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Views of Kaohsiung Station construction site end of June 2022, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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Stages of the (above ground visible) Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站 ongoing construction works are presented in several episodes.

Episode 13
Status as per 2022, end June.
Extended construction pits can be seen north of the already finished part of the station building. One construction pit is located east of the old station building. Canopy construction is ongoing. The east-west axis canopy structure is complete.
This video: https://youtu.be/_U8mTNa8GOs

Episode 12
Status as per 2022, beginning March.
Steel frame of second tall building is complete; some floor slabs have been already concreted. Cladding of the first tall building has been (almost fully) installed. Canopy construction is ongoing (in particular at the bus station area). Construction pits can be seen north of the already finished part of the station building.
Video: https://youtu.be/8d_8X327ffg

Episode 11
Status as per 2021, end September.
Steel frame of second tall building is under construction. Shifting of the old station building to the final location has been completed (celebration event on 2021-09-26). The old building has been jacked up by 394 cm in two lifting phases. The 2500 t building has then been moved by 4.5 m horizontally northward and 57.9 m westward to its final position in the center axis of the new station. Braced excavations of construction pits are proceeding. Coverage of the station works can be found at Liberty Times Net:
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3616313
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/1475141
Video: https://youtu.be/IxkJuehwTMM

Episode 10
Status as per 2021, mid August.
Steel frame of second tall building is under construction. A tower crane in place for the hoisting tasks there. Shifting of the old station building to the final location has commenced. The old building has been jacked up by 394 cm in two lifting phases in the recent months (having reached this elevation on May 22). The 2500 t building has been moved by 4.5 m horizontally northward till now. A 57.9 m westward relocation to its final position in the center axis of the new station still has to be done. Braced excavations of construction pits are proceeding. Coverage of the station works can be found at Liberty Times Net:
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3616313
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3612508
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3606495
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3542023
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3507593
Video: https://youtu.be/sFPQROFKwHM

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Architect’s project website:
https://www.mecanoo.nl/Projects/project/170/Kaohsiung-Station?d=0&t=0

Architectural rendering:
https://youtu.be/xnNJcV57cGk

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Intro 00:00
Views from north 01:09
Views from south 08:23
Slides 17:40
Outro 19:23

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Music:

Roll And Drop by Jingle Punks
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Pray by Anno Domini Beats
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Yiruma - River Flows In You by Lily Flute
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Yiruma - River Flows In You by Kfir Ochaion feat. Yuval Salomon
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River Flows In You (Rock Version) by Justin Mattock
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