What Will Oxford Think Of This
Over the last couple of years, certain interest groups in Oxford have not been very pleased with the plans of Network Rail, Chiltern Rail and Great Western Railway to give the city an improved rail connection.
I wrote about this opposition in Network Rail’s Problem In Oxford.
So I was surprised to see this article on the BBC web site, which is entitled Oxford station design competition winners revealed. This is said.
Three competition ideas have been picked to help secure funding for a £125m revamp of Oxford railway station.
Six architects submitted designs to a contest launched in December by the city and county councils.
A proposal featuring a rooftop restaurant by firm AHR was chosen by a panel of judges and scored 70% in a public vote.
This is an image from the article of the winning design.
New Oxford Station Design
I agree with the panel and the general public.
But is it too good to be wasted on Oxford?
The Anonymous Widower 
Good design can change peoples minds very quickly- The link to Marylebone (which I go through every day) should be a huge benefit to Oxford- travel from London has been a fiasco for so long.
Comment by David Collier | March 10, 2016 |
I’d love to see full drawings of the proposal. Teasingly, there appears to be something like a gentle ramp inside.
I do also think with my project management hat on, that it could be a design that is eminently buildable Network Rail do seem to have good form in doing this at Reading, Manchester Victoria and Kings Cross.
On the subject of design, you must get to ride in Mark 3 coaches from time-to-time from Oxford Parkway. These are one of the greatest transport designs of all time.
Comment by AnonW | March 10, 2016 |
They managed to cope with this: –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blavatnik_School_of_Government
on Walton Street, Oxford
Comment by Mark Clayton | March 10, 2016 |