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Aerial views of Kaohsiung Station construction site early October 2020, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

Stages of the (above ground visible) Kaohsiung Station 高雄車站 construction works are presented in several episodes.

Episode 06
Status as per 2021, mid February.
The building shell of the first steel frame high rise building is almost completely erected. Installation of the corrugated steel sheets of the floor slabs is ongoing (including some concreting). Access roads west of the station building have been paved and road marking is in place. Planting of vegetation on the former railway track has substantially proceeded.
Video: https://youtu.be/lepvJqYDVzs

Episode 05
Status as per 2020, early December.
Erection of the first steel frame high rise building is continuing. Steel members are being hoisted by mobile cranes. The curvilinear shaped canopy is developing. Vegetation zones on the former railway track are being prepared.
Video: https://youtu.be/BTIwkyDKX-Q

Episode 04
Status as per 2020, mid November.
Erection of the first steel frame high rise building has started. Steel members are being hoisted by mobile cranes. Support structures of the curvilinear shaped canopy are under construction. Roads and cycle paths at the vegetation zones on the former railway track are being prepared.
Video: https://youtu.be/0uhjnBNFghQ

Episode 03
Status as per 2020, early October.
Canopy construction and preparation of the former railway track area.
Video: https://youtu.be/45Vi0-GdYEM

Episode 02
Status as per 2020, end May.
Construction works below ground level are proceeding. Temporary site roads support the logistics of construction material and equipment. Corrugates steel sheets have been placed as permanent formwork for the canopy.
Video: https://youtu.be/i8uAz_w00dY

Episode 01
Status as per 2020, end March.
Construction works below ground level are proceeding. Temporary site roads support the logistics of construction material and equipment. Preparatory works are ongoing on the former track areas east and west of the station.
Video: https://youtu.be/ISEwyN3lMb4

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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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