The vast Breda public transport terminal contains a bus and train station. It forms part of the wider urban development of the city, which is in the south of the Netherlands, and stands on a former industrial site and railway yard.
荷兰Koen van Velsen 建筑事务所选择使用砖块来与基地周围的建筑相呼应。
不同颜色和纹理的砖块编织形成模块似的的界面，这看起来就堵住了窗口或者在老建筑上进行了修补工作。
Dutch firm Koen van Velsen Architects chose to use brickwork to complement the buildings that surround the site.
Bricks with different colours and textures are woven into the facade to create patterns that resemble blocked up windows and repair works seen on old buildings.
"Inspiration was drawn from historic Italian cities, in which brickwork facades express the changes over time," explained the architects.
"In Breda, the changes in the design – which occurred over the course of the design phases – are expressed and celebrated in the brickwork," they added. "The result is a nuanced facade of a human scale and with a place in the history of the city."
"The public transport terminal is not a UFO which could have landed anywhere but is a specific solution designed to best suit the location."
该车站群体建筑联系了火车线两侧的新旧两部分。
建筑师将汽车和火车站结合在一个大厅内，大厅位于两个公共建筑之间。
The station complex creates a link between the historical and new city quarters on either side of the railway lines.
The architects combined the bus and trains stations in one hall, and sandwiched the building between two public squares.
“在南北两侧，都增加了新的部分来完善整个建筑项目，” Koen van Velsen 建筑事务所说。
“全新的公共区域是与现存城市建立联系和创建布雷达城市门户的重要因素。”
"Both on the northern and southern side, new public squares have been designed as an integral part of the project," said Koen van Velsen Architects.
"The new public realm is an important factor in establishing a link to the existing city and forms the entries to the city of Breda.
A large canopy extends over a square at one side of the station, offering cover for the main entrance to the concourse. From here, a series of staircases lead down to a lobby on the subterranean level.
Towers containing restaurants, shops, offices and apartments are linked to the concourses by elevated pathways.
To break up the huge bulk of the building and allow for plenty of light inside, the architects used voids and large expanses of glazing – including several atriums filled with trees.
"The building is characterised by a multitude of perspectives, voids and openings, which allow daylight deep into the building and enables the substantial building to be experienced as a single coherent building volume," added the studio.
"The multitude of perspectives and contact with the outside make the building well ordered, contribute to a simple navigation and to a building as an integral part of its surroundings," they continued.
There is also indoor and outdoor bicycle parking, while the roof of the station hall offers car parking to travellers, residents and office workers.
车站内部，通过不同的材料和细节来区分不同的功能。
广场采用了大理石以及蓝色涂料，木质的台阶和躺椅定义出了公共的休闲区。
Inside, different materials and details are used to distinguish between the various functions.
Marble tiles and glossy blue paint feature on the concourses, while wood forms steps, and benches define spaces for the public to relax.
The Breda public transport terminal is one of six new Dutch stations commissioned as part of the New Key Projects, a government initiative led by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
Other stations in the scheme include Benthem Crouwel Architects' Rotterdam Centraal and Den Haag Centraal, and the new Arnhem Station by UNStudio.
Koen van Velsen建筑事务所位于荷兰北部的希尔弗瑟姆。该工作室之前的作品有一个荷兰森林的康复中心。
摄影：René de Wit
Koen van Velsen Architects is based in the city of Hilversum in north Holland. Among the studio's previous projects is a rehabilitation centre in a Dutch forest.
Photography is by René de Wit.
