Structural Art and Aesthetics of Architecture at Impressive Mega-Stations
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Ewa Maria KIDO
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Large Structures and Infrastructures for Environmentally Constrained and Urbanised Areas, Venice, Italy, 22-24 September 2010 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Venice 2010 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 420-421 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2010 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137810796025186 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The paper describes structural art and aesthetics of distinguished large railways stations that has been built or are still under development as a part of the re-urbanization of large cities and as a highlights of “Station Renaissance” trend. Three mega-stations – Berlin Hauptbahnhof, St Pancras and Tokyo station are examples of aesthetic stations that have qualities of structural art. |
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| Keywords: |
aesthetics railroad station structural art station renaissance mega-stations
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