Nefa Architects Chosen to Redesign Moscow’s Solntsevo Metro Station

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Moscow-based architectural studio Nefa Architects (Nefaresearch) have been chosen to redesign the Solntsevo metro station. Their project, which is designed to “create a solar spray effect” on the station’s subterranean platform, won an international competition whose winners were ultimately chosen by Moscow’s citizens.

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Referencing Solntsevo’s historical “dacha” (barn) houses, the station’s entry pavilions will be punctured with circular perforations to allow light to transmit below-ground and illuminate the platform. Wayfinding will be provided by yellow graphics throughout the station.

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"Solntsevo is named after ‘sun’ in Russian, so we were very lucky to be selected for this station, because sunlight is the main material of the architecture,” explains chief architect Dmitry Ovcharov.

The station is due to open in 2017.

• Competition

  Moscow Metro Station for SOLNTSEVO

• Award

  First Prize

• Architects

  Nefa Architects (Nefaresearch)

• Location

  Moscow, Russia

• Chief Architect

  Dmitry Ovcharov

• Authors Team

  Dmitry Ovcharov, Elena Mertsalova, Victor Kolupaev

• Architect

  Margarita Kornienko

• Navigation Design

  Victor Kolupaev

• Lighting Engineers

  Kirill Savkin, Ekaterina Sadovnikova, Elena Sokolova (Light Buro)

• Chief Engineer

  Sergey Kurepin

• Organizer

  Strelka KB

• Client

  MosInzhProekt

• Area

  7800.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Courtesy of Nefa Architects

• Competition

  Moscow Metro Station for SOLNTSEVO

• Award

  First Prize

• Location

  Moscow, Russia

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  via Nefa Architects

• Area

  7800.0 m2