Competition
Participation
Client
Munich Public Utilities GmbH
Architecture
OBERMEYER Group
Project team
Frank Vetter
Stefan Vetter
As it stands today, Sendlinger Tor Square is not a clearly defined urban space. This makes the U-Bahn station's "Sperrengeschoss" (the level between the platforms and the surface) all the more important: it acts not only as an access point but as an underground connecting link – a new, avenue-shaped urban space below ground.
Room concept The central connecting corridor of the barrier floor is presented as a gently curved, underground promenade. It forms the spatial backbone between the surface and the two platform levels, linking the three transport levels into a cohesive urban space.
Design The interior design comes alive through the interplay of restrained materiality and „dematerialisation“ through light, which opens up the space. Walls, floors, and ceilings are kept in elegant grey tones and clear geometry. Diffusely reflective stainless steel ceilings compensate for the low ceiling heights and make the rooms appear lighter. Indirect, coloured light in the platform areas and the central plaza reinforces this effect and creates identity.
Colour and Light The lighting concept builds on the existing colour coding of the lines and intensifies it:
This creates clear, intuitive orientation across all levels. The red light lines on the parapets mark the entrances on the surface and point to the underground Anger. Bright wall surfaces and precisely placed light bands guide the walkways, accentuate stairs and exits, and facilitate brightness adaptation from the outside in.
In the platform areas, light strips arranged perpendicular to the direction of movement provide uniform general lighting in the waiting zones, without glare. Blue and orange light accompanies the pathways between levels, making each line spatially tangible. The red glow above the ceiling sail of the Angers, the blue shimmer along the U3/U6, and the orange highlights of the U1/U2 combine to create a distinctive lighting identity, making Sendlinger Tor U-Bahn station feel like a connected, urban space.
