Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, China
The Hong Kong West Kowloon Station, designed by Andrew Bromberg, is located in Hong Kong, China. Unusual for the vertical city of Hong Kong, the design of the station is ground-hugging which introduces over 3 hectares of ‘green plaza’ to the site. The station design, with 400,000 square meters of floor space, compacted all supporting spaces more efficiently to allow for a very large void down into the departure hall below.
The outside ground plane bows down towards the entrance, whilst the roof structure above gestures towards the sky. The result is an around 40 meters high volume (25 meters below ground) which focuses all attention through the south façade toward views of Hong Kong’s Central skyline and Victoria Peak beyond. People are furthermore encouraged to walk upon the station’s rooftop aligned with mature trees and shrubs and enjoy the new views and gain new connections with the city.
The interior of the hall is almost like a forest, with leaning steel columns supporting a giant floating roof and lifting up 4,000 glass panels to bring in natural daylight into the building and a glimpse of the city even from the lower levels of the station.
The Hong Kong West Kowloon Station has won numerous awards such as MIPIM Awards 2019, A' Design Awards 2016-2017, AAP Architecture Prize 2016, MIPIM Asia Awards 2015, Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF) Awards 2015 (Best Future Building of the Year) and etc.
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