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Beijing Metro Line 14 Lize Shangwuqu Station

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Governmental Interior
6.43
6.84
6.07
5.86
6.3
Only Song
Only Song ISE Development Director at Amer Sports Shanghai Trading
6.58
5.94
6.58
7.7
6.7
Nils Wiberg
Nils Wiberg Interaction Designer at Gagarin
6.63
6.8
7.13
7.13
6.92
Christopher Ortiz
Christopher Ortiz Project Designer at VLK Architects
6.5
7
6.5
7.25
6.81
Anthony Monica
Anthony Monica Architect and Asst. Professor of Architecture at Belmont University
7
6.5
7
6.75
6.81
Nicolas Hauvette
Nicolas Hauvette Creative Director at Malherbe
6.7
6.53
6.34
6.43
6.5
Louise Braverman
Louise Braverman Founding Principal at Louise Braverman Architect
9.06
5.68
9.63
6.39
7.69
Marcos Aretio
Marcos Aretio Founder at Markmus Design
Difficult to judge due to the lack...
5
5
5
5
5
Sen Lin
Sen Lin Design Director at Gazer Design
5.72
6.12
5.48
6.04
5.84
Shawn Sullivan
Shawn Sullivan Partner at Rockwell Group
6
6
5
5
5.5
Alexis Vallégeas
Alexis Vallégeas Cofounder at Aimko
4
5
4
5
4.5
Ziyu Zhuang
Ziyu Zhuang Founder and Principal Architect at Büro Ziyu Zhuang Architects
5.8
5
5.69
5.75
5.56
Richard Kylberg
Richard Kylberg CEO and Head of Customer Success at Blink the Design Agency
5.37
4.8
6.67
6.1
5.74
Allison Rowe
Allison Rowe Former Head of Design at SPACE10
5.1
5.98
4.68
6.16
5.48
Maija Kreishman
Maija Kreishman Principal at Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
4.5
5.5
5.5
5
5.13
Paul Clayton
Paul Clayton Architect at Clayton Korte
5
5.53
5.58
5
5.28
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Governmental Interior of the Year
6.91
8.08
6.69
6.71
7.1
Only Song
Only Song ISE Development Director at Amer Sports Shanghai Trading
6.58
5.94
6.58
7.7
6.7
Nils Wiberg
Nils Wiberg Interaction Designer at Gagarin
6.63
6.8
7.13
7.13
6.92
Christopher Ortiz
Christopher Ortiz Project Designer at VLK Architects
6.5
7
6.5
7.25
6.81
Anthony Monica
Anthony Monica Architect and Asst. Professor of Architecture at Belmont University
7
6.5
7
6.75
6.81
Nicolas Hauvette
Nicolas Hauvette Creative Director at Malherbe
6.7
6.53
6.34
6.43
6.5
Louise Braverman
Louise Braverman Founding Principal at Louise Braverman Architect
9.06
5.68
9.63
6.39
7.69
Marcos Aretio
Marcos Aretio Founder at Markmus Design
Difficult to judge due to the lack...
5
5
5
5
5
Sen Lin
Sen Lin Design Director at Gazer Design
5.72
6.12
5.48
6.04
5.84
Shawn Sullivan
Shawn Sullivan Partner at Rockwell Group
6
6
5
5
5.5
Alexis Vallégeas
Alexis Vallégeas Cofounder at Aimko
4
5
4
5
4.5
Ziyu Zhuang
Ziyu Zhuang Founder and Principal Architect at Büro Ziyu Zhuang Architects
5.8
5
5.69
5.75
5.56
Richard Kylberg
Richard Kylberg CEO and Head of Customer Success at Blink the Design Agency
5.37
4.8
6.67
6.1
5.74
Allison Rowe
Allison Rowe Former Head of Design at SPACE10
5.1
5.98
4.68
6.16
5.48
Maija Kreishman
Maija Kreishman Principal at Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
4.5
5.5
5.5
5
5.13
Paul Clayton
Paul Clayton Architect at Clayton Korte
5
5.53
5.58
5
5.28
Client
Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corporation
Floor area
26213 ㎡
Completion
2021
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Beijing Metro Line 14 Lize Shangwuqu Station is the first station to open as part of the “five-line interchange station” in the Lize Business District and will connect to the future Daxing Airport Lize City Terminal in the north. As part of the iconic transit hub, the station serves as a gateway to not only the district but also the city of Beijing. Therefore, it should reflect the characteristic of “urban living room”. 

The project allows natural light to be introduced into the station hall through two skylights, changing the experience of dull and closed underground space and has successfully created an open and bright atmosphere based on the original thinking. At the same time, the skylights help reduce lighting costs, which makes station operation more eco-friendly. 

The main load-bearing components in the station hall are all Y-shaped columns. The use of cumbersome decorations is abandoned and plain cement is utilised as a means of highlighting the structural beauty of the columns. 

The design of the ceiling primarily involves the use of aluminium panels with ambient GRG dome lights and LED stripes arranged in lines. The grouping of the lights creates a feeling of depth and makes the station hall uniform in colour, harmonious in language and rich in texture. In addition, the circular chandeliers that are above the core areas create a visual illusion of floating from a distance, which imparts a futuristic and ethereal feeling within the space. 

The Y-shaped columns, the dome lights, the circular chandeliers and the skylights——just like abstracted clouds and trees, the combination of these elements gives people a yearning for the sky, making the station more like an open space on the ground rather than a traffic passageway buried deep underground. 

In addition, to realise the “underground urban living room” , a subtractive strategy is used, which strives for the maximisation of conciseness and functionality of the architecture. By closely cooperating with other teams of professionals, the structural heights, MEP space requirements and pipeline layouts have been optimised and clearance in the core area of the hall is 6.4m. It is important to note that there are several different floor openings on the floor of the station hall, forming several double-height spaces of approximately 11.5m. In combination with the island platform layout, passengers will be able to see metro trains from the hall level and the natural light from the skylights will directly reach the platform and help illuminate the waiting area.