Arquitetura

LYON-SATOLAS RAILWAY AND AIRPORT STATION
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
1994 BY ART, AVI, RUTW IK, JORDAN

OVERVIEW
• Lyon-Satolas Airport (now Saint Exupéry) Railway Station

• Lyon, France
• Built between 1989-1994 • Cost: 750 million Francs (roughly 146 million USD)

• Architect: Santiago Calatrava
• Collaborators: Alexis Burret, Sebastien Mernet, David Long, L. Burr

OVERVIEW: DESIGN SPECS
• Main span: 100 meters • Width: 100 meters

• Height: 39 meters
• Total Length: 450 meters (including railway cover) • Area: 5,600 square meters

• The 1,300 ton steel roof of the main hall measures 120x100 meters

OVERVIEW
• Terminal for the TGV trains (high-speed trains) connecting the airport to the city of Lyon, which is 30 km to the south • An addition to the airport built to serve TGV trains on the LGV Rhône-Alpes

• The Lyon region is located in Alps, in the mid-southeastern portion of France.
• The main hall accommodates ticket offices, retail shops, restaurant facilities and access to and from the airport via a 180 meter long gallery. • The station has six tracks. The two central tracks are isolated to permit trains to pass through the station at a full speed of 300 kilometers per hour. • Above the tracks, a 300 meter long passenger concourse allows for easy access to the platforms.

BACKGROUND: PROJECT ACQUISITION
• Selected winner in an open competition to create a gateway to the city of Lyon, France. • Clients: French Railways (SNCF), authorities of the Rhône Alpes region, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Lyon (CCIL) • Together with the air terminal and nearby street, the railway station connects the region’s different transportation systems. • The station is used mainly by travelers that by plane and continue traveling onto the east by train.

• A small portion of land has been put aside for future expansion.

BACKGROUND: ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
• Born July 28, 1951 in Valencia, Spain

• Architect, sculptor, and structural