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An urban regeneration precedent showcasing the integration of cylindrical glass towers with historic brick and vaulted industrial structures via a central grand staircase.
- What we like about this project
- A grand exterior escalator and stair set pierces directly through the podium between heritage buildings.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- red-brick
- stone
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-glass-towers
- grand-central-staircase
- historic-brick-facade
- vaulted-train-shed
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- hybrid
Visual tags
- urban-regeneration
- heritage-integration
- mixed-use
- high-rise
- public-realm
- Geometry
- A stepped cascade of cylindrical glass towers sits centered behind a monumental central axis featuring a grand staircase flanked by heritage brick structures and massive arched train sheds.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with pronounced vertical mullions on curved towers; traditional punched masonry windows on historic wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel trusses for vaulted sheds, concrete cores with steel framing for the cylindrical towers, and historic load-bearing masonry below.
- Spatial scale
- Massive urban scale; multi-story historical context dwarfed by clustered high-rise cylindrical towers.
- Lighting
- Clear late-day sunlight catches the vertical mullions of the curved glass towers, casting soft horizontal shadows across the historic roofs.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, monumental, and carefully balanced between industrial heritage and futuristic verticality.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban setting integrating historic railway and brick architecture with modern high-rise insertion.
- Spatial experience
- The composition draws the eye inward and upward from the ground-level plaza through a monumental central staircase directly into the heart of the complex.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical monumental axis defined by the central stair, flanked by repeating rhythmic arched structures and vertical glass cylinders.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage hybrid architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban destination combining commercial, cultural, and public transit functions
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, red-brick, stone, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- cylindrical-glass-towers, grand-central-staircase, historic-brick-facade, vaulted-train-shed
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, hybrid
- Visual tags
- urban-regeneration, heritage-integration, mixed-use, high-rise, public-realm
- Geometry
- A stepped cascade of cylindrical glass towers sits centered behind a monumental central axis featuring a grand staircase flanked by heritage brick structures and massive arched train sheds.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with pronounced vertical mullions on curved towers; traditional punched masonry windows on historic wings.
- Structural guess
- Steel trusses for vaulted sheds, concrete cores with steel framing for the cylindrical towers, and historic load-bearing masonry below.
- Spatial scale
- Massive urban scale; multi-story historical context dwarfed by clustered high-rise cylindrical towers.
- Lighting
- Clear late-day sunlight catches the vertical mullions of the curved glass towers, casting soft horizontal shadows across the historic roofs.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, monumental, and carefully balanced between industrial heritage and futuristic verticality.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban setting integrating historic railway and brick architecture with modern high-rise insertion.
- Spatial experience
- The composition draws the eye inward and upward from the ground-level plaza through a monumental central staircase directly into the heart of the complex.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical monumental axis defined by the central stair, flanked by repeating rhythmic arched structures and vertical glass cylinders.
- Style reading
- Contemporary heritage hybrid architecture
- Program
- Mixed-use urban destination combining commercial, cultural, and public transit functions
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture