URS Corporation

Currently, the Greater Cleveland Rapid Transit Authority (GCRTA) maintains several stops and stations that are spread throughout the area, loosely connected with each other. The new design develops a cohesive architectural and urban language that connects the various GCRTA components so the various stations can be read as a single entity. The program consists of train station and platform canopy, bus station, bus-drop-off shelter, and bus canopy.

Similar to the programmatic elements of bus and train stations and the notion of a gateway – the design concept for the stations revolves around convergence – the idea of different modes of transportation and users coming together at a common point. The architecture of the canopies, for the stations, peels up from the ground at the points of convergence with different elements of the program and various materials captured by its form. For example, the roof of the train station begins at the intersection of the adjacent Ambler Park and the proposed plaza. The proposed green roof of the train station is an extension of the existing ground plane/texture of Ambler Park and the entrance to the station is revealed from the ground through a slit-like opening. The plaza in front of the train station connects to the proposed art wall/walk underneath the existing bridge to proposed bus station on the opposite side of the train station. The path between these two key program elements connects other smaller components like the bus canopy and bus drop-off shelter.