We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Liudmila Shurygina about their original and creative Metro Station design work. Liudmila Shurygina is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original metro station works.
Liudmila Shurygina ("LS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Michurinsky Prospect Metro Station. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
LS : The main principle is to creat a pattern that will match with architecture but in the same time to be a statement by itself. The pattern which will illustrate the topic of scientific work of Michuring - fruit breeding in a bright and positive way.
LS : My main focus was to create a pattern that would be connected with the name of the Russian biologist Michurin and concept of his work. And in the same time will be bright, energetic and also 3 dimensional in perception.
LS : The object is built - so to have it in my portfolio, to tell about it and to create something like this again in the future.
LS : The design faze lasted for a month, the production faze - for a year.
LS : This design was commissioned, the topic was in the briefing.
LS : This design is produced by another company.
LS : I like to develop patterns for architectural objects.
LS : I was inspired by traditional Japanese patterns.
LS : The passengers of the metro station.
LS : This design becomes special due global use and scale of the pattern through all the surfaces and materials of the station. It is made in red tones, which though they are very active and cover very big surfaces are organically implemented in the whole ensemble.
LS : Name Michurinski Prospect was in assignment briefing. Metro station is named in the honour of the famous Russian biologist Michurin.
LS : Adobe Illustrator
LS : The scale and amount of pattern implementation.
LS : I have collaborated with architect Leonid Borzenkov, the head of the architectural studio in AO Metrogiprotrans.
LS : The role of the technology is very high because the pattern was printed on different materials for interior and exterior of the station - aluminium, metal ceramic plates, glass plates. The objective was to achieve bright fresh colours on all materials in such scale.
LS : I have made a research on architectural graphics and on patterns for inspiration.
LS : I have faced big challenge on working on a distance with production factories. There were a lot of test made which I had to see digital and to give feedback in order to achieve a right colour. Printing on different materials gives different effect - that's why it was a big challenge.
LS : I have been approached by A Design Award via email and found it very interesting initiative!
LS : I have learned to be consistent in achieving the quality on such scale and on production level as far as there is no space for mistake.
LS : I would like to add that this design is a new solution for the Moscow metro - it is based on the objective to achieve a strong impact on the basis of practical means but not necessarily luxurious materials.
