https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1544 en-us The Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station lies 60 feet under the inner city of Leipzig, yet architect Max Dudler, who is based in Zürich, Frankfurt, and Berlin, wanted to create the impression that this public space is flooded with daylight.

]]> 1511-wilhelm-leuschner-platz-leipzig-max-dudler-licht-kunst-licht.asp Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10274-wilhelm-leuschner-platz Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz The Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station lies 60 feet under the inner city of Leipzig, yet architect Max Dudler, who is based in Zürich, Frankfurt, and Berlin, wanted to create the impression that this public space is flooded with daylight. Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz Part of a greater four-station City Tunnel project in Leipzig, the Wilhelm-Leuschner- Platz station is clad with glass block at both its street-level entrance (above) and underground. Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz Each end of the 460-foot light-filled platform (above) has two entrances. Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz There are stairs and escalators at each entrance to transport passengers in and out of the 60-foot-deep station.