Case Study

Farringdon Station Eastern Ticket Hall

Farringdon Station Eastern Ticket Hall

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CASE STUDY Farringdon Station is one of the ten stations that will serve the Elizabeth Line when it opens in 2018. The Architect Aedas has designed the station to celebrate local craftsmanship and architecture. Cordek was challenged with fi nding a solution to create the recessed voided ceiling which is a key feature of the Eastern Ticket Hall. Project Scope Taking inspiration from the Brutalist Architecture of the nearby Barbican Centre, the new square co ered ceiling design in the Eastern Ticket Hall will no doubt become a recognisable feature of the station in years to come. The design and construction programme dictated that the steel structure for the building above the station needed to be constructed fi rst. The challenge was to provide a formwork solution to form a ceilin

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