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BARCELONA'S DRASSANES METRO

Metro stations are the quiet canvas for many architects, artists and designers. They present one of the best opportunities to capture an audience’s attention. We’ve reported on the work of the Stern brothers in New York and the brilliant art featured in Stockholm. Now you can add Barcelona’s Drassanes Metro Station to the list.

Drassanes station was built in 1968. And as The Cool Hunter reports, “Eduardo Gutiérrez Munné and Jordi Fernández Río, the 31-year-old partners of ON-A Arquitectura, had no other option but to accept the limitations of the constricted space and make the best of it by covering the old station with new surfaces. They decided that a subway car already has everything a passenger needs and proceeded to create a station that emulates the feel of (a) subway cars. Light-weight, white glass-enforced concrete covers the vertical surfaces and a resin component helps make the white floors vibration-proof.” Click Read More for additional information and photos.

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Categories: transport | Written by: editorial staff | Date: July 24, 2009

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