This Hub is a vertical civic landmark embedded within the dramatic terrain of a major urban train station, where a 84-foot grade change separates two street levels. Integrating a transit hub, research lab, religious center, and terraced public space, the project transforms a challenging topographic site into a dynamic connector of movement, reflection, and gathering. Rather than resisting the landscape, the architecture embraces it—using the exposed bedrock as a central narrative and spatial driver.

A sculptural Voronoi-inspired staircase anchors the project, stitching together the vertical programs and turning circulation into a public experience. Visitors encounter a sequence of spaces that reveal shifting relationships between built form and geology—light filtering through glass volumes, stone surfaces emerging along walls, and platforms suspended above natural cuts in the terrain. Each program is intentionally interwoven: the research lab overlooks the city from above, the religious center nestles into stone at the base, and the terrace-level public interior acts as a civic room open to all.

Materially and conceptually, the project expresses a balance of transparency and permanence. Glass and steel frame moments of openness and clarity, while concrete and the bedrock itself provide grounding and weight. Sustainable strategies—passive ventilation, thermal massing, and site-responsive orientation—reinforce the building’s deep connection to place. This project is a geological threshold, where the city’s infrastructure, its natural terrain, and its public life converge into a shared architectural experience.