Canary Wharf Crossrail Station

London, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Transport · Underground Rail Station With Green Roof · Temperate · 2015

A below-grade Elizabeth line station in a flooded dock, constructed inside a cofferdam and topped with a 4,000 sq m roof garden accessible to the public. The structural engineering resolved the challenge of a large underground box in open water without dewatering the surrounding dock.

Innovation highlights

• station box constructed in open dock water using cofferdam without dewatering
• 4,000 sq m public park on station roof integrating ecology and drainage
• timber-clad undulating canopy providing passive ventilation to retail concourse
• complex below-waterline concrete box resisting full hydrostatic uplift

Client / Developer

Crossrail Ltd / Canary Wharf Group

Architect

Foster + Partners

Engineer

Arup

Type

Underground Rail Station with Green Roof

#Crossrail #Elizabeth line #underground station #green roof #hydrostatic engineering #London

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