伯特·波利多里(Robert Polidori)

丹佛联合车站前铁场的再开发是美国同类项目中规模最大的一次，它是以交通为导向的城市设计的一个案例研究。这一庞大的公共投资催生了一波前所未有的私营部门活动浪潮：经济学家估计，该项目已经引发了超过10亿美元的私人混合用途投资于周边房地产。丹佛联合车站对其历史位置很敏感，但从根本上看，它的技术精湛和城市建设精神，为21世纪的多式联运枢纽设定了标准。

One of the largest of its kind in the United States, the redevelopment of the former rail yards at Denver Union Station is a case study of the power of transit-oriented urban design. This substantial public investment has catalyzed an unprecedented wave of private-sector activity: Economists estimate that the project has already triggered more than $1 billion in private mixed-use investment on surrounding property. Sensitive to its historic location, but fundamentally forward looking in its technical sophistication and city-building spirit, Denver Union Station sets the standard for 21st-century intermodal hubs.