Abseron Railway Stations

Description

Large canopy which crosses over the building mass that starting from the entrance point towards the other side of the railway system is designed in order to create protected areas from rain and also provided shadowed open spaces. On the other hand, this canopy becomes a platform to create a base for solar panels which produce self energy of the building. The building facades is designed as exposed concrete in order to highlight the form of the mass and to support the use of local materials. It is aimed to design the new station building as such a simple, natural and naked like its own environment besides in this way not only the integration with its own environment is provided, but also provided to light reflection visual effects on blind walls by inner lights come from the mass inside designed as glass totally.

The facades of central waiting hall are covered by transparent glass in design,in order to provide permeability into the green areas situated both sides. By designing these both sides of the waiting hall as social spaces including cafe and restaurant which have visual communication between inside and green outside, it is provided to have spaces that are used all day long. Building mass extended towards the tree groups and converted into a wall that creates sitting platform is created for passengers. The existing middle platform is designed as an open-air museum and art gallery that can be used for exhibitions and by this way it is provided to make the site 24 hour living space.