Modern station "Adler": how was one of the most beautiful station buildings in Russia created?

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

Modern station "Adler" is not just a gray building that appears in our minds after the mention of such a word. With its appearance, it resembles, rather, a shopping center. However, he was not always like this. This station has its own history.

History of occurrence

The railway station "Adler" appeared a long time ago - in 1929. It was built long before this area became part of Sochi. The building was built in the Stalinist style, I must say, it is not as big as the modern version. The station belongs to the North Caucasian Railway and, by the way, is considered one of the largest and largest railway terminals in all of Russia. The station also has one key feature, which is that the building is located almost on the Black Sea coast. In order to be near the sea, you need to cross the path. Many are surprised by this location, but everything is really simple. After all, Sochi is a city that stretches along the coastline for many tens of kilometers, so the sea here, one might say, is everywhere.

Modernity

Only five years ago they began to build a new station building, it was decided to place it to the east of the previous one. It all started due to the fact that in 2014 the Winter Olympic Games were to be held in Sochi. As a matter of fact, not only the Adler station has undergone changes. For four years, large-scale work was carried out over the whole of Sochi - hotels were built, roads were reconstructed, highways were built. So, the project of the Adler railway station was created by an architect group headed by A. P. Danilenko. The distribution passenger hall was placed at a height of ten meters above the railway tracks. And the complex itself was divided into two parts - sea and city. Thanks to this distribution, it was possible to create a comfortable and modern station. It meets all the requirements for such buildings - it is well equipped from a technical point of view, has an interesting design and harmoniously fits into the environment.

Project

Railway station "Adler" as a project appeared in 2009. It is interesting that initially the architect's developments caused a lot of questions and comments. Therefore, the project had to be transferred to the Sochi branch of NPO Mostovik for other specialists to re-analyze it and correct the shortcomings. The deadlines were tight, no one was going to move the Olympics, so construction had to begin as soon as possible. Therefore, the station had to be designed in parallel with its construction, which had already begun by that time. It wasdifficult, since it was necessary to use the already erected foundation as the basis for inventing a new layout and image of the entire building. There were also risks, and considerable ones - in just eight hours, with the help of the most powerful jacks, it was possible to raise just a gigantic roof, which had previously been assembled at the lowest level of the station. The deformation of the structure at the time of installation was about 1.5 meters, however, as soon as the rise was completed, all the marks were occupied, as expected. Sochi specialists were assisted in this by architects from the GMP firm, a German company whose employees built the Berlin Tegel airport and the central station of the German capital. Their experience helped to apply new technologies in the construction of the Adler railway station and develop its logical scheme. In general, a few months after the start of construction, work improved, and everything went according to plan.

Design

Station "Adler" is very beautiful and attracts the attention of everyone who passes by. However, this design could never be realized. The fact is that German architects saw the building as simpler, rectangular, one might say “dry”. However, the author of the project insisted on his own. Indeed, against the backdrop of the majestic Caucasus Mountains, a building made in a special picturesque design should rise. The station, located right next to the sea, should not be ordinary. It should reflect the Black Sea. It was this idea that influenced the architect's decision to embody the theme of the sea wave in the building. The author of the project insisted on his own, and we can see the resulttoday.

Popularity

Every day more than ten thousand people pass through the station "Adler". Both commuter and intercity trains depart from the station. Express trains and Aeroexpress trains are especially popular. This is the direction from Sochi to Krasnaya Polyana and to the Airport. Suburban trains also run from Tuapse to Adler and back. And, of course, there are many more directions to such points as: Saratov, Kyiv, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Novokuznetsk, Barnaul, Arkhangelsk, Blagoveshchensk, Severobaikalsk, Cherepovets and etc. And this is by no means a complete list of cities to which you can leave from the Adler railway station. The main problem for the locals has always been the search for a particular place in an unfamiliar city. It takes only one thing to find "Adler" (station) - a map. And getting to it is also easy - from the center to the station there is a bus number 125 and a fixed-route taxi number 124. And you should not worry about stopping either - the driver always stops at the right point: “Adler Station”. The address is also worth it just in case Remember - the station is located on Lenin Street, 113.