长岛铁路公路宾州车站(entrance pavilion,long island rail road

发布于：2023-05-19 22:51:38

位置：美国

分类：交通建筑

内容：实景照片

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This new bu‘lding provides the only entrance from street level directly to the Long Island Rail Road concourse, 9.1 metres (30 feet) below. Used by 30:000 commuters daily, it makes full use of its 12 x 15 metre [40 x 50 foot] site to accommodate the entrance, the climate contra‘ system which serves the concourse, and the escalators, stairs and elevator connecting street and concourse revels It is an identifying presence for the railroad on 34th Street, conspicuous and monumental, appropriate to its civic intent The building is composed of four elements. The masonry walls form a protective shell for the glass tower. The shell defines the boundaries of the site above grade, and contains the cooling towers, stacks and service spaces.
The glass tower enclosure shelters the arriving commuters. It is 3.5 x 7.3 metres (28 x 24 feet) and rises to a height of 28 metres (92 feet). Its fully transparent mullionless curtain wall is supported by a structure of laced steel columns am braces, designed to obstruct minimally the daylight and th views of surrounding buildings. By day. light filters thraugl the tower into the concourse tunnel. By night, the tower is an illuminated, welcoming beacon. A clock, salvaged from the original Penn Station, is suspended in the tower.
The glass and steel canopy extends 6.4 metres (21 feet), a welcoming shelter over the sidewalk. It is suspended from the cables that fan down from the stainless steel mast, which rises to a height of 32.6 metres (107 feet]. The top segment of the mast is a beacon.
The escalator hall ceiling, made of metal panels and light coves, forms an undulating plane connecting the concoursi below with the luminous space above.