Xi’an Train Station – Competition

Location: Xi’an, China

Client: YAC and Manni Group

Design: 2019

Award: 2020

Jury: Enrico Frizzera, Patrik Schumacher, Ben van Berkel, Stefano Boeri, Antonio Cruz, Gong Dong, Francesco Fresa, Volkwin Marg, Bernard Plancade, Alberto Mercati, Giovanni De Niederhausern, Luca Gottardi, Cai Xichun, Sun Jin

Scale: 100.000 m2

Leading designers: Erdélyi Linda, Dobos András, Korényi Balázs, Gáspár Virág Anna

Designers: Urnukh Darizav, Székely Dávid, Szelezsán Bálint

Civil engineer: Terraplan | Puskás Balázs

Visuals: AXION visual

Diagrams and plans: LAB5 architects

 

Railway Station at the End of Silk Road

Xian is located in the centre of China bearing a history longer than three thousand years. Famous for being the „Capital of East” for centuries. The first emperor of the united China made Xi’an the capital – he still rests in peace near the city, guarded by the famous terracotta army of the eight thousands soldiers.  The landscape is picturesque and symbolic too – the 5 peaks of the Mount Hua attracts the eyes and pilgrims nearby.

The city is a mix of cultures thanks to the fact that once it was the end station of the Silk Road. Which was not only the channel of commerce, but the way of interaction and fusion between cultures too.

 

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