Bicycle Parking Garage in Utrecht

One building, two worlds: the train station plaza is covered by a 25 m tall steel and membrane roof. Its columns expand in diameter beneath the ground level and feature a characteristic trumpet-like shape.
The Dutch city of Utrecht is a big laboratory for post-fossil mobility: citizens currently cover more than 40 % of all inner-city distances by bike – an increasing trend. Utrecht also possesses the most heavily frequented train station of the Netherlands. Two decades ago the city began an urban expansion project along its western flank with the purpose of providing...
One building, two worlds: the train station plaza is covered by a 25 m tall steel and membrane roof. Its columns expand in diameter beneath the ground level and feature a characteristic trumpet-like shape.