Situated in a strategic position for the development of the city of Taiyuan, China, the design for the Southern Station West Plaza creates an important hub of services for the city’s population. Designed by AS. Architecture Studio, the project represents the first visual impact the city offers to visitors descending at the southern station, thus acquiring an important communicative and functional value. For this reason, the project constitutes a real landmark, standing out from the surrounding urban environment, enriching it and integrating within at the same time. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The architectural composition is divided into two groups of seven simple translucent blocks of different sizes hosting the main functions, juxtaposed in variable ratios around two internal courtyards, and connected by a system of variable shaped red volumes enclosing connective spaces and public functions. The two Parts of the complex (housing offices, a shopping mall, two hotels and an exhibition space) overlook the large urban park that faces the station on the main axis, and are connected on the underground level by a wide central shopping mall, which also serves as a link with the rail and subway network.
