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Shimla Ropeway

Himachal Pradesh · 2023 · DPR, architectural design & planning

Shimla Ropeway station, timber-clad, on a forested hillside
Fig. 01 · Shimla Ropeway, Himachal Pradesh

₹359Cr

Project cost

13.79km

Network length · 3 lines

14

Stations

7.53lakh sq ft

Ropeway system designed

Overview

DPR, architectural design and planning for the 7.53 lakh sq ft ropeway system with 14 stations in Shimla.

Scope delivered

  • Land acquisition planning
  • Structural design, G+3 to G+9 floors
  • Tender documentation
  • Architectural, landscaping and façade design
  • MEP: HVAC, fire safety, electrical and plumbing
  • External infrastructure: roads, sewerage and water supply

Client

RTDC, Shimla

WAPCOS Limited / RTDC, Shimla

Station design

A modular kit, fourteen contexts

Heavy transit engineering carried on a repeatable column grid, then wrapped in perforated screens and pitched roofs drawn from Himachali building tradition, so each station reads as part of the city it lands in.

Shimla ropeway station shown as its bare steel structural frame
Fig. 02 · Structural frame
The same station with perforated copper-toned screens and glazing
Fig. 03 · Clad façade

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