An initial Nepalese precedent study explores the dominant use of timber frames with fired bricks to achieve seismic resistance.

A typological study of several Newari dwellings displays potential seismic vulnerabilities including weak corners, loose fitting joinery and a soft ground storey.

The use of sloped roofs with overhanging eaves and decorative wooden posts in Kathmandu’s multi-tiered pagodas are used as references to influence the proposal’s visual identity.

Using on-site clay resources to enable material reuse, the train station’s basement concourse level is constructed of clay in several states, including extruded bricks with timber bracing, 3D printed interiors, and subtractive milled surfaces.

The platform’s timber superstructure modules play host to scenes of destination and arrival with multicoloured fabrics behaving as a nod to Nepalese prayer flags, simultaneously tempering the interior while revealing silhouettes of activity behind.