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Mad Architects designs “Train Station in the forest” in Jiaxing, China
Mad Architects Train Station in the forest
Mad Architects designs “Train Station in the forest” in Jiaxing, China Mad Architects’ train station located in a forest in Jiaxing, eastern China, is due to be completed by July 2021. Construction on the 35ha project in central Jiaxing began in 2019, and includes two plazas and a renovation of the adjacent People’s Park. The Beijing-based firm’s design includes a full-scale replica of Jiaxing’s historic 1907 train station, reconstructed from archival studies, with a new station built underground.A “borderless park” with a canopy of trees will surround the station, offering shade for the plazas.Sunken courtyards will link the underground commercial...