Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Latin America

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Acknowledgement: Multi-modal transport hub upgrade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The new station encourages use of public transportation and connects both sides of the railway lines.

Passive design improves the railway station’s microclimate. Stack effect creates natural ventilation and garden enhances internal temperature.

Maracanã new park.

Green façade covering.

Railway station roof: schematic detail.

Internal garden, micro-climate.

The two integrated parks.

The context.

Reassigned land use.

Spatial solutions for edges.

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Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Latin America winners: (l-r) Antonio Carlos Lopes Saraiva, Rafael Alencar Saraiva, Thais Galvão Meireles.

Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2008 Latin America: (l-r) Fernando Diez, Thais Meireles, Rafael Saraiva, and Antonio Saraiva.

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