Chamartín Station

To make history, design with it

Chamartín Station

2022

Turning a train station into an ecosystem

The Madrid-Chamartín Clara Campoamor railway hub, dubbed ‘Open Ecosystem’, is set to become a global benchmark for sustainable, multimodal and connected mobility.

Key information

Client

ADIF AV, CreaMNN

Location

Madrid, Spain

Status

In progress

Sectors

Infrastructure

Rail

Services

Architecture

Interior

Urban

Experience

Health

Economics

Programmes

Infrastructure, Transport, Offices, Commercial, Public Space

Building surface

350,000 m2

Building site

236,324 m2

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Facts and figures

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We’ve designed two terminals with different characters. To the South, the terminal is transport oriented, and to the North the terminal is set to be an urban destination.

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We designed this transformation around three main elements: terraces, vaults and towers.

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The new Chamartin station has four spaces that connect the building to all four sides: to the West there is the hub; to the North the MNN central park; to the East there is PioXII; and to the South a park

Our main focus was to retain and improve the existing station complex and to activate its surroundings with a careful mix of fast and slow programme; to design a highly sustainable future-proof urban hub, while densifying and truly activating the area with working, living, leisure and learning. The new station area will vastly improve this part of the city, attracting new flows of people and bringing quality of life in this part of Madrid to the next level.

Ben van Berkel

Founder and Principal Architect, UNS