Estação do Oriente
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Parque das Naçoes, Estação do Oriente (slightly cut from all sides)
Estação do Oriente was created by Santiago Calatrava in 1997 for the 1998 World Expo. Together with the other new buildings and facilities, it transformed a largely abandoned petrochemical industry complex (from Galp) into the Parque das Naçoes.
The audacious architecture of the station is both biomorphic - the bowels of the station - Calatrava was inspired by the skeleton of a whale here, and neo-neo gothic - the design cues for the train shed came from a design study Gaudí-made for his magnus opus, the Segrada Familia. The curving metal and glass canopy that’s shown here prominently, adds another design accent - it effortlessly connects with the adjacent neo-modernist Vasco da Gama shopping mall.
The multi-modal station has 4 levels: On the top level are the train platforms, the middle levels are for the station facilities and connect to the bus and taxi station on the left and the Parque das Nações on the right and on the bottom level gives access to the green line subway station.
This number 115 of the Urban restructuring (World) album. And, of course, 29 of Parque das Naçoes
Estação do Oriente
Europe, Portugal, Lisboa, Parque das Naçoes, Estação do Oriente (slightly cut from all sides)
Estação do Oriente was created by Santiago Calatrava in 1997 for the 1998 World Expo. Together with the other new buildings and facilities, it transformed a largely abandoned petrochemical industry complex (from Galp) into the Parque das Naçoes.
The audacious architecture of the station is both biomorphic - the bowels of the station - Calatrava was inspired by the skeleton of a whale here, and neo-neo gothic - the design cues for the train shed came from a design study Gaudí-made for his magnus opus, the Segrada Familia. The curving metal and glass canopy that’s shown here prominently, adds another design accent - it effortlessly connects with the adjacent neo-modernist Vasco da Gama shopping mall.
The multi-modal station has 4 levels: On the top level are the train platforms, the middle levels are for the station facilities and connect to the bus and taxi station on the left and the Parque das Nações on the right and on the bottom level gives access to the green line subway station.
This number 115 of the Urban restructuring (World) album. And, of course, 29 of Parque das Naçoes