建筑事务所Silvio d’Ascia Architecture与摩洛哥的建筑公司Omar Kobbité Architects合作，共同完成了拉巴特（Rabat）北部盖尼特拉市（Kenitra）的高铁车站项目。作为非洲首条连接地中海和大西洋的高速铁路的一部分，本项目不仅是盖尼特拉市内一个客流量较大的中转站，更将城市的历史中心区域与其他各个区域联系了起来。

The office of Silvio d’Ascia Architecture, in association with the Moroccan firm Omar Kobbité Architects, has delivered the new Kenitra TGV station, north of Rabat. The station, part of the “Royal” construction project of Africa’s first high-speed train line, which connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic, is also conceived as a lively transition zone for Kenitra, linking its historic center with districts of the modern city.

▼高铁站鸟瞰图，bird-eye’s view of the high-speed train station © Takuji Shimmura

盖尼特拉市高铁站就像是一个珠宝盒，在城市环境中重新展现了摩洛哥传统建筑的特色。其中最引人注目的当属建筑的外立面了：白色的外立面在城市的尺度下重新诠释了传统雕花木格窗的形式。可以说，本高铁站不仅与Al Boraq高铁站所带来的社会经济和技术的进步息息相关，更是盖尼特拉市和摩洛哥与当代世界融合的象征。

The Kenitra station was imagined as a jewel case framing the renewed identity of traditional Moroccan architecture in an urban context, in particular thanks to its facade, a reinterpretation of a moucharabieh expanded to the scale of the city. Associating the socio-economic and technological progress concretized by the arrival of the Al Boraq TGV, the station is a symbol of this city’s and of Morocco’s integration with the modern world.

▼高铁站外观远景，白色的外立面在城市的尺度下重新诠释了传统雕花木格窗的形式，distant exterior view of the high-speed train station, the white facade creates a reinterpretation of a moucharabieh expanded to the scale of the city © Takuji Shimmura

本项目在功能上不仅仅是一座火车站，更是城市日常生活中一个重要的公共空间。值得一提的是，在本案建成之前，城南和城北仅由一条狭窄的地下通道连接。但如今，市民们已经可以通过宽敞的车站空间，在位于城市南部的新城区和位于城市北部的老城区之间自由地来回穿梭。这个城市桥梁一般的高铁站不仅创造了一个便利的人行空间，其中还容纳了一系列商店和服务场所。主入口分别位于车站的南北两侧，不仅有助于保持城市结构的平衡，更将高铁站打造成了一个真正属于所有人的公共空间。

▼设计概念图，concept diagram

In addition to being the place to take the train, the station’s spatial and functional organization is designed to serve as a key public space of the city’s daily life. It now enables city dwellers to pass back and forth between the new city districts on the south side and the historic district on the north side. Prior to its construction, the only connecting point was a narrow subterranean passageway. This new urban bridge above the railways contains shops and services and facilitates the smooth flow of the foot traffic of passengers and inhabitants crossing the city. The station’s dual entry points to the city, to the north and the south, help balance the urban fabric and turn the city into a genuine public space for all.

▼高铁站外观近景，close exterior view of the high-speed train station © Takuji Shimmura