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this page the alPenzoo station is located in a narrow forest clearing on a sloPe with an incline of 46%. Innsbruck / AustrIA 178 Zaha hadid Four Funicular stations long section mArk #11/2007-2008 179 alPenzoo station altitude 667 m Plan. section. model Photo.
above the observation terrace of the hungerburg station affords a view over the entire inn valley to the snow-covered stubai alPs. Continued from page 175∫ Innsbruck / AustrIA 180 Zaha hadid Four Funicular stations simultaneity of the animated intersection, translating the two into a dynamic formal idiom. Two flights of steps, introduced into the concrete shell on either side, lead to the underground platform; daylight falls on the track, directed down through a slit-like opening in the roof. The first part of the Hungerburg run is underground, to the long Löwenhaus station beside the curving river-side promenade just before the bridge over the inn. Here, the railway line is about 4 m above platform level. The glass roof arches over the two-storey station and follows the rhythm of the railway, which winds gently, like the river inn. Twisting lines, sinuous surfaces and sweeping curves make of Hadid’s architecture singular architectural sculptures, reminiscent of the Futurists’ manifesto. twisting lines, sinuous surfaces anD sweeping curves make haDiD’s work very sculptural From behind the suspension bridge – it too is, of course, s-shaped – the Hungerburg funicular once more plunges down into a tunnel, to emerge into daylight shortly before the spectacular third station at the foot of the nordkette mountain range. You can hear the regular murmur of a mountain stream and smell the scent of the pine trees. Here, instead of urban dynamics, extreme conditions prevail, dictated by nature: the station for the nearby alpenzoo is located in a narrow forest clearing on a slope with an incline of 46%. a 24-m-high bank of reinforced concrete rises up to the treetops and opens into a horizontal platform, above which the undulating glass roof surface imitates the course of the railway line. There are already giddying views from the lift that ascends through a glass tower at the front. The platform becomes a viewing platform, the excursion to alpenzoo an experience even as you arrive. The two funicular trains will run every 15 minutes and accommodate 130 passengers at a time. so theoretically 1200 passengers could be conveyed up the mountain every hour. innsbruck is focusing on large numbers of tourists, but the funicular has infrastructural uses as well. From Hungerburg another gondola travels up to the bare scree fields beneath the ridge of the southerly karwendel massif, at a height of 2,256 m. The funicular’s new upper terminus also houses the operating system. a curved, fluid glass roof with two inter-curving glass surfaces covers the two curvilinear stepped ramps for passengers entering and exiting the train. The flow of passengers follows the dynamic lines of the roof’s concrete shell which blend in with the mountain scenery, becoming part of it. in front of the station a projecting observation terrace affords a view over innsbruck. with the high rock face of the nordkette mountain range behind you, your gaze passes over the entire inn valley and the town to the snow-covered stubai alps. not far away, on the other side of the valley, the isel ski jump shimmers in the evening light. innsbruck is encircled by mountains. and knows how to make the most of them. www.zaha-hadid.com π | long section mArk #11/2007-2008 181 hungerburg station altitude 857 m Plan. section. model Photo.
Page 1 and 2: this page the Platform of alPenzoo
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