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Landmark Liverpool South Parkway opens its doors
Jefferson Sheard Architects have designed the state of the art new Liverpool
South Parkway Interchange, which opened on Sunday June 11th.

Aerial View courtesy of Kalzip
The £32 million project which has already won a major environmental
award - will provide a rail link to Britains fastest growing airport
- Liverpool John Lennon - for millions of people from across the North
of England and the Midlands, as well as access to the eleven thousand
jobs planned for the area.
Cllr Mark Dowd, Chair of Merseytravel, Jefferson Sheards client,
said: . Liverpool South Parkway is the most modern station in Europe
and will be a great asset to the people of Merseyside and beyond
Liverpool South Parkway is already picking up awards and accolades for
its design, use of innovative building techniques and its potential contribution
to the regeneration of the Speke and Garston Pathway areas.

Photo : Paul McMullin
Features include a roof using 2.3 tonnes of recycled aluminium; a system
of rainwater harvesting which will save 700,000 litres of mains water
per year; generation of electricity by photovoltaic cells plus a geo-thermal
heating system which obtains up to 60% of the energy needed to heat the
building from the ground beneath it.
Neil Scales, Director General and Chief Executive of Merseytravel, is
the engineer in charge of the project. He said: Weve
set a standard which is being recognised nationally and one that we hope
that others within the transport industry and elsewhere will emulate.
Jefferson Sheard Director, Tom Rhys Jones describes the building as a
seamless link between different modes of transport within a single building,
projecting an iconic image which promotes use of the public transport
network and informs the world that Liverpool leads the way in modern design
and the creation of safe, efficient and attractive environments. We are
delighted that one of our longest-standing client relationships continues
to generate such innovative and exciting architecture. We are sure that
LSP will be a great asset to the people of Merseyside it is a testament
to the vision of Merseytravel.

Photo : Paul McMullin
Project Architect Nick Bogle adds The curvaceous form of the building
evokes a sense of movement relating to the activity enclosed by and adjacent
to the building. It curves in several planes creating complex and challenging
shapes regulating the external mass of the interchange and achieving a
more intimate, less intimidating scale to the interior.
The Interchange itself is an amalgam of Allerton and Garston stations
combined with new passenger facilities plus provision for buses, taxis
and car parking.

Photo : Paul McMullin
This will serve trains on the Northern Line, which is considered to be
most important to the general transportation strategy in the region. Later
this year services to Sheffield and the East Midlands will be introduced
and Merseytravel will be exploring further routes in advance of the 2008
Capital of Culture Year.
Main contractors on the project were Edmund Nuttall, one of Britains
largest civil engineer contractors. While they can lay claim to building
Merseysides most recent innovative project Edmund Nuttall has an
historic link with the region. They were also responsible for building
the Liver Building and the first Mersey Tunnel.
Liverpool South Parkway is the latest in a series of major transport projects
designed by Jefferson Sheard Architects. Recent successes include the
new Interchanges at both Manchester Airport and Manchester City Centre.
A very exciting design for Barnsley Interchange began on site in January
and other projects at Edinburgh and Swansea are at an advanced stage on
the drawing board.

Photo : Paul McMullin
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