Underground learning

摘要

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is in the middle of a £288m, 12-year modernisation project to upgrade the entire infrastructure and architecture of its 10km subway circuit in Glasgow - including everything from rolling stock to stations. This summer AHR (formerly part of Aedas) opened the doors of the project's flagship renovation scheme at St Enoch Square station. Continuing the city's tradition of glass roofs, new glazed entrance parabolas have replaced two dark 1970s orange steel and brown brick flat-roofed structures into the subterranean station to bring in light, clear views around the square, and encourage accessibility and natural wayfinding. SPT's senior project manager David Gardner explains what SPT has learned, and what's next.