In an underground station, bad lighting isn’t just an aesthetic failure, it’s a security risk. At Rotes Rathaus, in Berlin’s Mitte district, a carefully executed plan by local architect Oliver Collignon, with lighting design by Licht Kunst Licht (LKL), avoids shadow and dark zones with radiant results.
Unveiled in 2020, the new 86,000-square-foot Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall) is a stop named for the adjacent 1869 Neo-Renaissance seat of Berlin’s state government—a distinctive redbrick building and 243-foot-tall clock tower. The new station is part of an extension of the U5 line, which now provides a direct connection between the city center and its eastern edge.
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