Zhengzhou, China
“We went to create a sensation for the commuters to feel like they are under the flowers and get a different perspective and view from under the flowers,” said Öznur Pınar Çer and Danilo Petta of Mask Architects.
MASK Architects and Jiang & Associates Design (J&A) have collaborated to develop the conceptual interior design of the Zhengzhou metro line-7 stations. The first phase of Zhengzhou Rail Transit Line 7 starts from Dongzhao Station to Nangang Liu Station.
The line is 26.82 kilometers long and has 20 stations, including 11 transfer stations.
The line passes through Huiji District, Jinshui District, Zhongyuan District, and Erqi District, and is an important rail transit corridor covering the north-south development axis.
Flower-shaped structures will crown the interiors of the station with their light, warm and transparent surfaces that will be an interactive element for passengers.
Currently, under construction at the site, the project is expected to be completed and ready for opening in 2023.
“Our new generation concept for a metro station in China is inspired by how commuters interact with the space and how they feel within the space on their daily routes,” continues Öznur Pınar Çer, Danilo Petta, founders of MASK Architects.
“We know that sometimes this daily journey or commute can be very dull and boring, almost an unconscious journey that we don’t really focus on too much. Either you are tired, stressed, sleepy, or just not in the mood.”
“We have created a concept for commuters to feel like they have transited into a new world. We have created an installation, an application to the normal structures of metro stations, and changed the whole environment. The environment will be welcoming, elegant, light, and warm.”
“A place where all pressure and stress will be reduced, where your mind becomes open and active instead of tired and sleepy. We wanted to create a social space, in which the commuters can engage with the surroundings and the environment,” the architects added.
“For them to have a kind of social connection with the space and to be able to interact with one another as they have never before in this kind of environment.”
“To create this kind of space, it is important for us to make commuters more calm and relaxed, because a commuting journey affects everyone’s day, so it is important that we start and finish everyone’s commute in a positive way.”
The design team aims to take the negative energy of dullness, boringness, and heavy industrial metro machinery away from this space and transform it into a clean and elegant space.
The design is inspired by nature, as the design team emphasized, nature has a way of creating positive disruptions by pulling us out of our interests, ideas, and systems and into something that is often humbling.
The design is inspired by nature, as the design team emphasized, nature has a way of creating positive disruptions by pulling us out of our interests, ideas, and systems and into something that is often humbling.
“For them to have a kind of social connection with the space and to be able to interact with one another as they have never before in this kind of environment.”
“To create this kind of space, it is important for us to make commuters more calm and relaxed, because a commuting journey affects everyone’s day, so it is important that we start and finish everyone’s commute in a positive way.”
The design team aims to take the negative energy of dullness, boringness, and heavy industrial metro machinery away from this space and transform it into a clean and elegant space.
The design is inspired by nature, as the design team emphasized, nature has a way of creating positive disruptions by pulling us out of our interests, ideas, and systems and into something that is often humbling.
“Design with nature now means to develop areas and environments that are preparing to grow with policy changes, with changing needs of individuals and communities as well as with altering environmental constraints and potentials.”
Project: The Flower Clouds I Zhengzhou Metro Line-7 Stations
Architects: MASK Architects
Lead Architect: Öznur Pınar Çer
Design Team: Öznur Pınar Çer, Derya Genç, and Danilo Petta
Collaborating Architects: Jiang & Associates Design (J&A)
