Authentic lighting design instead of simply meeting the norms, the subtle interplay of reflected coloured light rather than station walls papered with advertising: that is what "Universitat" underground station on the U4 line in Hamburg is all about. A convincing concept, clever planning and expert realisation have transformed a transport facility into a walk-in light sculpture. At the beginning of the 1990s it became clear to Hamburg municipality exactly what chances had opened up throughout Europe through the fall of the Iron Curtain: from a location on the eastern edge of the western world they could become a metropolis in the heart of a continent that was in the throes of growing back together. The downtown harbour areas were no longer suitable for modern-day shipping traffic, which is operated to over 90 per cent using container ships. The Container Terminal Altenwerder was built to the south of Hamburg on the River Elbe.
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