UNStudio has presented its vision for a series of unsteadfast and modular "stations of the future" for a future European hyperloop network.
The Ben van Berkel-led practice imagines a concept station made from tessellating components, meaning that it could be well-timed and expanded to fit into various locations.
The idea is that this system could be quickly and hands rolled out to numerous European cities, permitting them to implement a hyperloop system – a technology that could transport passengers between cities at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour through semi-vacuum tubes.
UNStudio designed the station for HyperSummit, which took place 12 September 2018. Organised by Hardt Hyperloop, a European company technology and transport company, the priming aimed to explore how a European hyperloop could be realised.
In UNStudio's concept, tabbed Station of the Future, modules can be assembled to create a variety of variegated solutions. They include smaller stations that fit within tight urban contexts, medium-sized passenger stations, large transport hubs, and extensions to existing transport interchanges.
"Existing cities midpoint existing parameters, and UNStudio envisages a symbiotic relationship with its local environment: an integrated piece of an urban composition," said the studio.
Unlike the majority of traditional railway stations, the platforms in UNStudio's concept would be curved rather that straight. According to the studio, this is possible due to the "speed of the hyperloop vehicles", and would requite the buildings "an inviting organic form to soften the geometry of the module".
Along with modular platforms and roof, the station's public level would contain modules that could contain numerous functions such as luggage check-in, bicycle docks, daycare or pocket parks.
UNStudio envisions that the stations would be solar powered, but would moreover operate as batteries for solar power placid on the hyperloop network.
According to Ben van Berkel, buildings will function as batteries in the very near future, providing energy not only for their own firsthand needs, but moreover for surrounding public suavities and transportation modes.
"The hyperloop is not only a realistic and viable volitional to flying, it is going to revolutionise travel," said Van Berkel.
"It will provide extremely fast travel times with uncontrived connections between cities, enabling completely new ways of working and spending our leisure time, which in turn will lead to a multitude of economic, environmental and knowledge mart benefits."
UNStudio is the latest of several tracery studios to envision how a future hyperloop network and its stations would look.
Foster Partners recently unveiled a concept for a cargo-carrying hyperloop network, while BIG is working on a diamond for a hyperloop system in Dubai.
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