(Source: Archined)
OV Terminal Breda, Koen van Velsen
Description
The Public Transport Terminal is a spatial building with a recognizable identity as a station, a meaningful and self-evident landmark in the city. In addition to a bus and (inter)national train station, the Public Transport Terminal contains a wide variety of functions such as apartments, office space, commercial spaces, a parking roof, guarded and unguarded bicycle sheds and public outdoor spaces and squares. In the approach of Koen van Velsen architects, the building is not a multifunctional complex containing a transport hub, but a station building in which an extensive and complex program is clearly brought together in one strong, recognizable form as part of the city.
The design puts the traveler at the center. This has resulted in clear and accessible spaces with a pleasant atmosphere, appropriate allure, great comfort and an optimal experience. The sight lines and contact with the outside make the building clear, facilitate navigation and contribute to a building that is an emphatic part of the environment. The Public Transport Terminal is the center of an ambitious urban development in which a former industrial and shunting site is transformed into a vibrant new city quarter. The complex is designed as a perfectly fitting part of and for the city of Breda: full of character and closely interwoven with the surrounding buildings.
The Breda public transport terminal has been voted Best Building of the Year 2017 by the Association of Dutch Architects.
Facts
Realized?: Yes
Address: Stationsplein 16
Location: Breda, The Netherlands
Client: Prorail in collaboration with NS stations and Gemeente Breda
Project duration: 2004-2016
Photographer: René de Wit
Website: koenvanvelsen.com
