Mayrhofen Train Station
Mayerhofen, Austria
Competition, Honorable Mention
October, 2018
Mayrhofen is the last stop in the Zillertalbahn railway line, connecting rural Tyrolean villages, popular as ski and hiking destinations, with the main rail line leading to Innsbruck. The Zillertalbahn is famous for its continued use of steam engine trains operating on a small track gauge. The small train station is composed of three, slightly shifted, parallel timber volumes. The volumes act as massive frames containing a linear array of timber cross beams. The frames rest on cubic stone monoliths of various proportions. The train station is part of a general urban plan that aims to reroute vehicular traffic below grade allowing for more generous open spaces around the station. The plan also integrates tourist and regional busses at grade with easy access to the station. In an attempt to minimize the impact of the station at the village scale, the design uses a reduced geometry of horizontal figures along with a material palette that references autochthonous building techniques.
Location: Mayrhofen, Austria
Principal use: Train Station
Site area: 5000 m2
Building area: 1000 m2
Total floor area: 2000 m2
Number of stories: 3
Design team: Chieh-shu Tzou, Gregorio S. Lubroth, Deniz Önengüt, Uwe Brunner, Carina Zabini, Katia Simas, Christina Haslauer
Landscape Architecture: Lindle + Bukor
Structural Engineering: Werkraum Ingenieure
Climate Engineering: Exikon, Ulrich Pont
Fire Proofing: IMS Brandschutz
Traffic Engineering: Novaplan