Zaha Hadid Architects reveals design of Moscow metro station

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the Klenoviy Boulevard Station 2, which is being built in the south of Moscow as part of the expansion of the city's metro system.

The station in the Nagatinsky Zaton district forms part of Moscow's new Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line, which translates as Large Circle Line, that is currently under construction.

Set to be built at the intersection of Klenoviy Boulevard and Kolomenskaya Street in the south of the city near the Moscow River, the station will serve as an interchange between the Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line and the planned Biryulevskaya Line.

The station is also position to provide access to the riverside Kolomenskoye park, which contains several palaces and a UNESCO World Heritage-listed church.

Visuals released by Zaha Hadid Architects show two above-ground pavilions that will provide access to the ticket halls and platforms below ground.

Each of the pavilions has a roof that rises up from the stairs to cover the buildings. Glass walls will enclose the metro station entrances.

Within the station, a series of columns will be used to help direct traffic, while columns along the platform edge will be spaced to communicate where the centre of the platform is.

"A series of columns on the station's platforms are shaped to express instances of the same form being marginally distorted as it moves through space, with each column being a slight variation in the form to signify its distance from the centre of the platform," said the studio.

"The columns are developed as 'arrows' that direct passengers and also integrate lines of light on the ceiling and the floors to provide way-finding, functional lighting and signify platform edges."

A system of linear lighting will be used to help direct passengers with lighting conditions adjusted to warn passengers of the arrival of a train.

"Providing intuitive navigation throughout, the design incorporates new innovations in lighting and passenger information systems to define the next generation of stations on Moscow's renowned metro system," added the studio.

Zaha Hadid Architects is one of the world's best-known architecture studios. Founded by the late Zaha Hadid in 1980 the studio is now lead by Patrik Schumacher.

Recent transport projects from the studio include a high-speed train station in Tallinn, and a collaboration with A-Lab to design two stations on Oslo's new metro line.

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Project credits:

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
ZHA design director: Christos Passas
ZHA Team: Anna Uborevic-Borovskaya, Mihai-Dragos Potra, Alex Turner, Liudmila Harrison-Jones
Consortium members: Systematica, Krost, Metropolis Group, Rider Levett Bucknall
Lighting design: Arup Lighting (Giulio Antonutto, Pavlina Akritas)

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Camille Walala revives east London high street with community-funded artwork

Residents of London's Leyton neighbourhood have crowdfunded the overhaul of an entire block on their local high street, recruiting designer Camille Walala to decorate it with a large-scale mural in her colourful, signature style.

Called Walala Parade, the piece stretches across the facade of eight different buildings, reportedly making it one of London's largest public artworks.

The final design was voted on by the local community and paid for using £40,000 raised as part of an appeal by east London street art collective Wood Street Walls.

London mayor Sadiq Khan contributed an additional £25,000 towards the project as part of his Crowdfund London programme, which is helping to finance creative, community-led projects across the city in collaboration with civic crowdfunding platform Spacehive.

"We're particularly excited to see Walala Parade come to life at a time when the high street has been hit hard by the pandemic," said Spacehive founder Chris Gourlay.

"Ideas like this don't just lift our spirits – they help places to build back better."

Image courtesy of Wood Street Walls

Leyton, which is based in the borough of Waltham Forest in the northeast of London, is home to a large and diverse immigrant population alongside young creatives, who come to the area for the affordable studio and workspaces that have been created in its abandoned warehouses.

Through the use of her vibrant, graphic visual language, Walala aims to give expression to this particular identity.

"Waltham Forest is such an exciting and creative area of east London – now it's going to look the part, too," said the designer.

"Art and colour have an amazing power to spread positivity, especially at the scale of the street. It's wonderful to have an opportunity to have such a significant impact on the look and feel of an entire neighbourhood."

Wood Street Walls commissioned and realised the design, sourcing paint from the surrounding area in a bid to support local businesses.

A portion of the paint was also supplied by the Forest Recycling Project, which saves unused pots from going to landfill by selling them to community organisations, charities and artists at a discounted price.

The project's fundraiser was backed by a number of local businesses, including the animation studio Mighty Elk and Deeney's cafe, in the hope of reinvigorating the previously neglected high street.

"We believe art and culture is a great way to engage the community and brighten up public space, instil a sense of civic pride and also attract more people to the area and increase footfall," said Deeney's co-founder Patrick Dwyer.

"As we emerge out of lockdown, this is more important than ever."

Another recent project in the capital has seen Walala give a colourful makeover to two pedestrian crossings and a building facade in the district of White City.

The designer's work forms part of a wider movement termed the New London Fabulous. The term, coined by Adam Nathaniel Furman in an interview with Dezeen, refers to a group of designers including himself and  Walala, who are consciously using colour and pattern to spread joy.

Photography is by Tim Crocker unless otherwise stated.

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Vote for your favourite Dezeen Awards 2020 entries in our first ever public vote

The shortlists for Dezeen Awards 2020 will be announced next week – and Dezeen readers will then able to vote for their favourite entries in our inaugural public vote.

Our jury of 75 industry-leading professionals including Norman Foster, Paola Antonelli, Jaime Hayon and Michelle Ogundehin has now completed the shortlisting process for this year's awards, narrowing down the longlisted entries to around five entries per category.

All shortlists will be announced on Dezeen next week with the inaugural public vote opening on 14 September.

The public vote will allow readers to choose one entry per category until voting closes on 12 October.

Projects and studios with the highest number of votes in their category will win a special Dezeen Awards 2020 public vote winners' certificate.

Note that the public vote is separate from the main Dezeen Awards programme, where winners are selected by a jury of industry professionals.

Here's a guide to what's happening next:

7-10 September: shortlists published

The shortlisting process has now been finalised by our panel of 75 judges. The shortlists will be published on Dezeen, on our social media channels and in newsletters.

Each shortlisted entry will receive its own page on the Dezeen Awards website and will be published in full on Dezeen.

Architecture shortlist: 7 September
Interiors shortlist: 8 September
Design shortlist: 9 September
Studio shortlist: 10 September

14 September: public vote goes live!

You can start voting for your favourite projects on 14 September. You’ll be able to vote via the public vote landing page or via a link on the shortlist page of the project you want to vote for.

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