Konkurs na zadaszenie przystanku tramwajowego Łódź

Konkurs na przystanek tramwajowy w Łodzi, Adam Ankiewicz

Fig.1. Street View 1

COMPETITION

Spatial Problems The interchange center requires the creation of a place with a very individual character. As a place where many trails used by residents and visitors meet, it has to be a point of orientation - a symbol.

The proposed architectural form is the answer for this space, its function, and historical and social context. It has to be a readable symbol of its function and identification of the space.

Thanks to the dynamic spatial form; the idea behind the tram stop, and its underlying function as an interchange station, were joined with the urban traditions in Lodz, as well as secessionist and organic forms of architecture, from the turn of the 19th and 20th century.

The futuristic steel-glass, moveable structure is an answer to the indicated problra

Konkurs na przystanek tramwajowy w Łodzi, Adam Ankiewicz 2

Fig.2. Street View 2

Functional issues The basic idea behind the functionality of the project is to create a zone that is safe for passengers, together with the possibility of using open space in sunny weather. The functional issues are also about guaranteeing protection against changeable atmospheric conditions as well as safeguarding the passengers against falling under an oncoming tram.

We decided that an interchange center, which has very frequent coming and going trams, can be made safe if two zones are separated; the passenger and vehicle zone.

In the proposed solution there are three tunnels that separate pedestrian space from the area where vehicles move. The tunnels completely close three tracks, two single ones and one double track in the middle.

The tunnels are made up of steel girders, topped with an arch of see through glass, hydraulically opening arms, which are covered with photovoltaic batteries from the south face.

Safety is guarantee by glass door modules which open simultainously to the doors of the halting tram. Their span has been adjusted to serve three types of tram used by the city of Lodz, these are the PESA 122, CITYRUNNER and 805N.

In the proposed solution the passenger safety zone runs through the whole platform.

Fig.3. Elevation and Top View

The external tunnels are equipped with an automatic canopy opening system and creating from them a full visor over the passenger zone on both sides of the tunnel.

The covering created as a result protects against rain along the whole length of the platform. The hydraulically opening arms are equipped additionally with a system to siphon rain water as well as heated panels that guard against snow. The complete transparency of the glass guarantees fast orientation.

Technical issues The partial covering of the two first tunnels from the south side by photovoltaic panels allows for cheap energy. They deliver the necessary volume of power to guarantee light in the evening across the tram stop, and the hydraulic opening of the canopy. The siphoning of rain water takes place along vertical steel girders to a linear drainage, which is leveled with the platform floor.

Fig.4. Cross section and 3D