Guangzhou East Railway Station, Shenzhen Architecture, Architect, Images
Guangzhou East Railway Station in Shenzhen
Public Square and Passenger Facilities in China ? design by Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT
9 Jun 2017
Public Square and Passenger Facilities
Design: Architectural design and Research Institute of SCUT
Location: Shenzhen, southeastern China
Public Square and Passenger Facilities Renovation of Guangzhou East Railway Station

The story starts with a simple question: What are the roles of urban landscapes in rapid urbanization process of China"
Located at the north end of the central axis, Guangzhou East Railway Station is one of the biggest railway terminals in China. The old station building, constructed in the Mid 90?s, was suffered from poor organizations of circulations, light and ventilation. Before renovation, numerous people and vehicles flows had to squeeze under a dark concrete panel to enter the station. Above the panel however, there was an abandoned platform, giant in scale, empty with people, without the quality of a public space it supposed to have.
Winning the bid for Asia Game 2010 offered Guangzhou an opportunity to ?upgrade the landmark?. What we decided to do was to optimize the environment with elements of artificial landscape, in order to gradually repair the public spaces.

Several openings are cut on the floor to allow natural lights to enter to the ground. The main entrance is then shifted from ground floor t...