Kastrup Station - Copenhagen Airport

A light and open station under ground

Kastrup Station is designed as a natural transition from train to flight. The clam station welcomes the passengers with its daylight, materiality and the same aesthetic simplicity as rest of the airport.

The station is characterized by a long gap just above the rail tracks, opening the underground station whilst it proving a natural ventilation of the room. The platforms form a solid granite base, ceilings are plastered and the walls covered with travertine adding a warm glow to the room.

Kastrup Station is free of adverts. Instead, there is photographic art framed in tombak on the sound reducing walls.

The entire station curves towards the Oresund tunnel, and the arched shape makes the room appear intimate. The pillars that support the roof widen at the top resembling a collar, visualizing the heavy weight they carry. The passenger flow from the terminal’s airside toward the station is natural. The plan arrangement of Terminal 3 intuitively guides the arriving passengers from bagage claim, through the arrival hall and towards the train, as the building narrows downwards towards the train.

The gap above the rain tracks is shielded by a seven meters wide, titled pent roof. The pent roof the made of glass and protects the station from rain and at the same allow the sunlight underground.