dhk Urban Concepts is a member of the professional team working on the development of a medium and long term vision for Cape Town station. The brief was to consider two timeframes: intervention prior to the 2010 world cup, and then the re-imagining of what Cape Town station could be by 2030.

The processes engaged in included a public engagement process, concept development, feasibility studies (both of a financial and of a spatial nature), lobbying of government and other authorities and then of developing architectural and urban solutions.

2010 projects are aimed at highly necessary interventions in the current station to ensure efficient operations, safety, and improvements in the aesthetic of the station precinct. Engagement with neighboring properties, developments and interest groups has formed a large part of this phase. The project is addressing the station rail operations, long distance and metropolitan bus services, taxis, formal retail opportunities, markets and informal trading, and integration with the larger city fabric.

This first phase of the 2010 projects is currently under construction.

The 2030 vision involves the complete re-imagining of what the station should be and could be. The project is being driven by an urban design vision of a continuous, integrated city extended over the station site and the long “tail” of rail lines entering the central city, with a new submerged station and new main terminal addressing the Grand Parade.

The design team has been appointed to continue with a second phase feasibility study and urban design framework to enable the client to assess the costs associated with, and value generated by the proposals.

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