BELGIUM | Railways

[Justme]

Originally Posted by RzgR Spijkenisse

I'm sorry, bud I don't like the station. It won't represent the city of Liége. It is to modern for it. It doesn't look like a station. It is a great design for an indoor skipiste or something.

??? Have you ever been to Liége? I've been several times and grandly historical is not what comes to mind.

Yes, it does have a lot of history still. But my first sight of the city was the highrises along the river. This is often the first sight for many visitors, and highrises do not denote history. In fact, it is possible that this is the most "highrise" dominated river in inland Europe.

And whilst I'm on that, I never understand why some people think historical European cities should remain stuck in the past and never build anything new or modern or cutting edge. Just look at the success of Spanish cities. Far more historical than most in Europe, yet just as famous for the cutting edge modern architecture.



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[hix]

nice pictures, and I could'nt agree with you more. I believe that old and modern architecture go extremely well together.

[patroeski]

Liege is thinking about the future more then ever.

some of there projects:

mediacité:











quartier Baviere:





grand casino:





cinéma des grignoux:





already built:

Pont de Wandre:



Pont de Liege:

[matherto]

surprise surprise, it looks just like everything else he designs, surely he could up with something new?

[an-148]

the official website:
http://www.euro-liege-tgv.be/

[Online]

Although he is repetitive, Calatrava's work never ceases to amaze me

[Miso]

interesting design... but it's not like the others..... WHat I can see of his work is that the space in open places is some kind of virtual.... it's not a "tangible" space.... That's because I thought that he can't be completely repetitive.... I see it like "Calatrava's modules" with a diffreent configuration.....he just design the Shell... just in a few times (turning torso) we can see other kind of spaces....

[Dinivan]

The station looks great, though as has already been said, the style is quite similar to other Calatravas buildings (a skeleton of white curved steel, basically), however I don't think it's adequate for a city with less than 200,000 inhabitants, given the cost of Calatrava's projects and the limited number of passangers that it will manage.

[eusebius]

Liège's agglomeration is some 600k.

[an-148]

Originally Posted by eusebius

Liège's agglomeration is some 600k.

yes, + crossover station for Maastricht, Luxemburg, Namur, Hasselt,Verviers...

[an-148]

an artist view:

[patroeski]

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[Bitxofo]

So beautiful...

[an-148]

[traveler]

The building looks like a futuristic dinosaur skelton i like it!

[SkyLerm]

Very outstanding station, i guess it canbe seen from a lot of points throughout the city.

[an-148]

Originally Posted by SkyLerm

Very outstanding station, i guess it canbe seen from a lot of points throughout the city.

yes, from some elevated locations
in my opinion, the most impressive sight is during the night, driving valley down on the highway from airport of Liège (collector of highways from Brussels and Paris)

[FM 2258]

I think it looks awful, like it belongs back in the 1960's.

[aquablue]

Well, Mr. Texas- I'd love if they had this in the USA (HSR,nice stations)- make sure you try to get your red buddies to vote democratic if you ever want to see something like this in your home state. Its the reds who are holding the country back from entering the 20th century, let alone the 21st. Its typical though, the stupidity of the anti-rail lobby is disgusting= a shameful travesty, and its all the republican's fault. Republicans = big oil, cars, highways. They also think rail is for communists, they care not about the environment, and its time for them to step aside.