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Benthem Crouwel and West 8 announced as winners of the Brno New Main Train Station competition

By Josh Niland|

Friday, Jul 23, 2021

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

The city of Brno in the Czech Republic’s South Moravian region is today announcing the winner of its international competition for a new train station along the Svratka River.

The Dutch duo of Benthem Crouwel and West 8 was selected from over 45 other applicants for their shared proposal that would add a new railway hub for the city of almost 400,000.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

The plan refers to the local history and character of the city while creating a vibrant public space with a multi-purpose plan that incorporates retail, office, and dining functions into the 14-platform railway station. The plan further calls for a hotel, promenade, and waterfront park stationed around the dynamic €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) development.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

Designers were particularly responsive to the human needs presented in the scheme, incorporating a design scheme that emphasizes free movement and connectivity in a “barrier-free” district with clear views of Brno’s skyline.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

“The new Brno main station is both grand and human, monumental and tangible. Our design combines a straightforward, yet very comfortable platform canopy with a sensual station building,” Bentham Crouwel’s Pascal Cornips said in a statement.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

An arched roof concourse highlights a commitment to the city’s cultural heritage further by a new public welcoming hall that bifurcates the station from the rest of the city.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

Two mid-rise diagonal towers will be erected as well, framing the station’s envelope against the city in a picturesque way that aids in wayfinding and aesthetic considerations. On-site solar panels generate energy enough to make the new station a net-positive project.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

There was no timeframe given for the beginning of construction. The project is expected to be realized sometime between 2023 and 2025.

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Benthem Crouwel and West 8 announced as winners of the Brno New Main Train Station competition

By Josh Niland|

Friday, Jul 23, 2021

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Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

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brno ● czech republic ● europe ● train station ● competition
West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
West 8 urban design & landscape architecture
Benthem Crouwel Architects
Benthem Crouwel Architects

The city of Brno in the Czech Republic’s South Moravian region is today announcing the winner of its international competition for a new train station along the Svratka River.

The Dutch duo of Benthem Crouwel and West 8 was selected from over 45 other applicants for their shared proposal that would add a new railway hub for the city of almost 400,000.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

The plan refers to the local history and character of the city while creating a vibrant public space with a multi-purpose plan that incorporates retail, office, and dining functions into the 14-platform railway station. The plan further calls for a hotel, promenade, and waterfront park stationed around the dynamic €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) development.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

Designers were particularly responsive to the human needs presented in the scheme, incorporating a design scheme that emphasizes free movement and connectivity in a “barrier-free” district with clear views of Brno’s skyline.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

“The new Brno main station is both grand and human, monumental and tangible. Our design combines a straightforward, yet very comfortable platform canopy with a sensual station building,” Bentham Crouwel’s Pascal Cornips said in a statement.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

An arched roof concourse highlights a commitment to the city’s cultural heritage further by a new public welcoming hall that bifurcates the station from the rest of the city.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

Two mid-rise diagonal towers will be erected as well, framing the station’s envelope against the city in a picturesque way that aids in wayfinding and aesthetic considerations. On-site solar panels generate energy enough to make the new station a net-positive project.

Courtesy Benthem Crouwel + West 8 / Play-time

There was no timeframe given for the beginning of construction. The project is expected to be realized sometime between 2023 and 2025.

RELATED COMPETITION Brno New Main Train Station
RELATED NEWS Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology by CHYBIK+KRISTOF AA
RELATED NEWS Steven Holl Architects + Architecture Acts to design “encased” concert hall in Czech Republic

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