December 11, 2009

Underground Art

Given the less-than-inspiring designs of the Canada Line stations, here are some comparisons of stations elsewhere.

Munich’s Georg-brauchle ring station: 

Barcelona’s Drassane station:

Prague’s Flora station:


Shanghai’s Bund sightseeing tunnel:

And lots more here and here.  (Thanks to Michael Alexander.)

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  1. I’d recommend to everyone looking at the full document, as there are some even more amazing ones, though I doubt we could recreate the Stockholm subway’s bare rock stations in Vancouver. I personally love the first one listed from Munich, and in fact love almost all of their stations, as they are creative, colourful and inviting while at the same time using the most conventional rectangular subway station boxes imaginable. It shows what you can do without spending a whole lot of money when you simply think in terms of good design.

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