Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for Train Station in the Forest in Jiaxing, China, which will see the studio rebuild a historical railway station and complement it with a new underground terminal.
MAD's development will see two sunken waiting halls lit through skylights and glass curtain walls built on either side of existing overground platforms, while a basement level will contain extensive shopping areas under a redeveloped park.
Train Station in the Forest will be nestled among trees
At the centre of the 35.4 hectares proposal will be a fullscale reconstruction of the historical Jiaxing train station, which was originally constructed in 1907 but destroyed in the second Sino-Japanese war in 1937.
The historical building, which will stand alongside the new solar panel-topped buildings, will form the entrance to the new train station. Underground spaces will be lit by skylights and glass curtain walls
It will be visible underground from inside the tunnel that will take visitors from the waiting hall to the platforms.
MAD hopes its design will set Jiaxing's Train Station in the Forest apart from others in the country.
The historical station will be rebuilt
"China's train stations are competing to be bigger than one another," MAD founder Ma Yansong said. "Standing tall in the city like grand palaces, they are surrounded by large main roads, imposing viaducts, and often empty plazas."

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