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In the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, Rogers and Partners designed Stirka Harbor R9 - 9 of the station of the new "red" of the city subway.
The service station of the People of Central Park, the design aims to attract and landscaping of the park below the station via the main entrance.
A bank green slope helps people to concourse level, 11m below ground.
Two sets of escalators and stairs on each side, pairing and the hall of the levels of the park. The escalators are divided by a cascade of water.
A large sheet of aluminum oversails all basement of the hall, protecting the area from sunlight and rain. The design is a curve, stressed-skin monocoque roof, with a number of openings at the top of the windows, filled with frosted glass. These allow light below the competition, while dispelling the solar glare.
As the main entrance, RHSP has developed two subentrances, each with its own aluminum awnings supported in small-scale steel yellow.
RHSP also said the station interior finishes. Most interior walls are covered by the pre-made mosaic panels and the roof contains perforated aluminum panels supported by its absorbent cloth.
