01B11196
TOEI OEDO LINE : selected stations
Applicant: OEDO LINE SELECTED ARCHITECTS' SOCIETY + TRANSPORTATION
BUREAU OF TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT + TOKYO-TO TIKATETSU
KENSETSU
Designer: mokoto sei watanabe/ hidetoshi ohno/ ken yokogawa/
hiroyuki aosima/ yumio moriya/ katsutoshi manabe/ masayuki
maeda/ minoru fujii/ kyuzaburo ishihara/ youichiro hosaka
The development of the stations on the Oedo Line of the Eidan
Subway System was a far-reaching design project integrating
work in civil engineering, architecture, art, signage, and publicity,
all with an eye to creating a new identity for this particular
line. A new approach was followed in order to make this happen:
a designer was selected for each station from among those who
had submitted proposals, and each designer was allowed to express
his or her own individuality. This comprehensive production
method, which transcends traditional boundaries, brought out
the individual character of the neighborhood around each station
and made the station itself into an enjoyable public space,
pointing to a new focus for the development of transit lines.
The Adjudication Committee saw this project as a milestone in
linking the wisdom of the design world to large-scale government
developments.
