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| Santiago Calatrava unveils Liege-Guillemins TGV Railway Station On Friday, September 18th, Santiago Calatrava will unveil one of his most ambitious architectural projects to date; the Liege-Guillemins TGV Railway Station in Belgium. Designed by Calatrava to meet the demands of high-speed travel, the station will bring new life into the industrial city of Liege, while positioning it as the epicenter of the North European High-Speed Network. Calatrava was first commissioned to design the new Liege-Guillemins Station in 1996, after Euro Liege TGV determined that the existing station was unsuitable for the demands of high-speed rail travel. Immediately, the starchitect was faced with a seemingly impossible task; replacing the existing station without interrupting train service or disturbing the 36,000 people who frequent the facility on a daily basis. Using a technique normally employed in bridge construction, Calatrava was able to accommodate this request, while preserving the integrity of his design. The Liege-Guillemins TGV Railway Station is the first part of a planned architectural vision for a corporate center in Belgium and is already asserting itself as the symbol of Liege's renewal. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |