Client
Augsburg Public Utilities

Architecture, Civil engineers (design)
Obermeyer Planning and Consulting

Architecture (Design and Execution)
Géza Varga Architect

Civil engineers
SSF Ingenieure AG

Photos
Christoph Mittermüller

Completion 
2024

Project Team DAY & LIGHT
Frank Vetter
Julia Wallner
Florian Kempe
Thorben Hansson
Alan Al-Salihi

Together with DB Station&Service AG, the city of Augsburg has been planning and building the Augsburg Mobility Hub since 2007. Key components of the project are the new construction of tram lines 6 and 5, as well as the extensive redevelopment of the main train station. The goal is to make local public transport and the main train station more modern and attractive.

The station structure consists of an underground distribution level, then a tram stop below that, and an connection provided by an approximately 405m long tram and pedestrian tunnel.

Under the operational requirements of the transport authority, the lighting design aims to support intuitive orientation. For this purpose, surface brightness levels and colour temperatures of the light are primarily used. At the tram stop, located two storeys below ground, the platforms and waiting areas are illuminated with a warm white light colour and pinpoint light sources. These provide brilliance and plasticity. Blue backlit glass panelling on the walls creates a bright spatial atmosphere and offers a perceived connection upwards to daylight. The colour temperatures are subtly graduated upwards towards the daylight via the distribution level.

The grand stair portals on the distribution level are illuminated by daylight and, at night, by artificial strip lighting, making them clearly visible.