Basilea station shows the typical inconveniences of all stop and go train stations that stand parallel to the railway lines. The proposal for its transformation assigns this important piece of infrastructure with a new urban role: that of gate for travellers that reach the city and as a link between neighborhoods that until now had no direct connection. To make this possible, the underground corridors that up to this date had joined the platforms beneath the rail layout have been replaced by raised footbridges that house shops and other facilities, giving back the old lobby its lost prominence. The roof’s silhouette can be seen from various spots in the city, and it is bound to play the leading part in the renovation of the station’s image, which will appear across the train tracks, as if it were a final destination point. Its slanted planes – broken into almost topographic profiles – give each functional area a specific height and converge with the existing canopies that shelter the platforms. In this way, the roof maintains the continuity of the spacial sequence that is transversal to the flow of passengers and which ends in another main hall next to the parking area on the opposite side of the platforms...[+]