PROJECT  Baltimore Red Line Light Rail - Station Design

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ARCHITECT  AECOM

ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT  Baltimore Red Line General Engineering Consultant Team

OWNER/CLIENT  Maryland Transportation Administration

CONTRACTOR  unbuilt project

PHOTOGRAPHER  Baltimore Red Line General Engineering Consultant Team

DESIGN TEAM  Osborne Anthony, Werner Mueller, Kenneth Griffin, Neil Murray

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

This proposed Transit System starting from the Center for Medicare Services in Baltimore County in the west and traveling through Baltimore City terminating at Hopkins Bayview Campus to the east. The Alignment linking mulitple local neighborhoods, as well as connecting Baltimore to the region and rest of the world. The alignment consists of 14 Surface Stations and 5 Underground Stations. The Red Line Station Design represents 21st Century architecture, linking culturally unique and economically diverse neighborhoods through Design Excellence. The Design Team researched existing systems in United States and worldwide to understand current best practices that can and should be implemented into the Red Line system. At the Surface Stations, the goal was to create a station area that is safe, secure and well lit. The canopies on the platforms provide shading from the sun, shelter during inclement weather and create enough physical presence that the rider feels protected waiting for the train. The design of the canopies are shaped and scaled to be respectful in all neighborhoods along the line. At the Underground Stations the objective is to create an environment that intuitively orients the rider using the station. By shaping the ceiling plane and using a combination of direct and indirect lighting the station projects a feeling of luminescence and day lit spatial environment. Vertical planes are accentuated to emphasize openness, transparency and connect the platform to mezzanine levels. The design team worked to maximize surface penetrations around vertical circulation elements to allow daylight to reach the mezzanine levels. The Red Line Stations, Entrances, and Ventilation buildings are connected by a palette of Materials, Textures and Forms that orient the rider to the the line, and ocnvey a consistent architectural language. The Station Design Team participated in community outreach efforts, soliciting feedback from neighborhoods along the alignment, that further refined the design effort. Presentations were made to Federal, State, City and private stakeholders using multimedia presentations and Virtual Reality simulations.

IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS

IMAGE 1  Harbor East Station

IMAGE 2  Fell's Point Station

IMAGE 3  Inner Harbor Station Entrance

IMAGE 4  Underground Station Platform

IMAGE 5  Surface Station

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