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Executive Member
The R26-billion Gautrain system will feature ten stations.
Three of them will be underground, namely Sandton, Rosebank and Park stations. Four stations - Marlboro, Midrand, Pretoria and Hatfield - will be at grade, and three will be elevated. These are Centurion, Rhodesfield and OR Tambo.
Steer says although GAJV consists of various architects, Siyakha's task, as the master architect, is to ensure that all stations have a cohesive look.
“It must be instantly recognisable as a Gautrain station, not only in terms of signage, but also in general feel. These stations may differ in some ways, but there will be a common thread binding them together.”
The general design is based on the African system of path-ways, crossing at a tree, which is then used as a meeting place, a place where indabas are held, explains Steer.
“This idea led us to the concept of the stations being transparent buildings - as if it is the canopy of a tree below which various paths intersect,” says GAJV director Robert Bray.
The closest comparison to the proposed Gautrain stations that currently exists in South Africa is a large airport, adds Steer, with much of the same elements present.
Three of them will be underground, namely Sandton, Rosebank and Park stations. Four stations - Marlboro, Midrand, Pretoria and Hatfield - will be at grade, and three will be elevated. These are Centurion, Rhodesfield and OR Tambo.
Steer says although GAJV consists of various architects, Siyakha's task, as the master architect, is to ensure that all stations have a cohesive look.
“It must be instantly recognisable as a Gautrain station, not only in terms of signage, but also in general feel. These stations may differ in some ways, but there will be a common thread binding them together.”
The general design is based on the African system of path-ways, crossing at a tree, which is then used as a meeting place, a place where indabas are held, explains Steer.
“This idea led us to the concept of the stations being transparent buildings - as if it is the canopy of a tree below which various paths intersect,” says GAJV director Robert Bray.
The closest comparison to the proposed Gautrain stations that currently exists in South Africa is a large airport, adds Steer, with much of the same elements present.
