The Shanghai Nan (上海南） train station is a seating area under a glazed dome; a glorified spot of shade and shelter. There are rings of pavilions and waiting spaces that provide order and sequence for ticketing, waiting, and boarding.
The station is on the third level. The outermost ring is the entrance, information and security checkpoint. Past that is a ring of shops each within its own pavilion. The majority of the travellers enter the center to wait. As the trains are below, passengers board through one of the eight gates that surround the center.
The dome is held up by a network of beams held up by an outer ring of 36 and inner ring of 18 pillars. At the center there are a compression and a tension ring that culminate in an oculus. The herringbone glazed framing for the dome is patterned so that it seems to lift off the structure, making the dome seem higher (and therefore lighter) that it really is.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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