Engineering Reborn

Synopsis

An insight into how engineering icons of the past are transformed into inspirational beacons of the future.

First Air Date: 2022-11-25

Last Air Date: 2023-01-13

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Networks: SBS, SBS On Demand

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Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2022-11-25)

Explores how Britain's National Gallery, The Tate, stepped in to help the Bankside on the southern shore of the River Thames.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2022-12-02)

Explores the St Louis Rail Station, and how it went from being the biggest in the United States to falling into disrepair.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2022-12-09)

An old and deserted dry dock is transformed into an amazing subterranean museum, after the engineers drain the entire ground and build a new concrete base.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (2022-12-16)

A look at the Port Building, a stunning, gravity-defying office complex building that appears to hover over a 19th-century fire station, and uses a borehole energy system that makes it one of the most energy efficient buildings in Europe.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (2022-12-23)

The story behind the Seoullo 7017 overpass, a 1km bridge that once symbolised the polluted heart of Seoul and has been turned into a garden home to 24,000 indigenous species of plants.
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (2022-12-30)

First constructed in the 1930s, the West Side Line, an elevated viaduct section of the New York Central Railroad, was abandoned in the 1980s.
Ep. 7: Episode 7 (2023-01-06)

In Hong Kong, an old WWII detention centre is transformed into a gleaming new university, while respecting the old buildings beneath.
Ep. 8: Episode 8 (2023-01-13)

After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the seas around Bahrain became damaged through increased shipping and spillages, and sea life was decimated.