Flying saucers, glass roadways, subterranean caverns: three visions of the Grand Central Station of 2112
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Foster + Partners plan from above (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners plan from above (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners plan from above (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners plan from above (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners' emphasis on public space (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners' emphasis on public space (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners' emphasis on public space (Image: Foster + Partners)(Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners plan is cyclist and pedestrian friendly (Image: Foster + Partners)
Foster + Partners plan is cyclist and pedestrian friendly (Image: Foster + Partners)
SOM's "Halo" viewing platform moves up and down like an elevator (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's "Halo" viewing platform moves up and down like an elevator (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's "Halo" viewing platform moves up and down like an elevator (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's imagining of the new Grand Central Terminal interior (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
SOM's grand vision for the Grand Central Terminal of the future (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's grand vision for the Grand Central Terminal of the future (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's grand vision for the Grand Central Terminal of the future (Image: © 2012 SOM)
Access to the viewing platform from the supporting buildings either side (Image: © 2012 SOM)
A rendered view from the "Halo" viewing platform (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
A rendered view from the "Halo" viewing platform (Image: © 2012 SOM)
A rendered view from the "Halo" viewing platform (Image: © 2012 SOM)
SOM's plan also envisages more public space (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
SOM's plan also envisages more public space (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
SOM's plan also envisages more public space (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
The "UFO" viewing platform of SOM's Grand Central Terminal of tomorrow (Image: © 2012 SOM/Crystal)
SOM's vision from above (Image: © 2012 SOM)
WXY did not buck the trend of providing public space (Image: WXY)
Model of WXY's replanned Grand Central Terminal (Image: WXY)
Model of WXY's replanned Grand Central Terminal (Image: WXY)
All three plans made provision for greenery and plant life (Image: WXY)
Beneath WXY's glass-floored high walk (Image: WXY)
WXY did not buck the trend of providing public space (Image: WXY)
WXY's tapered skyscraper (Image: WXY)
WXY's tapered skyscraper (Image: WXY)
WXY's glass-floored high walk (Image: WXY)
Article Summary
Three leading architects gathered last week at the third annual summit of The Municipal Art Society to present their visions for the dramatic redevelopment of New York's Grand Central Terminal. Foster + Partners, SOM and WXY each put forward ideas to renew Grand Central's grandeur, while also making it fit for purpose for the the hundreds of thousands of people that will use the station on any given day in the next hundred years. The three schemes offer strikingly different visions for the future of the terminal, though only one includes an enormous flying saucer.
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