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themissinglink said:
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Things are looking up at new South Station atrium - The Boston Globe

Supported by ornate arches, the ceiling and gleaming new atrium are part of the massive South Station Air Rights project, which is expected to be completed this year.
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Thanks for posting this.

The very first words, "Supported by ornate arches", are incorrect (the arches are simply decorative), so I'm curious what the rest of the article says. I can't see it because it's behind a paywall. Are there any other photos? Will they close off that open "window" above the station house?
 
SMCYB said:
The very first words, "Supported by ornate arches", are incorrect (the arches are simply decorative), so I'm curious what the rest of the article says. I can't see it because it's behind a paywall. Are there any other photos? Will they close off that open "window" above the station house?
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There aren't any other photos, and the article doesn't mention anything about closing off the gap.
 
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SMCYB said:
Thanks for posting this.

The very first words, "Supported by ornate arches", are incorrect (the arches are simply decorative), so I'm curious what the rest of the article says. I can't see it because it's behind a paywall. Are there any other photos? Will they close off that open "window" above the station house?
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I guess it kind of depends what you think they mean by the term ornate arches. The arches are ornamented, so that what we can see is not structural. But just the same, the arches underneath the visual component are indeed what support the rest of the building. You can see this quite clearly in the wealth of construction photos earlier in this thread.
 
Banker & Tradesman said:
One neat detail which we're not sure anyone's mentioned: There's a subtle wood-grain texture thing going on with the panels that line the edges of the arches.

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Do you if this is explicitly part of the design, or just a byproduct of being board-formed concrete? It does look tanner light a light wood than other, grayer board-form work I've seen.
 
MjolnirMan said:
Do you if this is explicitly part of the design, or just a byproduct of being board-formed concrete? It does look tanner light a light wood than other, grayer board-form work I've seen.
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They illustrated the wood texture in prior design renderings. I think it's probably an intended real texture byproduct of the precast process and there was some pigment added to the mix to get that warmer tone.
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We missed that, then.

The lighting might make it hard to tell in our photo, but this isn't board-form stuff, as it appears in the render you shared. It's pressed or molded into the concrete panels, with the kind of relief you'd expect from heavily-weathered timbers.
Bananarama said:
They illustrated the wood texture in prior design renderings. I think it's probably an intended real texture byproduct of the precast process and there was some pigment added to the mix to get that warmer tone.
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For that to have happened they would have needed to add another 1-2 floors to the existing building.
 
Fixing the interior of South Station is actually an easy task. Expensive, but not particularly difficult. The mechanical equipment currently sitting on the flat roof over the waiting area needs to be moved to the headhouse portion (or replaced there). Then the existing flat roof and its trusses need to be demolished. The roof structure should be replaced with some arched trusses (giving the roof a little more height), and the whole thing should be glassed in. Further, absolutely no banners or ads should be suspended from the new roof. The end.
 
Jeremi said:
Fixing the interior of South Station is actually an easy task. Expensive, but not particularly difficult. The mechanical equipment currently sitting on the flat roof over the waiting area needs to be moved to the headhouse portion (or replaced there). Then the existing flat roof and its trusses need to be demolished. The roof structure should be replaced with some arched trusses (giving the roof a little more height), and the whole thing should be glassed in. Further, absolutely no banners or ads should be suspended from the new roof. The end.
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Agreed. The domes look great, but the interaction between the three buildings is terrible. Above the track you have these windows that are partially blocked. It looks like the two buildings were designed forty years apart instead of at the same time. And maybe it's just me (and possibly a few others) but having that open end on the east side... seems like there could've been a better solution.
 
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