Archi.ru has already published the work of Zaha Hadid, who designed the station in the financial district of the capital of Saudi Arabia, but now we are talking about the metro at Qasr al-Hukum square in the city center, opposite the mosque of the same name.
The outdoor pavilion has the shape of a stainless steel bowl, which shades the space around it, and also directs sunlight into the underground part of the station, including with the help of a fiber-optic light-collecting system.
At the level of the platform, under the "oculus" window, there is a garden, where light, air and moisture from outside enter. These eco-elements should remind citizens of the importance of conserving resources in a desert climate.
Escalators deliver passengers directly to the trains from street level, which ensures convenient circulation of human flows on the platforms.
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