Cerver Design Studio shared with us the design of a new transportation hub in Cleveland that will cohesively integrate pedestrians, cyclists, and automobiles. To maximize sun exposure, the façade’s structural glazing system has panels of fins where the number and density of such fins can be modified to create an efficient balance between active and passive solar. The active fins are cylindrical solar tubes that collect energy while also mediating solar heat gain in the interior spaces. In addition to the state-of-the-art trains and station facilities, a new park space will float above the rail station to connect Cleveland Convention Center to the Lake Front Station. ”The new hub will re-activate the flow of the entire Lake Front area and create a cohesive link to this dynamic site,” explained the architect.
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Project: Lakefront Station
Project Type: Competition, un-built
Location: Cleveland, OH
Year: 2010
Architect: CERVER Design Studio
Lead Designer: Robert Cervellione
Congratulations to the winner, but look at the scale of that park. It’s longer than the football stadium next to it. This is Cleveland, not New York. A park that size would be underutilized, not to mention that is a giant park (Mall A-C) right by there that doesn’t get used.
judging by the renderings the designer intuitively knew this already
so why did the designer go down that path then?
I like this project but can tell you that it was not one of the finalists. To be honest i like this project more than some of the ones selected.
here’s a link to the competition winners.
http://www.clevelandcompetition.com/gallery-09.html
now all we need is trains..
Nicely Designed: Lakefront Station. http://bit.ly/bhm8kf
RT @nicholaspatten Nicely Designed: Lakefront Station. http://bit.ly/bhm8kf
I think that they have chosen the best solution. And what is the problem if the park is big. Our ideeas and targets of the everyday life will be changing.