Cleveland, Ohio

The project consists of train station and platform canopy, bus station, bus drop-off shelter, and bus canopy. Currently the site has several GCRTA stops and stations that are spread throughout the area and are loosely connected with each other. A key design strategy is to develop a cohesive architectural and urban language that connects the various GCRTA components; so the various stations can be read as a single entity.

Similar to the programmatic elements of bus and train stations and the notion of a gateway – the design concept for the stations revolves around convergence – the idea of different modes of transportation and users coming together at a common point. The architecture of the canopies, for the stations, peels up from the ground at the points of convergence with different pieces of the program and various materials captured by its form. For example, the roof of the train station begins at the intersection of the adjacent Ambler Park and the proposed plaza. The proposed green roof of the train station is an extension of the existing ground plane/texture of Ambler Park and the entrance to the station is revealed from the ground through a slit-like opening. The plaza in front of the train station connects to the proposed art wall/walk underneath the existing bridge to proposed bus station on the opposite side of the train station. The path between this two key program elements string other smaller component like the bus canopy and bus drop-off shelter.