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To read the first part of this article, check Shanghai South Railway Station
This time, let me post some real photos of the station.
The photos are being uploaded, and it takes some time. When finished, you can view it at Shanghai Railway Station Album.
The entrance to the garage of the Shanghai South Railway Station - at the north west side of the “big circle”.
The grass wave outside the station.
The platform of the Shanghai South Railway Station
How the railway and the big “circle” interchange with each other
All trains from Hangzhou direction come in from these rails facing southwest
The roof of the platform in Shanghai South Railway Station
This is the famous big roof of the station
The roof, again!
This is the waiting area of the station - much better design than the current Shanghai Railway Station since it is really easy to balance the traffic - if there are too many people for one train, they can move to the nearby area to wait for the train
People get into the waiting area from the slop
Again, the big roof - the landmark of the station
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Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at August 1, 2007 11:55 PM
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i was surprised when i saw these pictures because, while the design in general is impressive, the landscape is so blatantly copied from the shell petroleum headquarters in france by kathryn gustafson, built in 1991. while probably not well known to the general public, it was featured in the very influential groundswell exhibition at the MOMA as well as the exhibition catalog in 2005 and is easily recognizable by anyone with training or interest in landscape architecture.
copying designs is not uncommon because our work is not covered by any copyright other than technical patents for individual technologies but it is especially pervasive in china and some other countries in asia because the designers have not had the opportunity to travel abroad during their education or interact with foreign designers, and the pressure to build so quickly. when i was working in beijing a few summers ago, i found such a nonchalant attitude towards it by the local professionals, even for very high profile projects.
shell petroleum
@jing, I searched for the Shell Petroleum Headquarters picture. The two scene do look alike!
The Shanghai South Railway Station was designed by AREP, France. Maybe it was "inspired" by the France architect? I am not sure whether I should use "inspired" or "copy", since the line is blury.
Good point, though, to bring two similar design together, and ask: why?
Hello!
I was reading your info about the Shanghai South Railway Station.
I was wondering if this is the same station I should go to travel to Chengdu?
Many thanks!
Posted by: Sylvia on September 27, 2007 10:33 AM@Sylvia, I don't think there is the same kind of station in Chengdu.
Posted by: Jian Shuo Wang (external link) on September 27, 2007 1:36 PMFrom shanghai Pudong to ningbo, which Bus/Train to get there the fastest?
thanks a lot!
Sam
Posted by: sam on January 21, 2008 4:59 AM