TY - JOUR
T1 - The spatial impact of train stations on small and medium-sized European cities and their contemporary urban design challenges
AU - Van Acker, Maarten
AU - Triggianese, Manuela
N1 - Accepted Author Manuscript
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - After a decade marked by the renewal of grand European high-speed railway stations, today, a second wave of station renewal is at hand. This paper argues the importance of the train station in the historical development of smaller cities. Based on comparative research of recent best practices, the contemporary urban design challenges of smaller and medium-sized stations are explored. The paper concludes that the station is no longer shaped as a monolithic, architectural cathedral, as for the grand stations, but interweaves the world of the passer-by with that of the local inhabitant as a system of public infrastructure and facilities.
AB - After a decade marked by the renewal of grand European high-speed railway stations, today, a second wave of station renewal is at hand. This paper argues the importance of the train station in the historical development of smaller cities. Based on comparative research of recent best practices, the contemporary urban design challenges of smaller and medium-sized stations are explored. The paper concludes that the station is no longer shaped as a monolithic, architectural cathedral, as for the grand stations, but interweaves the world of the passer-by with that of the local inhabitant as a system of public infrastructure and facilities.
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U2 - 10.1080/13574809.2020.1814133
DO - 10.1080/13574809.2020.1814133
M3 - Article
SN - 1357-4809
VL - 26
SP - 38
EP - 58
JO - Journal of Urban Design
JF - Journal of Urban Design
IS - 1
ER -