Pune Metro
what does a metro station owe the street it lands on?
- (role)
- intern · station drawings · massing study · presentation
- (period)
- january–july 2021 · internship
- (context)
- pune metro line 3 · ccba designs · christopher benninger
- (status)
- office work
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Line 3, Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar, station design and the land around it, six months inside CCBA Designs.
Pune Metro Line 3 is 23.33 kilometres of elevated track from the Hinjewadi IT parks to Shivajinagar, twenty-three stations about a kilometre apart, built under a public–private partnership: Tata Realty and Siemens…
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Twenty-three stations, one contract
Line 3 runs from Megapolis Circle in Hinjewadi through Balewadi and Baner to Shivajinagar, 23.33 kilometres on elevated track, twenty-three stations roughly a kilometre apart.
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The PPP model.
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Where the commercial space goes
Along the line the commercial space takes three forms. Below the station, in the volume the viaduct leaves under the platform. At mezzanine level, inside the station box between the paid and unpaid areas.
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PMR-12, the plot beside the station
PMR-12 at Ram Nagar is the third case: an 11.74-acre plot, a quarter in front on the road and three-quarters behind.
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Massing study.
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A typical station, level by level
The typical station, level by level. At road level, entries from both footpaths, bus stops and drop-offs on each side, cycle and two-wheeler parking, the vertical cores, and a service lift for the tenant below.
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Mezzanine level.
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Platform level.
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The same station on a different road
The second layout is the same station on a different road, between NICMAR, the PMPML bus depot and Balewadi High Street: entries and exits on both sides, a DG room, the ticket hall and 700 square metres of retail at…
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Mezzanine level.
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Platform level.
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Cantilever, louvre, skylight
The type is a cantilever: concourse over mezzanine over road, the roof cantilevered out past the platforms so the street below stays open.
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Longitudinal section.
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Material isometric.
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HyperPort, where the metro would meet the high-speed rail
The internship ended on a proposal rather than a drawing set. Pune has been trying to build an international airport for twenty years (Chakan, Khed, Purandar) and every site has run into land, cost, farmers or distance.