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海角视频鈥檚 experts are working on incredible projects all around the world, with many reaching significant milestones in 2024. We take a look back at seven stand-out highlights.

Michigan Central Station

Detroit, USA

海角视频 helped the Ford Motor Company to transform Michigan Central Station into a vibrant new innovation district that connects the community to the future of mobility in a 21st Century working environment.

The company, which has a , envisaged a 30-acre campus as a new future-focused innovation hub, serving as a showcase and laboratory for future mobility. 海角视频 was engaged to provide integrated engineering services to transform the former Michigan Central Station into a 鈥減lace of inspiration鈥� for all.

Michigan Central Station was the main intercity passenger rail depot in Detroit. Built for the Michigan Central Railroad in 1913, it remained open for business until 1988. Its 18-floor office tower, with a roof height of 230ft, made it the world鈥檚 tallest railway station building at the time of its construction. As with all adaptive reuse projects, one of the key challenges for the MEP team was to ensure the new services infrastructure could be successfully and sympathetically retrofitted into the historic fabric.

The efficiency of the energy systems is bolstered by the low window-to-wall ratio of the original architectural design, which when combined with additional new insulation, ensures the highly comfortable workspaces envisioned by our digital energy models. The new Michigan Central Station officially opened in June 2024.

Riyadh Metro

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The $22.5 billion Riyadh Metro consists of six metro lines that run through 88 stations using nearly 110 miles of track. The STC (Olaya) Metro Station is part of the Blue Line of the Riyadh Metro, which opened to passengers in December 2024. Occupying a prominent central location, the station is set above the intersection of two underground railway lines.

Riyadh鈥檚 population has more than doubled since 1990, to more than 7 million people and it is expected to rise to 8.53 million within a decade. The Riyadh Development Authority (RDA) is building the Riyadh Metro, an entirely new public transit system for the city, with six main lines covering 176km (110 miles). It is expected to transport 3.6 million passengers a day by 2030 and will play a key part in reducing the number of car journeys throughout the city.

Our teams have also worked on the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station, one of three iconic stations on Riyadh鈥檚 new Metro forming an integral part of the Arriyadh Strategic Public Transport Plan.

Oakland Energy Master Plan

Pittsburgh, USA

Oakland Energy Master Plan (OEMP) has created a comprehensive approach to understanding the Pittsburgh district of Oakland鈥檚 current and projected energy demand, while addressing the climate crisis through the development of a practical, data driven energy plan.

Green Building Alliance assembled the higher education and cultural institutions, healthcare provider, government entities, and local utility providers together to tackle the challenges of developing interventions to address the impacts of climate change, reduce residential energy burden, and achieve low carbon energy goals in the neighbourhood.

The project, which completed in 2024, saw a multidisciplinary team from 海角视频 engaged to create a plan that will help to shape the pathway to achieving a lower carbon future. The neighbourhood is one of the most energy dense districts in Pennsylvania with three universities, a world class healthcare system, biomedical and robotic laboratories, and several existing district energy systems.

Lots Road Power Station

London, UK

From 1902 to 1998 Lots Road Power Station fuelled the London Underground. At the time of its construction, it was dubbed the largest power station ever built. A new vision for its adaptive reuse has seen it transformed into an expansive dual-site residentially-led development. Split by a creek across the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, the new development provides a million square feet of luxury accommodation.

It is the last of the three great power stations along the Thames to be returned to use, following the conversion of Bankside into the Tate Modern and Battersea Power Station into a mixed-use complex.

Our multidisciplinary team provided insight and design expertise around everything from structural engineering and facades to ground engineering and sustainability.

While the new structure built within the power station is entirely self-supporting, lateral structural interfaces tie the shell of the old building to the reinforced concrete floors of the new structure within, allowing for required movements.

The project, which completed in 2024, repurposed this icon of London鈥檚 Victorian heritage, offering 260 luxury flats and helping to restore and revive this historic section of the Thames riverside.

SAP Garden

Munich, Germany

SAP Garden, a major addition to Munich鈥檚 ensemble of sports facilities, opened to the public in September 2024. The arena is the new home of the Red Bull M眉nchen ice hockey team, and it also serves as an additional home venue for FC Bayern Basketball. It has a total floor area of 62,500 square metres, including four ice rinks, and provides space for 11,500 spectators. In addition to the sports facilities themselves, the arena contains eleven VIP boxes, shops for official team merchandise, offices and conference rooms, and a parking garage.

Located in Munich鈥檚 Olympiapark, at a site formerly occupied by the Radstadion velodrome, SAP Garden is a significant contribution to the robust infrastructure for sports and leisure in Munich. Several complementary 海角视频 disciplines 鈥� including acoustics, facade and traffic consultancy 鈥� were applied in unison to shape an exceptional spectator experience.

Our team devised a roof for the ancillary ice rinks that retains form while supporting high loads. A covering of heavy soil, which supports plant life, comprises the top to a consistent depth of 60cm. Beneath the surface, variable thicknesses of lightweight insulation material are used to sculpt the undulating topography.

One Boston Wharf

Boston, USA

Boston鈥檚 Seaport District is in the midst of a transformational regeneration of the city鈥檚 historic working port. Unlocked with $22bn of public investment, the district is now home to an ecosystem of more than 350 companies, from global leaders in technology and biotech, to ground-breaking start-ups.

海角视频 has been engaged to provide multidisciplinary consultancy across a broad range of services through multiple phases of the development project led by Boston-based WS Development. A central part of regeneration, One Boston Wharf Road, which completed in 2024, is a 707,000ft² mixed-use building that will be home to the city鈥檚 largest net zero carbon office facility.

海角视频 worked closely with the wider design team to achieve this breakthrough in energy optimisation. This bold effort speaks directly to the City of Boston鈥檚 pledge to be carbon neutral by 2050 and the client鈥檚 aspiration to accelerate this goal.

The all-electric building services and mechanical systems strategy helped the project to target LEED Platinum certification 鈥� the highest level of sustainability covered by the assessment. This all-electric approach enabled the wholesale use of renewable energy sources, but also allowed the integration of low carbon electrical heating and cooling mechanisms, including air source heat pump and energy recovery technologies.

Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium

Dalian, China

Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium is a spectacular new footballing venue located on a reclaimed peninsula at the waterfront of Dalian, a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning Province, China. With a 63,000-strong capacity and dramatic views across the bay, the new stadium, which opened in 2024, provides an exciting, modern home for Chinese Super League side Dalian Youngboy F.C.

Our broad multidisciplinary team helped to deliver a standout concept design that enabled the creation of a highly efficient, as well as a visually impressive stadium. The stadium is defined by the engineering, with the complexity and repeatability of the structural forms being delivered at low cost, low weight and with low embodied carbon, thanks to its distinctive tensile facade and roof structure.

The facade blends the form of cascading waves and seashells, such as those found along the nearby waterfront. The wrapping effect of the tensile membrane facade and roof will help to keep the wind off the spectators, delivering passive warming in the winter as well as shade in the summer months. We also advised on the use of an all-electric heating system, which utilised low carbon air source heat pumps. 鈥�