Quay of River Danube, Budapest, Hungary
Spora Architects
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
Budapest’s new metro line includes ten stations and will connect South Budapest to the center city. Located on the Danube river and currently under construction, Fővám tér Station is part of the first phase of this project.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
Only a complex structural system could fulfil the requirements emerging from the proximity of the Danube and the given
construction site. For that reason, Fővám tér Station station is composed of a
cut-and-cover box and tunnels. The complexity of the structure is driven by the need for a new tunnels for the tramline and pedestrians. This new
underground station will become a gateway to the historic downtown of Budapest.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
The station is divided into two main stuctural parts as well as two building methods. There is a box structure built through an
open pit from the surface. Work pits are supported by slurry or pile walls. The other part of the station is under an exisisting building, and is built using NAT methods.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
The box is supported by three levels of
reinforced concrete beams, the structure of which will be similar to a net. The layers of this network sustain the walls of the box like a bone-structure.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
The tunnels also have a curved cross section. The walls and the columns will be covered with printed ceramic tiles. The design of this artwork will reflect the Zsolnay ceramics of the Gellért hotel, located near the site.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
Due to the construction technology, huge rooms have been created in the inner spaces of the stations. The section of the space is proportional to a cross section of an average street in Budapest, built in the eclectic period in the 19th century. Therefore, the station can be interpreted as an inverse street or square under the surface.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tamás Bujnovszky |
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| Image © Courtesy of Spora Architects |
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Playing with natural light has been an important aspect in the architectural formation of the entire line. The design focus was to incorporate the light to showcase the underground architectural form. On the surface, a huge pedestrian square is planned. This will allow for the necessary skylights, which will let the sunlight reach the platform level, emphasizing the unique character of the beam network.
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| site map--drawing © Courtesy of Spora Architects |
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| basement floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Spora Architects |
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| section view--drawing © Courtesy of Spora Architects |
Architects: Spora Architects Ltd
Location: Quay of River Danube, Budapest, Hungary
Project: m4 metro line fővám tér underground station, budapest
Lead Designers: Tibor Dékány, Sándor Finta, Ádám Hatvani, Orsolya Vadász
Project Team: Zsuzsa Balogh, Attilla Korompay, Bence Várhidi, Noémi Soltész, András Jánosi, Diána Molnár
General Design: Palatium Studió Kft
Project Area: 7,100 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2012
Photographs: Tamás Bujnovszky
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