Qingdao Line 1 Subway

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Unique Properties

Qingdao Metro Line 1 as the main artery of a city's public transportation, the theme of "Beautiful Qingdao" shows the city's spirit and Qingdao's cultural temperament, allowing passengers to enjoy public art as the cultural welfare of citizens, and is also an important symbol of the progress of a modern city's civilization.

Dimensions & Packaging

"Proud"
Size: Length 36000mm, Height 3050mm
Material technology: hot melt glass, mosaic
"Liuzhen"
Size: Length 35650mm, Height 3050mm
Material technology: hot melt glass mosaic
"Bright Moon"
Size: Length 44550mm, Height 3050mm
Material technology: high temperature shallow engraving glaze becomes ceramic, piecing and cutting process
"Purple Lan"
Size: full wall of station hall space 86150mm*3050mm 101400mm*3050mm
Material technology: hot-melt glass mosaic, special-shaped color porcelain aluminum plate

Tags

Integrated design of station space, public art, urban civilization, colorful Qingdao, Human Spirit, Cityscape

Production Technology

The use of glazed mosaic, ceramic splicing, metal glaze plate splicing and other techniques will integrate the design of color and space to a higher artistic level, allowing passengers to enjoy public art as the cultural welfare of citizens. Lighting and lighting design implement the design concept of "seeing the light but not the light". The design of the guide sign system guides passengers to enter and exit the station quickly and efficiently, improving the visual taste of the station.

Design Challenge

The construction of the unique spatial vocabulary system of Line 1 and the design concept of the modular exclusive system have been strengthened. The key stations and standard stations are clearly defined. From the dense functional facilities and many specialties, a design language system with clear context and mutual protection has been summarized and sorted out. Make it unified in the unique language system of Line 1.

Project Duration

The Qingdao Metro Line 1 started in April 2017 in Qingdao and finished in December 2021 in Qingdao.

Operation Flow

Qingdao Metro Line 1 is the longest line in the planning of Qingdao Metro, connecting Chengyang District, the old city and the West Coast New District. It is a rare ultra-long line in China. Through the artistic interpretation process of overall design, color selection and matching, material process comparison, lighting art design, etc., the humanistic spirit, urban aesthetics and emotion of public art are carried everywhere, forming the distinctive characteristics of Line 1.

Research

In the design work of Line 1, the design and creative team NEWSDAYS highly coordinated the station interior space design, public art, orientation signs, service facilities, commercial advertising, pipeline integration and other majors, and successfully implemented the first domestically proposed "subway station" The guiding concept of "space integrated design" has greatly improved the quality of subway space and operation services.

Inspiration

Studying the characteristics of Line 1 connecting Qingdao's century-old urbanization and industrialization development, integrating and reshaping many design elements of the space, boldly using gorgeous colors and poetic qualities The expression and abstract art techniques of Qingdao abstract the architecture of the century-old Qingdao, the memory of industrial development, the four seasons of the city, waves, rocks, flowers and other elements.

Image Credits

Image #1： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio
Image #2： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio
Image #3： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio
Image #4： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio
Image #5： One Thousand Degrees Photography Studio

Colors of Qingdao Line 1 Subway

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