Tirana Railway Station

TIRANA RAILWAY STATION

Group Member:

Esi Sulaj | Kledina Sallaku | Sabrina Sadushi

CONTENTS

01

GOVERNMENTAL PLANS

Large-scale future plans of the Railway line Grimshaw plan – Site location 02

CULTURAL & HISTORICAL EVALUATION

Social patterns map Characters program 03

SITE ANALYSIS

Morphology Land Use Number of Floors Accessibility Human Congestion 04

CONCEPT

Form Derivation Functional Derivation Façade & mosaic

05

PLANS

Masterplan Ground Floor Render First floor Render Second floor Vizualisation 06

ELEVATIONS

Elevations 07

SECTIONS

Sections Building components System detail Details 3d Section 08

VIZUALIZATIONS

01

FUTUR E P LAN OF TIRA N A- DURRE S RAI L-

R AI WAY SCHEM E FOR TIR ANA

TI R A NA MA STER P LAN BY GRI MS HAW Encompassing one-fifth of the city of Tirana, this master plan forms a new backbone with which to shape Albania’s capital.

Drawing on the historic north–south axis centred on Skandeberg Square that holds the city’s heritage, the project extends this existing boulevard a further three km and connects the two large lakes. Its east–west axis along the riverside is also redeveloped to become a linear park, rejuvenating the River Tirana and the city in the process.

Both river park and boulevard are structured around a sequence of open, green spaces that are considered as ‘urban living rooms’. They reflect the outdoor culture of Tirana and offer citizens places in which to interact and take part in programmes of public art and activities.

The positive perception of the city will grow in concert with the open accessible nature of these spaces that give relief from the urban environment.

From Tirana 2030 project by the Grimshaw studio we kept some parts of the masterplan design, such as: 1.Proposed road networks adaptet to our design and site 2.Boulevard design 3.Its connection with paskuqani and other parts of Tirana From the current state we kept: 1.Existing settlements 2.nformal pathways 3.Our sites current quota difference from the boulevard

02

TIRA NA’ S TR AIN STATI O N T I ME LI N E

The construction of the first railway line in Albania of standard started on April 28, 1940 in Kavaja. It was thought to be built in a year and would include the Durrës-Elbasan-Labinot route. The second railway in Albania was that of Durrës-Tirana. It is 38 km long and has a total of 7 stations. The characteristic of the station is its arc-shaped layout.

The length of st. of Vora is 1 km and with 8 lanes. The construction started in Shkozet on April 11, 1948. In the middle of the works, the relations with the former Yugoslav Republic are broken and the latter emerge as saboteurs. The works continued under the supervision of Russian chief engineer Valery Gaydarov. At the same time the Port of Durres was uninterruptedly unloaded the barns of steamers coming from Russia that were used in this railway segment.

The volunteer brigades were all young people. On the day of the 31st anniversary of the “Glorious Soviet Army”, on February 23, 1949. The establishment of this railway.

SO C IA L PAT TERNS OBSER VAT I O N S

FORM SETTE

INFROMAL SETTLMENTS

NEW BOULEVA

CITY CENTER AREA

MAL NEW ELMENTS

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RURAL AREA SUBURBAN AREA

Informal settlements New boulevard Contrast

Flea market Farmer’s market Old construction

City centre University Business area Residential area

Greenery Open spaces Leisure activities

Suburban area Rural area Low rise construction Farmers

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SITE ANALYSIS ( ACCESSIBILITY & HUMAN CONGES-

Proposed railway

6:00 AM HIGH FLOW

Main urban roads Main local roads Information roads

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Bus lane Pedestrian Vehicle

MEDIUM FLOW

Railway track Pedestrian access

6:00 PM HIGH FLOW

MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS

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FORM DER IVATION

Two influences from the boulevard and the informal pathway connecting it with the neighborhood.

Selection of the site and location of the railway tracks.

Distribution of function in three levels and the plan outline influenced by the diagonal pathway.

Pathway suggests the division of the program into two key ones: commercial and transportation.

Connection of the train station with the central park and the neighborhood, creating the final shape of the plans.

TR AIN STATION ZONING

WORK HUB ZONE WORK HUB ZONE train managment offices conference room

MAIN HALL entrance vertical circulation

start up spaces co-working space multipurpose area

MAIN HALL Commercial spaces Exchibition spaces

information desk ticketing offices ticket queue ticked barriers

PLATFORMS ZONE

MARKET SPACE & TECHNICAL SPACES

waiting hall

security room

elevated platforms

holding room

baggage room

employee spaces

ticketing offices

equipment spaces

ticket barriers

flea & farmers market

commercial island

MA STERPLAN

MO S A IC PATH WAY VISUALIZ AT I O N

GR OUND FLOOR

TR AIN D EPARTU RE AND ARR I VAL VI S UALI Z AT I O N

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WA I TING A REA VIZUALIZATION

FI R ST FLO O R

EN T RA N CE F R OM TH E BOU LE VARD VI S UALI Z AT I O N

FO O D COURT VIZUALIZATION

SECO N D FLOOR

EX HIBITIO N SPAC E VISUALIZ AT I O N

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FAC A D ES SOUTH FACADE

WEST FACADE

NORTH FACADE

EAST FACADE

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FAC A D E MAT ER ILAS AND C ON C E P T

wood deck finishing

Preforated brick

Concrete tiles

Terrazzo

Mosaic unique to the station.

Pattern development.

Traditional elements.

SECTION A-A’

SECTION B-B’

SECTION C-C’

ST R UCTURAL DEC ISIONS

The structure of the station is devided into two: 1.The structure that supports the slab and the weight of the whole station. It is composed by flat slabs and dropped concrete columns.

2. The roof structure which support the weight of the roof.

It acts as an envelope for the whole station. Steal columns and beams form it’s structure .

ST R UCTURAL P LAN

For large spans, drop columns were used. The slab that the columns support is a flat slab. This structural decision helped create large open spaces and a stable structure.

R O O F STRUC TU RAL P LAN

The timber roof is supported by steel beams and columns that form the whole structure.

It is composed by one central axes of streight steel columns and two other axes with slanted V shaped columns.

CURTA IN WALL FAC ADE DETA I L

TR AIN V IBRATION SOLU TION

The longitudinal wall of the facade is 13m of height. The structure of the wall is composed by steel boundry beams and columns and metal sheets panels. the base plate of the columns and it’s anchor rods are loose enough to withstand the vibration of the train when entering the building .

3 D S ECTION

O U TD OO R SPAC E VISUALIZAT I O N

I N FORMA L PATH WAY VISUAL I Z AT I O N

SI T E V IEW VISUALIZATION

Integrated Second Cycle Program Study in Architecture Epoka University Tirana, Albania Advanced Design Studio 401-402 Course Description: This design studio aims to create an academic milieu, particularly among undergraduate students and provide the m with theoretical knowledge, instruments, and representation media necessary for understanding contemporary urban spaces in their social, cultural, political and ecological complexities. This course offers students a unique opportunity to broaden and deepen their architectural education, unencumbered by professional examinations.

It provides an open and creative learning environment that embraces historical, theoretical and practical work.

Course Objectives: Development of personalized processes of data collection, analysis and building programming which reflect the nature and interests of designers; development of ability of applying the knowledge about structures, construction and detailing all trough the design process by design problems; control of the ability of developing complicated programs for buildings - building groups in complicated environments and finding relevant design solutions.

Course Instructors: Dr. Egin Zeka MSc. Julian Beqiri Group Members: Esi Sulaj Kledina Sallaku Sabrina Sadushi Year: 2021-2022