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摘要

The Protos is unusual due to its fast prototyping stages. It's almost as if the first production model leapt straight off the screen. THE DEVELOPMENT STORY of the Protos railcar started in early 2005, when German train builder Fahrzeugtechnik Dessau got in touch with Berlin-based IFS Design. The brief for IFS was ambitious: As well as designing the exterior, a stylish and flexible interior had to be created all within a strict timeframe. IFS designer Andreas Bell explains: "The theory behind the brief was that the train should be able to fulfil many different customer's requirements. With this in mind, everything had to be modular, both inside and out." Above the flat-floor foundation, everything is split into easily removable sections, even the roof modules.