Lucerne Main Station

Luzern bahnhof uebersicht — Overall urban vision, central train station Lucerne

Project title

Test study „Lucerne Main Station - Development Station District 2040“, 2020

Main themes

Transformation of large main station (>180,000 passengers per day) in an inner city area, redesign of a station of supra-regional importance, station and track field as urban space, station as multimodal hub, urban hub, mobility infrastructure, strong reduction of parking spaces, car terminal, urban masterplan, orientation and clarity, organization and design of a multimodal transfer point, quantum leap in the reorganization of transport, urban mobility, coordination of uses - traffic flows, walk-in customers, intensive use, expansion of the station, usage concept, educational and business location, reorganization of the station infrastructure (e.g. urban logistics, delivery), dealing with heritage / protected buildings, district networking, closing gaps in the network, pedestrian underpass, station passage, construction phases and process, urban climate and biodiversity, urban planning physics, urban sociology, urban psychology, waiting zones, fast and slow zones, social zone, placemaking, events, nightlife, shopping center, scenario development, participation and communication

Team

Van de Wetering Atelier für Städtebau GmbH (lead planners; urbanism, architecture), Basler & Hofmann AG (traffic planners, civil engineers), Hager Partner AG (landscape architecture), Hochschule Luzern (social aspects)