2024-11-24T13:09:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/141376057/preview-unstudio-s-new-arnhem-central-station-opens-tomorrow Justine Testado 2015-11-18T18:54:00-05:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rg/rg8fx2d4ea46clqq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>After 19 years, the Arnhem Central Station masterplan will finally be complete with the public opening of the new transfer hall tomorrow. Since&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/1138/unstudio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UNStudio</a> won the competition in 1996, the journey to construct the urban development in the Dutch city of Arnhem was an arduous one filled with&nbsp;&ldquo;an enormous amount of setbacks and disasters&rdquo;, as principal Caroline Bos commented during a <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/140021505/building-a-collaborative-practice-caroline-bos-of-unstudio-lectures-at-lacma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recent public lecture</a>. The station is a meeting point for six modes of transportation and it accommodates about 55,000 travelers every weekday.</p><p>Collaboratively designed by UNStudio and <a href="http://archinect.com/arupassociates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arup</a>, the new transfer hall has an extensive program that includes multiple above-ground levels consisting of local and regional bus terminals, taxi stands, service areas and corridors linked to train platforms, office and retail spaces, and a spacious entrance lobby. Bicycle storage and vehicle parking is also available both above and below ground level.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/5b/5bk66kxcwgd03ntn.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/iq/iqkb7r6m9rg7xfbt.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/1q/1qjhlloz34fwt2tt.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/2x/2xubjts80c20c5d9.jpg"></p><p>A key aspect of the terminal's design was to enable passengers to move as s...</p>