30th Street Station anchors a new city district with up to 18 million square feet of development. Image © SOM

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has released plans for a new mixed-use urban district for Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station Precinct. In response to projections showing significant increases in transit activity in the coming decades, the project calls for a transformation of the existing Beaux Arts train station and surrounding neighborhood of University City. The design will improve transportation throughout the city, and will activate the area with new shops, restaurants and public plazas.

30th Street Station anchors a new city district with up to 18 million square feet of development. Image © SOM

SOM plans to turn the station into an iconic transportation hub capable of serving the 30,000 passengers who travel by train each morning by making improvements to the historic building and encircling it with new public plazas and walkways to improve pedestrian access. The plan features a new underground concourse, capped with a domed skylight, that will connect 30th Street Station to the city subway system.

Station Plaza view from east. Image © SOM

Beyond the station, mixed-use buildings and parks will be filled with shops and restaurants to create a more cohesive network of public spaces. New buildings for Drexel University will connect via rethought vehicular, pedestrian, and cyclist systems, reducing congestion and improving walkability.

The 175-acre proposal was master planned by SOM and designed in association with Parsons Brinckerhoff, OLIN and HR&A Advisors.

A new underground concourse, capped by a dramatic skylight, connects the subway and 30th Street Station. Image © SOM

A new North Concourse will expand Amtrak and SEPTA access and open the station up to the north. Image © SOM

Connections through existing back-of-house spaces increase passenger circulation and amenities. Image © SOM

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• Architects: Bernardo Gómez-Pimienta.
• Location: Lerma, State of Mexico, Mexico
• Design Team: Luis Enrique Mendoza, Edgar González
• Area: 2200.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2013
• Photographs: Jaime Navarro

• Landscape Architects: Entorno, Taller de paisaje
• Constructor: Arq. Carlos Franco
• Structure: Izquierdo Ingenieros
• Mechanicals/Hvac: DIIN Ingenieros
• Build Area: 350 m2 Existing house
• Floor Area: 2200 m2
• New Project : 600 m2

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The project is an extension to the existing house, this element linking conceptually by a glass element, with two new volumes, the rooms and private areas.

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The project respects the existing front of the house, with his own appearance, to integrate the program creates two volumes of irregular floor playing with the topography as much as possible to avoid the need to dig, these volumes have vertical walls coated quarry material for dialogue with the existing house but giving it a much more modern application, the application of vertical slabs that create a rhythm and fold creating an interesting play of shadows. The facade at street level is finished steel sheets that serve as rusty doors in the parking area and as a coating on the entire front wall, excluding the main entrance arch and continuing after that. Everyone respected volumes posed regulations do not constructible distances in front and the boundary, similarly respected radius 4.5 meters distance from existing trees to ensure they are not damaged during the construction process.

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Current construction using the existing walls and interior finishes are renewed, but keeps the current state of the facade facing the street. In the rear, the volume intersects diagonally to make way for the circulation of the project.

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INSIDE World Festival of Interiors has announced the over 60 nominees being considered for the World Interior of the Year 2016 award. Occurring alongside the World Architecture Festival, INSIDE celebrates of the most original and exciting interiors. 

Nominations in the 9 categories include projects from across the globe. From bars and retail spaces to schools and hotels, the nominees will present their projects live during the festival in November. Read on for a complete list of the shortlisted projects and check out all of the projects in the image gallery.

Bars & Restaurants:

Cheng-Chen Chen, Maru, Taipei, Taiwan. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• Ahead Concept Design, Lin Mao Sen Tea Store, Taipei, Taiwan
• Beijing Fenghemuchen Space Design, Blue Lake House, Beijing, China
• Cheng-Chen Chen, Maru, Taipei, Taiwan
• Eight Inc., Breeze Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt, Germany
• merz merz, Mercedes me, Beijing, China
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Rachel’s Burger, Shanghai, China
• One Plus Partnership, C C Moment, Shenzhen, China
• Paradigm Shift Design Company, Rabbit Hole, Bangkok, Thailand
• PIA Interior Company, Air space, Hua Hin, Thailand

Civic, Culture & Transport:

Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, The Hub Performance and Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• De Matos Ryan, York Theatre Royal, York, United Kingdom ​
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, The Hub Performance and Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China ​
• One Plus Partnership, Meteor Cinema Guangzhou, China ​
• Stanton Williams, Waddesdon Bequest, London, United Kingdom ​

Creative Reuse:

K.P.D.O, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• K.P.D.O, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, Australia
• Studio Lotus, Baradari, City Palace Jaipur, India
• Warner Wong Design, Niven Road Studio, Singapore

Display:

IADC, Gardening Box, Shanghai, China. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects + Maos Design, Huaxin Wisdom Mark – office showroom for all possibilities, Shanghai, China
• Bo Lee / Shenzhen Cimax Design Company, Together: 2016 International Creative Designer Furniture Exhibition, Shenzhen, China
• Hülle + Fülle, Showroom, Münster, Germany
• IADC, Gardening Box, Shanghai, China ​
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, The Cut, stand design for Kvadrat, Milan, Italy
• Suh Architects, Hyundai Motorstudio, Seoul, South Korea
• we architech anonymous, Showroom 668 Changyang Road, Shanghai, China

Health & Education:

Rosan Bosch Studio, Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys, Abu Dhabi, UAE.jpg. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• BVN, Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School Stage 1, North Strathfield, NSW, Australia
• Nikken Space Design, Kondo Clinic, Osaka, Japan
• OHLAB / Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab, Emardental Clinic, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Rosan Bosch Studio, Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Boys, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Hotels:

Hassell, Ovolo Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• Hassell, Ovolo Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia
• Joyce Wang Studio / The Landmark, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
• NOA* – Network Of Architecture, The Apple Hotel, Saltaus (St. Martin in Passeier), Italy
• OHLAB / Oliver Hernaiz Architecture Lab, Puro Hotel, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• PIA Interior Company, Hua Hin Marriot Resort & Spa, Hua Hin, Thailand
• Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos, Grand Hyat Playa del Carmen Spa, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Offices:

Atelier E, The Alchemist, Hong Kong, China. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• Atelier E, The Alchemist, Hong Kong, China
• Boogertman + Partners Architects, Google Head Office South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
• BVN, Macquarie Bank Workplace, Sydney, Australia
• BVN, Minter Ellison, Sydney, Australia
• Carlo Berarducci Architecture, VDP Engineering Office, Rome, Italy
• Form4 Architecture, Netflix Headquarters, Los Gatos, California, USA
• Guida Moseley Brown Architects, The ARTS Group Headquarters, Wuzhong, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
• Hallucinate, Midwest Inland Port Financial Town, Xi’an, China
• Hülle & Fülle, Zalando HUB, Berlin, Germany
• J.C. Architecture, Logistic Republic, Taipei Park – H&M warehouse management office, New Taipei City, Taiwan
• Matt Gibson Architecture + Design, Compulsive Productions, Melbourne, Australia
• Mole design, Working space, Taiwan Soesthetic group, Xinwei Office, Kiev, Ukraine
• Woods Bagot, Melbourne Studio, Melbourne, Australia Woods Bagot, Paramount by The Office Space, Sydney, Australia
• X-Line Design, Auer, New Taipei City, Taiwan ​

Residential:

studiomk27, SP_Penthouse, São Paulo, Brazil. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• House of Beast, The Playhouse, Hong Kong, China
• Ian Moore Architects, 30 Adelaide Street, Sydney, Australia
• iredale pedersen hook architects and Caroline Di Costa Architect, CASA31_4 Room House, Perth, Australia
• MdAA Architetti Associati, 1+1= 3, Rome, Italy
• Mole design, Residence, Taiwan Shang Yih Interior Design, Spacious, New Taipei City, Taiwan
• Smart Design Studio, Indigo Slam, Sydney, Australia
• studiomk27, SP_Penthouse, São Paulo, Brazil ​

Retail:

Cheng-Chen Chen, KOKO store, Taipei, Taiwan. Image Courtesy of INSIDE

• Cheng-Chen Chen, KOKO store, Taipei, Taiwan
• Draft, Zoff Mart, Tokyo, Japan
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, Comme Moi Flagship Store, Shanghai, China
• One Plus Partnership, Darry Ring Jewellery Shop, Shanghai, China ​
• Shanwei Weng & Jiadie Yuan/Hangzhou AN Interior Design, Black Cant System – HEIKE fashion brand concept store, Hangzhou,China

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