Metro Line 15 Wuzhong Road Station in Shanghai, China, Chinese Architecture Photos
Metro Line 15 Wuzhong Road Station in Shanghai
23 Mar 2021
Metro Line 15 Wuzhong Road Station
Architect: W-mills by Wutopia Lab
Location: Shanghai, China

The most beautiful subway station in Shanghai

W-mills by Wutopia Lab was commissioned by Shentong group to design the Shanghai Metro Line 15 Wuzhong Road Station, which was open to the public right before the Chinese new year of 2021.

The subway station hall should be a symbolic social space.

“Shanghai offers many people the opportunity to realize their dreams, and in the city of Shanghai, anything is possible if you have a dream.”

I have visited subways in many countries, old, beautiful, new, and shabby, the subway seems to be a functional place, where people come and go, eat something, or advertise. The occasional entertainer can briefly turn the subway space into a warm spot, after which people come and go again.
I see this as an opportunity to turn the subway hall into a social space. Especially after the great quarantine during the pandemic outbreak, I felt that socializing was valuable. The subway is not just a functional space, it can be a symbolic social space, the symbolism will form a topic of conversation on the scale of the city of public opinion; it can be a symbolic cultural space-like social space, the topic can give rise to more understanding and ideas and urging of the city.

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