Olaya Metro Station by Gerber Architekten

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Gerber建筑事务所在沙特阿拉伯王国首都奥拉亚设计的沙丘般地铁总站挖掘工程已经开始。Gerber建筑事务所是在2012年获得这个设计竞赛的头奖，此后，2014年该工程举行了奠基仪式，2015年挖掘工程进行中并计划在未来18个月完工。

Minimalist sand dune in an urban context
The planning of the Olaya Metro Station has entered the next stage

In planning the Olaya Metro Station, Gerber Architekten are currently working on the most important infrarstructure project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Following the competition win in 2012, excavation work has now begun. The groundbreaking-ceremony was celebrated on the 3rd of April 2014 in the presence of the Governor of Riyadh at that time, Prince Khalid bin Bandar. Now, the BACS Consortium comprised of Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company, Almabani, Consolidated Contractors Company and Siemens opened up the way for the next planning phase to commence and commissioned Professor Gerber and his team Gerber Architekten under the direction of Thomas Lücking in cooperation with BuroHappold Engineering with further planning for this major project. The planning work for the station should be completed in the next 18 months.

整个地铁站以简约的造型诠释了阿拉伯的沙漠风景，并在城市中建立起传统与未来的对话。这座新的绿洲将成为城市的交际场所。柔美的缓坡屋顶被开辟成公园，为城市提供宝贵的绿地，屋顶下方是一个大型的购物中心。地铁站在深入地下30米的地方，列车进站后的玻璃圆管外罩颇具未来感，其采用了西门子研发生产的最新技术打造。预计该项目在2018年全面完工。

In order to improve the quality of life, a new metro system for the Saudi Arabian capital will be developped. Gerber Architekten won the competition for the Olaya Metro Station in 2012. The design of the station reinterprets the Arabian desert landscape, recalls a minimalist dune and thus establishes a dialogue between tradition and future. This new oasis becomes a communicative meeting place in the city. The sculptural form creates a park which gradually rises upwards in gentle waves to become the roof of the Olaya Station. This dune park will answer the pressing need for more green urban space in Riyadh.

The main planning approaches are – beyond addressing the technical and functional complexity of an underground-station – to link the two crossing underground lines and combine them with a shopping mall. A further significant design objective is to ensure ease of access and orientation inside the building, which goes down to 30 metres below the ground, and to make the movement of people and trains inside the station clearly visible. The trains arrive through futuristic glass tubes and use the very latest in technology, developed and manufactured by Siemens. The completion of the Olaya Metro Station is being coordinated with the overall network and final completion date is scheduled for end of 2018.

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Gerber Architekten
Dortmund – Hamburg – Berlin – Riyadh – Shanghai

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Olaya Metro Station  © Gerber Architekten  Visualisation: bloomimages

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