At the commission OAO “Roszheldorproject”, “Studio 44” architectural workshop developed generic proposals on reorganization and renovation of train station complexes of three resort cities of Krasnodar Territory at once – Tuapse, Lazareskoe, and Khosta.
The most
large-scale project of all was developed for the city of Tuapse – it is expected that it will be
implemented in two stages: before the Olympics 2014, all the tracks and
platforms will be reconditioned, and in the post-Olympian period the railway
station building will be renovated, and new commercial facilities will be built.
The building of Tuapse train station, built back in 1952, is an object of
cultural heritage of regional importance: this is a rather imposing edifice in
the vein of “Stalin” style, with its main façade turned to the landside area
and Pobedy Street.
According to "Studio 44", it will keep its role as the centerpiece of
the train station complex.
On either
side (left and right) the historical building will be flanked with new
"wings" - two groups of buildings stretched along the railway lines. In
these buildings, there will be shops, restaurants, Internet cafes, and leisure
and service institutions that the architects propose to disperse over several low-rise
volumes rather than try to squeeze them into one bulky building. Spaced out
with picturesque pedestrian passways, these pavilions will form a kind of "shopping
quarters" with a comfortable human-friendly medium. All the shops and
cafes will be placed on one single stlylobate stretching from the landside area
down to the passenger platforms. The architects are deliberately leveling off
the upper marks of the stlylobate with the platforms - this will give them the
opportunity to make enough parking places in the basement. The passenger
platforms, in turn, will be equipped with sun and rain-protecting awnings that
will also visually "pull" the various volumes together into one
uniform composition.
The
building of Lazarevskoe railway station, on the other side, is not an
architectural monument but the architects still render homage to its architecture
and its charm. Deciding to keep the building virtually intact, the architects
based the renovation project of Lazarevskoe train station on the idea of an old
picture set in a new frame. The structure of the new train station facility
looks indeed a lot like a frame: like in the previous case, two buildings are
situated on the sides of the historical building, linked to one another with
one common roof that hangs like an awning above the old station and part of the
landside area.
Yet another
planning scenario was prepared by "Studio 44" for the settlement of
Khosta. The thing is that the railroad station of this settlement is situated
in the dead end of Platanovaya
Street under the Khostinsky pipe bridge that also
serves as a highway overpass. The existing building of the railroad station
practically cannot be seen from the outside because its view is almost
completely blocked by the houses of Platanovaya
Street and the overpass. Apparently it is because
of this that the architecture of the existing station is of a strictly utilitarian
character; in fact, it is only a part of two transport facilities. Taking the
existing building apart, the architects are proposing to fill its place with a
longer and more sizeable volume that will follow the outlines of the highway
overpass. Due to the fact that it is at this spot that the bridge makes a
visible arch, the building also takes on an arched shape, and it is this
expression of movement, conditioned by the giant construction, that becomes the
main theme of this architectural solution. The train station complex here presents a
minimalist volume faced with glass and wooden panels that are decorated with
thin horizontal stripes that distantly echo the trains and cars zipping by. None
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