Designed for the ‘Mobilicity: Tirana Multimodal Station’ competition, the second prize winning proposal consists in giving back an identity to the area. Designed by Morfearch, the masterplan is not only a project of a railway station: it is a project about Tirana. The chaotic and informal feature of the city asks for the tracking of a simple and clear sign that would restore order and a hierarchy between the urban parts. The system is configured as a flexible solution in different urban situations: depending on space availability and willingness of densification, the layout of the project can change and respond to city needs. More images and architects’ description after the break.
A suture between the city center, subjected to the future transformation, and the industrial suburb characterized by a fragmented and uncertain urban fabric. This sign is nothing more than a line, given by the deviation and the partial burial of the existing railway line. A line that leaves the city dragging with its new elements of centrality: a backbone capable of weaving together links open to the context, establishing a porosity between the new urban transformations and the green network.
