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The south wing of the head station - an urban masterpiece

Südlfügel still is the head of the Stuttgart train station. Yet it is not the same fate allotted as the north wing, which was demolished in autumn 2010.

The two side wings of the head station are an integral part of the building and head station are listed buildings. It has also seen the official monument protection forever. Nevertheless, it has succeeded in politics by elegant restructuring to get the official monument consent for demolition of the wings.

the wings, it is argued by the opponents of the head station and over again, would now no longer relevant. They came from the steam age and the then existing needs would have been conceived.

is not considered here is that the wings also have an important urban function. This applies particularly to the south wing. This impression will ensure that the railway tracks between Castle Garden and the Middle existing height difference of urban development do not appear occurs.

The south wing head of the Stuttgart train station, in front of the road at the castle garden. Looking at the picture no one would get the idea that the area behind the south wing to a higher floor than the street level is it. If we think away the subsequent additions such as the ugly roof, the parking and the wide street, one would have here one of the most beautiful scenery with Stuttgart.

occurs northeast of the south wing of the Stuttgart main station of the height difference between the tracks and the road at Castle Garden evident. These urban situation does not look inviting. As part of an expansion of the Stuttgart etappierbaren head station, the buildings between the railway tracks and road at Castle Garden as an extension of the south wing will continue until Wolframstraße. On the road palace garden should be at least partly developed as a pedestrian zone.

View from the Middle Castle Garden in the direction of the Stuttgart head track field station. The need for further development steps are clear from this image: transformation of the street at Castle Garden (it is just before the railway tracks) to a pedestrian area and partial integration in the gardens, reducing the noise barrier, construction of buildings between the railway tracks and road at Castle Garden, so that the jump site is no longer visible and the road at Castle Garden and the Castle Garden received as an attractive urban boundary.

The concept of K21, the expansion of etappierbare rail junction Stuttgart on the basis of the existing terminal station, offers not only fascinating path to traffic and transportation options. Even urban K21 with the resulting possible etappierbaren improve the situation between the Middle and Lower Castle Garden on the one hand and the Heilbronnerstraße the other hand, the all or nothing - preferred project Stuttgart 21.

And in the road at the castle garden, this means:

• renovation of and new uses for the south wing of the Stuttgart head station (eg museum, cafes, restaurants, new access to the ends of the platforms)
• transformation of the street at Castle Garden with partial conversion to a pedestrian area
• removal of fences and walls between the Middle Castle Garden and the road at Castle Garden and drawing on the palace garden to the street at Castle Garden
• continuation of development between the track field and the road at Castle Garden, then get to the south wing to the street with the tungsten target, an attractive urban boundary of the road at Castle Garden.
• compound of the road at Castle Garden and the Middle Castle Gardens with the area King Street by setting up an attractive surface footpath connection