Architecture Asia - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2018

Hohhot is the capital city as well as the political, economic,
and cultural centre of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,
and acts as the key junction leading to North China and Northeast
China from Northwest China, as well as to connect the Beijing-
Tianjin- Tangshan Region. This long-distance coach terminal
serves as a national-level passenger coach centre, a national-level
highway passenger transport centre, and a key link for the multimode
transport terminals such as highway, railway, aviation and
urban public transport, and so on.
The planning and design focused on the urban spatial relationship
between the long-distance passenger coach terminal and
key buildings nearby. An enclosure was established between the
railway station and the front urban square, connecting with the
underground space of the passenger railway station, the south and
north squares, and the underground urban traffic transfer junction.
It was necessary to build an underground slow-spaced traffic system
crossing the railways. This underground space is not affected
by the ground motor vehicle traffic, and serves to merge the urban
spaces, which have been divided by the railways and motor vehicle
traffic. This is very important for Hohhot City, which is freezing,
windy, and sandy during wintertime. The underground urban space
will protect against wind and rain in summer and offer a spring-like
place to the users, enhancing the urban conviviality of this area.
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ARCHITECTURE ASIA ISSUE 3 2018
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