Press Release
Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station by Ludmila Shurygina and Leonid Borzenkov Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
The international grand jury of the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Ludmila Shurygina and Leonid Borzenkov for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2019 /DesignNewswire/ Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station by Ludmila Shurygina and Leonid Borzenkov, designed for Metrogiprotrans, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2018 - 2019 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station
The station "Michurinsky Prospect" is a part of the Moscow Metro system. It has a 3 level semi-underground structure. Patterns on the walls of the facade, interior space and columns facing the movement of the passengers accompany them from the entrance of the subway to the coach. They form a solid visual row in all parts of the structure. Red and orange intersecting elements of flowering branches and ripe fruit trees symbolize the abundance in the gardens, due to the achievements in the field of plant breeding of the famous Russian biologist I.V. Michurin.
Award Record
With this recognition, Ludmila Shurygina and Leonid Borzenkov is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/74012
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/74012
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!74012
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/233923
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station
- Function
- Metro Station
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Maroon, Pale Turquoise, Dark Khaki, Olive Drab and Light Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Metrogiprotrans
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Ludmila Shurygina and Leonid Borzenkov
- Country
- Netherlands
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2018 - 2019
- Design ID
- #74012
Credits
- Team
- Leonid Borzenkov, the head of the architectural studio in AO Metrogiprotrans and Ludmila Shurygina, graphic designer
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Michurinsky Prospect is a 3 level semi-underground metro station in Moscow. It uses computer pattern and red colour tints through the whole architecture in order to reach the effect with the practical means. Pictures on the faces of the columns and the surfaces of the walls facing the movement of passengers accompany them from the entrance to the subway to boarding the coach, thus forming one visual row in all parts of the structure.
- Inspiration
- The pattern of blossoming apple trees is dedicated to the famous Russian biologist Michurin. He has created a unique sort of apples. The station is called Michurinsky Prospect in his memory. The pattern was also inspired by Japanese patterns. The goal was also to create a joyful highlight to the grey suburbian area around the station.
- Research
- The research before creating a pattern for the station had two directions. One direction was related to the professional activity of Michurin in order to represent the fruit types he was working on. The other direction was related to the existing monumental graphics for inspiration and patterns in Japanese visual culture. The research regarding architecture was related to investigation of the soil and ground waters in order to define the depth of the station and weight of construction of the levels.
- Challenge
- The challenge for the project was to achieve the bright red colour tones in the production of the plates. As far as different materials were used for the different parts of architecture communication with the factories and lots of tests was a big challenge part of the production. Part of the production has taken place on the factories and part in the factories in Holland.
- Realization and Technology
- The station has three levels: on the first level there are tracks and a passenger platform, on the second there is an observation platform, on the third - service and technical premises. Between the lower two levels you can relocate using six escalators in the center of the platform. The observation deck is a panoramic balcony, based on the buttresses and connected with footpaths to a park in the valley of the Ochakovka River. In addition, along the part of the western track wall of the station, there are full height stained glass openings that provide a panoramic view of the park directly from the platform.
- Operation and Interaction
- Due to the peculiarities of the line tracing and the terrain relief, the station is made semi-submerged with a developed ground technological part, vestibule No. 1 integrated into the relief, and an elevated pedestrian crossing leading from the station to the lobby No. 2, which in the future will be combined with one of the vestibules of the third interchange station contour. The width of the pedestrian connection between the station and vestibule No. 2 is designed on the basis of data on passenger traffic.
- Project Duration and Location
- The station "Michurinsky Prospect" is located in Moscow in living area along the roadway of Michurinsky Prospect near its intersection with Udaltsova Street, from the north-west side of the intersection. The station was launched in August 2018.
- Specifications
- General indicators Building area - 7089.6 m2; Total construction area - 19913.0m2; The total area of the station is 19333.1 m2 including: the area of the underground part is 6581.3 m2 and surface area - 12751.8 m2; The total area of open galleries - 579.9 m2; Construction volume of the building: 133 574.3 m3 including: the volume of the underground part is 54,396.1 m3; the volume of the above-ground part is 79 178.2 m3
- Keywords
- architecture, metro station, architectural pattern, graphic design,
