[Kanagawa Prefecture] Lighting of Minatomirai Line Shin-takashima Station

Fig. 1 Daytime view

Fig. 2 Platform floor

Fig. 3 Concourse floor

Fig. 4 Road crossing level

Fig. 5 Ground building (during service)

Fig. 6 Ground building (after service)

Fig. 7 Ground elevator (during service)

Fig. 8 Ground elevator (after service)

Brief summary

The Minatomirai Line is a subway, which opened on February 1, 2004 and which has a total distance of 4.1 km connecting the Yokohama Station (Yokohama City of Kanagawa Prefecture) and the Motomachi-Chukagai Station through the Minatomirai 21 District.

Each station was designed based upon the concept of “a 21^st century station.”

The Shin-takashima Station was designed in anticipation of a bustling future town with a sea motif. It is the deepest of the five newly constructed stations, and it is composed of one floor at ground level and five floors below ground with a total floor space of 14,703 m².

The platform floor (the fifth floor below ground) expresses a swift flow of water and the concourse floor (the second floor below ground) expresses a sweeping flow of water. Also, the road crossing level (the first floor below ground) expresses the water's surface when seen from underwater, while the ground-level building, with surrounding walls sheathed in glass, expresses the water's surface (Fig. 1).

Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Client :
Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company
Design by: Construction/
UG TOSHI KENCHIKU Co.,Ltd.
Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency,Ltd.
Completion of construction: January 2004
Materials: provided by Full Member Takahiro Miyaji (IWASAKI ELECTRIC Co., Ltd.)
Photographs (Fig. 1-Fig. 8): © IWASAKI ELECTRIC Co., Ltd.

*This text is quoted from “Data Sheet of Illumination” in the Journal of IEI-J Vol.89 NO.10 October 2005. This journal article contains a description of the illumination system.

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