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The spread of high-speed rail (HSR) in Europe since the 1980s has reinvigorated the role of railway stations as both spaces of public encounter and transport nodes. In reaction to the re-emerging task to design new passenger railway stations, several European railway companies have been attempting to underline this role by drawing on iconic architecture, sometimes assigning the task to star architects. This chapter explores the geographical distribution and motivations behind this strategy and presents the findings of a quantitative, comparative research across 73 railway stations in 10 European countries that have been newly built or replaced as part of HSR development. Architects’ ‘star status’ and the public and professional recognition of their station buildings were measured using a novel approach of architecture and tourism database analysis. The chapter concludes that star architecture for HSR stations is not always utilised in proportion to the importance of a station as a transport node. It is most often applied in urban sub-centres and at airport stations, less so in city centre locations. Public recognition of stations is not significantly linked to the ‘stardom’ of the architect, while professional recognition is. The most popular HSR stations remain refurbished, traditional inner-city stations.
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Data collection for this study was substantially and kindly supported by students from TUM’s Urbanism and Architecture programmes as well as guest researchers. These were Cemal Akçiçek, Lubna Al Sammak, Khoi Anh Dang, Lukas Ferstl, Lucie Heinz, Lucas Schneider Zimmer and Isabella Traeger.
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List of stations that have been newly built or completely replaced in the course of HSR introduction | ||||
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Name | Year of opening | Country | Municipality | Architect |
Aix-en-Provence TGV | 2001 | France | Aix-en-Provence | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Albacete-Los Llanos | 2010 | Spain | Albacete | Unknown |
Allersberg (Rothsee) | 2006 | Germany | Allersberg | Not applicable |
Antequera Santa Ana | 2007 | Spain | Santa Ana | L35 Arquitectos |
Antwerpen-Luchtbal | 2009 | Belgium | Antwerpen | Not applicable |
Avignon TGV | 2001 | France | Avignon | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Gare de Belfort-Montbéliard TGV | 2011 | France | Belfort | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Berlin Hauptbahnhof | 2006 | Germany | Berlin | Gerkan, Marg und Partner |
Berlin-Spandau | 1998 | Germany | Berlin | Gerkan, Marg und Partner |
Besançon Franche-Comté TGV | 2011 | France | Besançon | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Breda | 2009 | The Netherlands | Breda | Koen van Velsen Architects |
Gare de Calais-Fréthun | 1993 | France | Fréthun | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Camp de Tarragona | 2006 | Spain | La Secuita | Unknown |
Champagne-Ardenne TGV | 2007 | France | Reims | Pierre-Michel Desgrange |
Ciudad Real | 1992 | Spain | Ciudad Real | Unknown |
Córdoba | 1992 | Spain | Córdoba | Gabriel Rebollo, José Miguel Asensio, Ángel Rebollo y Jorge Benítez |
Cuenca-Fernando Zóbel | 2010 | Spain | Cuenca | ADIF (Infrastructure Operator Spain) |
Ebbsfleet International | 2007 | United Kingdom | Gravesend | Alastair Lansley and Mark Fisher |
Figueres-Vilafant | 2010 | Spain | Figueres | Unknown |
Girona | 2013 | Spain | Girona | Unknown |
Guadalajara-Yebes | 2003 | Spain | Yebes | Unknown |
Hannover Messe/Laatzen | 1991 | Germany | Laatzen | Unknown |
Hörnefors | 2010 | Sweden | Hörnefors | Arkinova Architects KB |
Husum(S) | 2010 | Sweden | Husum | Sweco (PeGeHillinge, Margareta Diedrichs) |
Ingolstadt Nord | 2006 | Germany | Ingolstadt | Maier Neuberger Architekten GmbH |
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe | 1991 | Germany | Kassel | Andreas Brandt, Giovanni Signorini, Yadegar Asisi (Entwurf), Peter Schuck (Umsetzung) |
Kinding (Altmühltal) | 2006 | Germany | Kinding im Altmühltal | Not applicable |
Köln/Bonn Flughafen | 2002 | Germany | Köln | Murphy/Jahn Architects |
Kramfors | 2010 | Sweden | Kramfors | Unknown |
Le Creusot Montceau Montchanin TGV | 1981 | France | Montchanin | Unknown |
Liège-Guillemins | 2002 | Belgium | Liège | Santiago Calatrava |
Lille Europe | 1993 | France | Lille | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Limburg Süd | 2002 | Germany | Limburg | Schuster Architekten |
Lorraine TGV | 2007 | France | Louvigny | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Gare de Lyon Part-Dieu | 1981 | France | Lyon | Eugène Gachon and Jean-Louis Girodet |
Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV | 1994 | France | Colombier-Saugnieu | Santiago Calatrava |
Mâcon Loché TGV | 1981 | France | Mâcon | Unknown |
Madrid Puerta de Atocha | 1992 | Spain | Madrid | Jose Rafael Moneo |
Málaga María Zambrano | 2007 | Spain | Málaga | COT & Partners |
Marne la Vallée-Chessy | 1994 | France | Marne la Vallée | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Medina del Campo AV | 2015 | Spain | Medina del Campo | Unknown |
Meuse TGV | 2007 | France | Les Trois-Domaines | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Montabaur | 2002 | Germany | Montabaur | Jux and Partner |
Napoli Afragola | 2017 | Italy | Afragola | Zaha Hadid |
Noorderkempen | 2009 | Belgium | Brecht | Not applicable |
Nordmaling | 2010 | Sweden | Nordmaling | Arkinova Architects KB |
Örnsköldsvik C | 2010 | Sweden | Örnsköldsvik | Sweco (PeGe Hillinge, Pekka Leppänen, Margareta Diedrichs) |
Örnsköldsvik Norra | 2010 | Sweden | Örnsköldsvik | Unknown |
Puente Genil-Herrera | 2007 | Spain | Herrera | OPTA arquitectos |
Puertollano | 1992 | Spain | Puertollano | Unknown |
Reggio Emilia AV Mediopadana | 2013 | Italy | Reggio nell’Emilia | Santiago Calatrava |
Requena-Utiel | 2010 | Spain | Requena | ADIF (Infrastructure Operator Spain) |
Rotterdam Centraal | 2009 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | Team CS (Benthem Crouwel architects, Meyer & Van Schooten architects and West 8) |
Segovia-Guiomar | 2007 | Spain | Segovia | OPTA arquitectos |
Sevilla Santa Justa | 1992 | Spain | Sevilla | Cruz y Ortiz |
Siegburg/Bonn | 2002 | Germany | Siegburg | Hartmut de Corné |
Stratford International | 2007 | United Kingdom | London | Alastair Lansley and Mark Fisher |
Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof | 1991 | Germany | Stuttgart | Christoph Ingenhoven |
TGV Haute-Picardie | 1993 | France | Ablaincourt-Pressoir | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Torino Porta Susa | 2009 | Italy | Torino | AREP with Jean-Marie Duthilleul, Etienne Tricaud, Silvio d’Ascia and Agostino Magnaghi |
Tullnerfeld | 2012 | Austria | Tulln | Günter Lautner |
UmeåÖstra | 2010 | Sweden | Umeå | White Arkitekter |
Vaihingen (Enz) | 1991 | Germany | Vaihingen | Schmitt, Kasimir & Partner |
Valence TGV | 2001 | France | Alixan | Jean-Marie Duthilleul & Etienne Tricaud/AREP |
Valencia Joaquín Sorolla | 2010 | Spain | Valencia | IDOM |
Västeraspby | 2010 | Sweden | Apsby | Not applicable |
Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir | 1989 | France | Vendôme | Unknown |
Villanueva de Cordoba-Los Pedroches | 2014 | Spain | Villanueva de Cordoba | Unknown |
Villena AVE | 2013 | Spain | Villena | ADIF (Infrastructure Operator Spain) |
Visp | 2007 | Switzerland | Visp | Steinmann & Schmid |
Wien Hauptbahnhof | 2012 | Austria | Vienna | Atelier Albert Wimmer (Wien), Atelier Ernst Hoffmann (Wien) and Theo Hotz Architekten und Planer (Zürich) |
Wien Meidling | 2012 | Austria | Vienna | Unknown |
Zaragoza-Delicias | 2003 | Spain | Zaragoza | Carlos Ferrater, José María Valeround Félix Arranz |
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Wenner, F. (2020). Eurostar Architecture: Comparing High-Speed Rail Stations in Europe. In: Alaily-Mattar, N., Ponzini, D., Thierstein, A. (eds) About Star Architecture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23925-1_14
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