PERLA - Transit Station Project in Sinaia, Romania
Sinaia, Romania is a busy and extremely active tourist destination for those that are looking for breathtaking views of nature as well as perfect skiing destinations throughout the winter months. Located on a sloped site, the complexity of the project grew for the purpose of functionality and landmark establishment.
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The perspective view above shows one of the two possible entries into and out of the transit station. Because the transit station lies into a sloped mountain, the building was designed in order to create a shortcut access to and from the bottom street, known as Bulevardul Carol I. The image above, however, shows the entryway access from the above street that is called Strada Octavian Goga. The transit station has also been created as a traveling hub not only for trains transporting people to different cities, but it has also been established to hold stop stations for inter-city busses.
The above perspective image shows the other entry to the transit station, but this time it is being viewed from the bottom street that helps create a shortcut to the top of the street. Visitors are meant to access the transit station and reach the top street level by accessing the outdoor escalators, which are covered by the cantilevered building, providing shade during the summers and a place for shelter from rain and snow. For those who are with wheelchairs or strollers, there is also an access point that leads to the main floor of the transit station by entering a glass enclosing found deeper into the slope of the mountain (and right underneath main floor of the transit station), where connections to elevators can be used. Because of the sheltered feature caused by the cantilevered building to jut out from the slope, the area around the escalators can also be used for seating, where chairs, tables, and benches are provided.
This is another image that is shown in a more zoomed-out version in order to demonstrate the structure within the slope of the mountain. In order to reduce cutting heavily into the earth and hoping to promote sustainable practices, the only amount of unearthing was done when adding the elevator-accessible section of the transit station which is being enclosed by glass. In addition, to support the cantilevered element of the transit station and its supporting main floor, retaining walls were also added to establish structure and stability to the placement of the transit station. Then, the earth that was being removed for the purpose of the elevator space and the retaining wall was added to the slope of the mountain on either side of the building, ultimately causing there to be little disruption to the earth and almost no removal of the earth from its original location.
Above is a view of the transit station once again from the upper street level view. Here we have the idea that there is outdoor seating as well as the possibility to sit and wait for the inter-city busses to reach the transit station, as it would be established as an official bus stop. Because the building is located on a slope and it does not dig into the earth but rather sits onto the slope, a view of the mountains ahead can be seen, which are even more pronounced in the interior of the building, as the entire transit station is surrounding by an intricate triangular-patterned curtain wall system.
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