"We served as the design architect and lead engineer for the Yujiapu high speed rail hub in Tianjin, China. The iconic roof of the station terminus is the world?s largest asymmetric spiral beam grid structure system and one of the largest single-layer roofs in China.
The station is located in the centre of Yujiapu Financial Centre, Tianjin Binhai New Area (TBNA) and is a key component to Binhai CBD. The multi-platform station consists of a terminus for the Beijing-Tianjin-NBDA high-speed rail line and interchange for three underground metro lines, shortening the travelling time to Beijing from three hours to within an hour.
One of the most technically challenging areas of this project is its iconic roof which is 148m long x 83m wide x 25m tall. We used its experience of long span roof design to enable the groundbreaking architectural concept to be realised. Not only the difficulty of design in integration of multi-disciplinary design, but also the construction method, stability of structure and interface sequence needs to be considered during implementation stage."
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