The constant global transformations require more efficient transport and sustainable mobility infrastructures that make it possible to connect cities and create a global system of economic-socio-spatial development. In this sense, one of the means of transport that stands out in terms of innovation and technology is the Hyperloop. Pressurized capsules float on a magnetic layer inside depressurized tubes, with no resistance to friction from rails and air, reaching ultra-speeds. This concept is considered one of the futures of transport and it is being developed by several companies around the world. With speeds ranging from 600 to 1,200 km/h, it connects cities, reduces distances and creates production chains with better logistics, as well as a circular and shared economy. One of the main poles of socioeconomic development in Brazil is constituted as a connection between two metropolitan regions of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Porto Alegre and Caxias do Sul form a mobility corridor with high daily traffic of people and goods. Existing highways are mostly single lane and with many curves, which increases travel time between cities. In this sense, new and more efficient means of transport should be proposed linking the two largest hubs in the state. In this way, this project is based on information from the study developed by the State Government and proposes to develop an architectural proposal for the Central Station for passengers on this route. The city of Porto Alegre is chosen to carry out the Hyperloop Passenger Terminal project. The choice of location is justified by the local, regional impact and economic potential of the region of influence where the Hyperloop Station will be deployed. Propose a building to support the activities of the Hyperloop Station with conditions of an exceptional nature, enabling the theme to develop the form. The operational technological system of the behavior of the Hyperloop capsules is taken as a basis to conceptualize the party. The capsules are pressurized and float on a magnetic layer inside tubes. In addition, the capsule's geometry has been developed to increase aerodynamics, and without touching the rails, the capsules float in an air pocket. This floating is materialized causing the volume to land on the ground, a sculpture touching the square, but ready to leave. With strict lines, a roof is delimited in 200x200m, configuring a foyer square. From the roof, there is an approach to the ground, in an organic way, tangent to the support cylinder. Volumetry with futuristic language and lines thought of in aerodynamics. The Hyperloop Station project proposal for the city of Porto Alegre demonstrates the architecture's ability to include mobility issues between cities at the scale of a building. The objective of this project was to test how new approaches to themes and new technologies will be developed in the form of objects built in cities and how they will behave in terms of building character in relation to the already built urban space. Future perspectives are that more innovative transport technologies are studied to make cities more efficient with innovation and technologies, making architecture a means of making the world more connected and sustainable. These principles initiate the experience in using the new means of Transport, the Hyperloop.

Passenger Terminal: the formal composition and insertion of an urban transport by capsules in the city of Porto Alegre/BR

The proposal seeks a differentiated design with a futuristic language to face the challenge of a Hyperloop station. A building with a new character, that is, with innovation in the use it will perform, participates in a series of conditions regarding: (a) how the theme will develop the form; (b) which shape is relevant for urban equipment; (c) how form relates to materiality and (d) how to be a point of reference and create an image of the place.

Sketches of the formal idea

The process of building the formal idea went through the understanding of how the Hyperloop technology influences the internal use and formal expression. The aerodynamics, the fluctuating volume and the relationship between the passengers and the internal and external use delimited a unique form with a local impact on the city.

Vertical circulations, stairs and covered open spaces

The vertical circulation system was thought to complement the futuristic design. The external metallic stairs compose a sculptural way of perforating the form, allowing the connection of the upper volume with the ground. The elevators are panoramic and in the form of magnetic capsules that float to transport passengers to the highest floors of the building. All spaces were designed so that the user experience is differentiated in this new futuristic means of transport.

Side view of the Hyperloop Station: the composition of the form and the relationship with the open space of the sculpture that lands on the square

The technology of the Hyperloop system, where pressurized capsules float in a magnetic layer inside tubes, in addition to the aerodynamics are materialized in the form of the project, a landing of the volume on the ground, a futuristic sculpture touching the square.

Perspective View of the Hyperloop Station: relation between the external space and the building

Full perspective view of the Hyperloop Station. In the background, the main building can be seen, its relationship with the open space and its perch on the square. The pillars configure a means of formal marking, while at the same time approaching the ideal of usable sculpture.