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Japan's famous Shinkansen high-speed railway network was opened in 1964 between the major metropolitan areas of Tokyo and Osaka. the ShinMinamata Station in the city of Minamata.


Architecture is normally closed in by walls. It is entered through doors.
But a railway station has no doors. Trains roll through it on the platform level. The interior continues out to the exterior. Nevertheless, it is not a completely open space. Platforms need to provide protection from rain, wind, and sunshine, and to prevent noise from escaping outside as the trains pass through. Railway stations seem to be open, but are actually closed. They seem to be closed, but are actually open. They are special spaces, unlike the closed package of normal architecture.
This work attempts to clarify the special character of railway station space.

http://www.makoto-architect.com/