Behind the Westbahnhof, one of Vienna's main rail terminals, lies
a train yard 1.5km long by 200m wide. For many years this yard has
been a wound within the city, dividing a neighborhood and creating
near slum conditions on either side of the yard. There have been
many proposals to overbuild the yard but none has been either a
suitable economic proposition or a sufficient urban contribution to
be acceptable the city. The present proposal builds a glazed, vaulted
train shed behind the terminal building at the east end of the site. It
is in part in the tradition of the early glass train sheds still to be found
in many ma.jor European cities, except that at the Westbahnhof the
hectares of glazing contain integrated photovoltaic collectors which
deliver a substantial percentage of the Implantation's energy rcquirements
while modulating the climate and quality of light entering
the terminal. A pedestrian street starts from the terminal and runs
the length of the site to the west, parallel to the tracks, rising up the
constructed City-as-a-Hill at a gentle six percent slope. As it rises i t
crosses other horizontal floor levels and at every third level (levels
4.7,and 10) it passes through a public square or piazza. A streetcar
runs along this otherwise pedestrian street and after passing through
the main piazza (Hauptplatz) at level I0 it descends through piazzas
at levels 7,4, and 1 to join an existing trolley track at ground level.
On the surface of the constructed hill is a human-scaled town with
networks of streets, and stairs- piazzas and paths, weaving betwecn
three to five story neighborhoods of dwellings and a full variety of
shops and services.
Behind the Westbahnhof, one of Vienna's main rail terminals, lies
a train yard 1.5km long by 200m wide. For many years this yard has
been a wound within the city, dividing a neighborhood and creating
near slum conditions on either side of the yard. There have been
many proposals to overbuild the yard but none has been either a
suitable economic proposition or a sufficient urban contribution to
be acceptable the city. The present proposal builds a glazed, vaulted
train shed behind the terminal building at the east end of the site. It
is in part in the tradition of the early glass train sheds still to be found
in many ma.jor European cities, except that at the Westbahnhof the
hectares of glazing contain integrated photovoltaic collectors which
deliver a substantial percentage of the Implantation's energy rcquirements
while modulating the climate and quality of light entering
the terminal. A pedestrian street starts from the terminal and runs
the length of the site to the west, parallel to the tracks, rising up the
constructed City-as-a-Hill at a gentle six percent slope. As it rises i t
crosses other horizontal floor levels and at every third level (levels
4.7,and 10) it passes through a public square or piazza. A streetcar
runs along this otherwise pedestrian street and after passing through
the main piazza (Hauptplatz) at level I0 it descends through piazzas
at levels 7,4, and 1 to join an existing trolley track at ground level.
On the surface of the constructed hill is a human-scaled town with
networks of streets, and stairs- piazzas and paths, weaving betwecn
three to five story neighborhoods of dwellings and a full variety of
shops and services.
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