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Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by rsynnott on Thursday January 09, 2025 @06:08AM (#42644083)
I mean, that's like that because they wanted to build Madison Square Garden on top of it; any architects involved were working under impossible constraints.
Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by lupusreal on Thursday January 09, 2025 @09:38AM (#42646027)
Just because the plan requires a low ceiling doesn't mean the end result needs to look like a dead midwest shopping mall.

It doesn't have to be like this specifically, but it demonstrates the point: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=moscow+subway&iax=images&ia=images

Re:The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turne... by rsynnott on Thursday January 09, 2025 @10:30AM (#42646590)
A space that wide with a ceiling that low is always going to look a bit shit, unfortunately. The impressive subway stations linked are a combo of quite high spaces, and narrower spaces with lower ceilings, which can look good. But "broad wide space, low ceiling", there's really not a lot you can do.

A common approach for this sort of big low-ish train station is a partially or completely glass roof, ideally not flat, and that can look okay, but obviously not an option in this case.