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After an eventful day in Camley Street Natural Park and then hopping onto a narrowboat on a trip from Little Venice to Camden Lock, I headed to King's Cross railway station for a train back to Peterborough. Unfortunately, I missed out on an earlier train, which left me with some time to wander around the station.
Earlier that morning, I was very surprised to see the station had a major renovation due to the previous year's London 2012 Olympics. I must have read about it but since I have not been to King's Cross for some time I forgot. What struck me on my arrival was the huge white structure that appeared to support the roof of the building I was in. I did not remember seeing that previously.
Since I only have a standard lens on my camera, I tried to capture as much as I can of the white structure. It was late afternoon and there were lots of passengers checking out their train schedules so I avoided taking photos with people on it. I was only interested on the structure that time. I did not took a lot of photos and only three are decent.
When I got home I researched on those white structure. In an article by The Guardian, the white structure is described as thus:
But the main event of the new work is the half-cylinder of the new concourse and its roof, which has a span of 52 metres. Its structure, engineered by Arup, rises up a great steel stalk in the centre and then spreads into a tree-like canopy of intersecting branches, before descending into a ring of supports at the circumference. In so doing, it avoids the need to drop columns into the ticket hall of the underground station underneath the main space. Beneath the canopy, a sinuous pavilion in glass and tile takes care of the retail.
I have been back to King's Cross concourse many times since then. I am still amazed each time I walk underneath it. I still have to take more photos of it but this time incorporating the passengers to show its enormity. For the time being I will just content myself looking at other's photos and finding inspiration when I will have the chance of photographing it myself.
More information
The Guardian review - London King's Cross concourse review
The Guardian pictures - London King's Cross concourse in pictures
Camera gear:
- Olympus Pen E-PL2 - https://amzn.to/2OTmdOt
- Olympus mZuiko 17mm f2.8 - https://amzn.to/2R3JS0b
Flickr album - https://flic.kr/s/aHskJzXEWf
