parametric solutions and kinetics
Each level of the station is accompanied by additional services, which are located on the mezzanines.
Their type was chosen by the students due to the demand and the size of the facility at a given stage of expansion. Platform one is equipped with food services and a waiting room with a viewing terrace, the second will be enhanced with small stores, and hotel rooms will be located at the third. The platforms themselves have also been designed for optimal size.
By using parametric solutions, their length can vary depending on the number of people at the station and the number of arriving trains.
parametric solutions were used in the design
© Martyna Majer, Milena Szymczak, Magdalena Golina,
Mateusz Otto, Agnieszka Strap
Movable parts are hidden inside the mountain and slide out of it as needed, increasing the length of the platform. The façade of the protruding part is kinetic and follows the movement of the sun's rays, which translates into the energy of the facility. The common point of all platforms is vertical communication. The platforms have been rotated relative to this point in three different directions, so that they constitute three communication routes. By building the station inside a mountain, the temperature inside the facility does not fluctuate as easily, thanks to the constant ground temperature.
Among other things, geothermal and hydroelectric energy from a nearby waterfall will be used to operate the facility.
A movable facade allows temperature regulation
© Martyna Majer, Milena Szymczak, Magdalena Golina,
Mateusz Otto, Agnieszka Strap
The "Rostanice" station presents a new approach to public transportation. It uses the potential of nature, while minimizing the negative impact on the environment. All solutions used by the students were designed using the latest technologies - BIM and parametric design. We congratulate the authors and look forward to such an ecological future of transportation.
This is not the end of the successes of the students of Wroclaw University of Technology. Second place in the same competition was won by a team consisting of: Aleksandra Bernard, Maja Cichowlas, Joanna Bagrowska and Mateusz Śmigla. About the project entitled. "Marina. Revitalization of the railroad station area and infrastructure in Lewin Klodzko" will be written about in the next article.
compiled by: Dobrawa Bies
illustrations courtesy of Martyna Majer, Milena Szymczak,
Magdalena Golina, Mateusz Otto and Agnieszka Strap
