Structure studios Chetwoods and J&A have remodeled a metro station in Shenzhen, China, right into a coastal-themed transit hub, drawing on the native panorama and cultural id.
Created as a part of Shenzhen’s “Tourism Line”, Dameisha station serves the favored Golden Coast vacation vacation spot. Beforehand accessible solely by automobile, the station now hyperlinks  the resort to town’s broader metro community.
The station’s design was knowledgeable by its beachside location and integrates parts of the encompassing topography.
“Rooted within the coastal surroundings, the design embodies a way of freedom, tranquillity, and unhurried consolation, aligning with the overarching tourism theme of Metro Line 8,” Chetwoods instructed Dezeen. “We wished to create an inviting environment that evokes reminiscences of previous seaside experiences and the idea of ‘dreaming on the seaside’.”
The station’s two-level inside options motifs that mimic the shapes of waves and the textures, varieties and hues of sand and pebbles. A palette of sentimental whites contrasts with aquatic blues, evoking the interaction between the shoreline and ocean.
“The architectural language captures the thriller and romance of the ocean’s infinite actions, reflections, and the dynamic shapes of waves,” the studio stated.
On the coronary heart of its design is a fluid ceiling sample that extends to the partitions, creating the phantasm of underwater motion.
The ceiling was crafted from a curved aluminium profile that serves as a canvas for visible particulars, together with perforations and graphic layering.
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“Using a single profile of single-curved aluminium all through the principle arrival corridor allowed us to keep up visible fluidity whereas adhering to budgetary and development necessities,” the studio defined.
“By avoiding double-curved or twisted surfaces, we streamlined each the fabrication and meeting processes.”
Conical openings and oval skylights filter pure mild into the underground station, simulating daylight piercing the floor of the ocean.
Synthetic lighting options, akin to pebble-shaped chandeliers suspended in blue-painted voids, complement the pure parts, whereas ellipse-shaped LED lighting round central columns reference bubbles and ripples in seawater.
Interactive marine-inspired particulars improve the station’s immersive expertise. Graphics of swimming fish, turtles and different sea life had been embedded inside the reflective granite flooring tiles whereas whale-shaped benches function playful but purposeful design parts.
“The station was designed to impress constructive feelings, sensory experiences and reminiscences via its exploration and interpretation of the geography and tradition of its location, in its varieties, colors, textures and supplies,” the studio stated.
“Our analysis into human emotional responses to the constructed setting performs a pivotal function in our design course of, and this venture demonstrates the tangible outcomes of that strategy.”
Based in 1988 by Laurie Chetwood, Chetwoods Architects has labored on a variety of worldwide initiatives starting from giant industrial sheds to entries for the Chelsea Flower Present.
Latest metro stations spotlighted on Dezeen embody Zaha Hadid Architects station in Riyadh’s monetary district and a Parisian station wrapped in vertical wood louvres.
The pictures is by Sheng Lin Ye.
