The city of Pforzheim, located in the Northern Black Forest in Germany, is carrying out sucessive changes to public areas surrounnding its main railway station, in order to make the space more attractive to pedestrians.

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Architects: Metaraum Architekten BDA

Location: Pforzheim, Germany

Architects In Charge: Wallie Heinisch, Marcus Lembach, Marcus Huber, Felix Bittmann

Area: 10000.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Zooey Braun

Planning Of Traffic Facilities: Mailänder Consult GmbH, Karlsruhe

Structural Engineering: Engelsmann Peters Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, Stuttgart

Lighting Design: Day & Light Lichtplanung, München
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The city of Pforzheim, located in the Northern Black Forest in Germany, is carrying out sucessive changes to public areas surrounnding its main railway station, in order to make the space more attractive to pedestrians.

© Zooey Braun

An essential component of the areas reconfiguration is the new bus station, which features a total of 30 platforms housed under an elegant and prominent roof.

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Site Plan

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The roofscape of the new central bus station provides form to the hitherto shapeless area between the railway station and ove...