Student design of Japan subway station wins competition

Winning student Nathanielle Sybico, a spring 2017 graduate, said her design for a sprawling five-story Kaizuka Subway Station (6.1 MB PDF) in Fukuoka, Japan, explores how a train station can be a gateway that facilitates the free flow of travelers into the city, much like a semipermeable membrane expedites the movement of molecules in the biological and chemical process known as osmosis.
Texas A&M University Department of Architecture’s 2017 Celebration of Excellence held May 11 at the Hilton Hotel in College Station.
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[@jennyzhang8818]

I was there 9 years ago and still remembered how nervous I was even I enjoyed the moment so much. Nathanielle did an awesome job. Congrats!

[@longiusaescius2537]

Hope she's doing well

[@youngmodulus9677]

THE GRAPHICAL EXPLANATIONS ARE 9.999/10 HOLY WOW

[@LaSombraa]

They ight. The renders could’ve been better. But still a nice project nonetheless.

[@fabianagarciafonseca1304]

This is so inspiring!

[@ivandai6000]

Was a great presentation, very precise!

[@mdkmdesign]

Awesome work Nel! So cool A&M put your presentation on youtube!

[@naseeriqbalmughal9394]

Great work .

[@cubixx_designs]

I used this before as a reference for an architectural design and concept here. It was very useful 😌 and i loved the idea

[@gondogoyearchitects5855]

Great presentation

[@GregCalleja]

2:02 that explanation was on point!

[@akrambendali8295]

this is very helpful, i always had an issue with project presentation, but this shows that a well thought out project can do so much with very simple presentation graphics

[@DilDaarBiker]

Really great presentation 👍

[@paulopangilinan9396]

thank you for this idea, i'm a 5th yr architecure student who's also proposing a subway rail station with an integrated terminal hub as my thesis. Thank you thank you so much for this

[@alcue6322]

Great effort to a very ambitious project. The idea of osmosis seemed only a rhetorical device for the project. It didn't travel too far from the obvious comparison of a train station to a facilitator of movement. Doubling the transportation hub to what seems more like a commercial hub also begs the question of just what kind of osmosis the station is doing at the urban scale. Is it truly aiding a movement that was lacking in the city? It seems to be present more potential to attract longer stays to encourage consumption.

[@dua_junaid]

You know that's actually what I was thinking too. Sorry I know you commented this a year ago lol, but thanks for bringing that up because I could see the aspects of her presentation that weren't fully fleshed out. I wonder if they gave her a critique of her project afterwards. Ah well, it's still cool lol.

[@boomeemee]

Great work! Love her graphic styles.

[@cliffordphiri1168]

I agree she did a great job.

[@NimaMansouri]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful

[@ahmedbenidir7098]

i envy her...sooo much

[@nandinigera7394]

Wow!

[@ahmedlairedj8284]

Great work, congratulations !

[@ricardasbertasius5577]

Genial.

[@ruvenacetaay2164]

Wow

[@ianhomerpura8937]

This is exactly how transit-oriented developments work. Now time to do it in the US as well.

[@asmaeloughzafi6296]

It was a great présentation! I have a question does someone know what softwares she used?

[@manoelacalabresi3732]

it looks like she modeled the building in Revit or Archicad. And for the diagrams probably Illustrator.

[@francescasacco1880]

i think she used Rhino and Sketchup, and illustator for diagrams

[@catalinamalaver7042]

im sorry im happY 😊

[@hayden6292]

Since japan subway stations usually have an attendant helping customers for every fare line, the design will require at least 8 attendants just beside the fare gates, in addition to other staff.

[@catalinamalaver7042]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😆

[@lexatienza3011]

:o

[@avocado1405]

so they just let yo talk? our jurors love to interrupt in between

[@tasnimmbi3990]

Lol same

[@juandaniellopez3969]

For this to be the work of a graduate student the graphic style is pretty lacking more precission.

[@conversacionesconmipadre]

It looks exactly like every other new station in the world. It seems the same design and esthetics are copied over and over and over again. This one looks expensive, confusing and a bit dangerous. There will be many people walking like automatons in what it looks like a mall and they are going to be too close to the subway. Not a great design, that's for sure.

[@user-tl5om1ow2b]

What do you mean 'they are going to be too close to the subway'?

[@arcisvar4863]

@@user-tl5om1ow2b Hes talking out of his as

[@luisdaroczi8181]

Yeah, since there are many attractions inside the this 'mall' type area, there will be increased congestion which goes against this idea of Osmosis, one of the basics of osmosis is that the molecules move from one side to another through a semipermeable membrane, until EQUILIRBIUM is reached, in essence this can be applied in reality, how would she be able to keep that consistency of equilibrium ? how will she prevent pedestrian congestion?

[@catalinamalaver7042]

i dont like it im boring is very stup

[@maymldrz]

Yeah, you're boring.