銀座駅がリニューアル　光の演出、上品さ追求―東京メトロ

　東京メトロは１６日から、リニューアルされた銀座駅の供用を始めた。ライトアップされた柱や天井など光の演出を多用し、銀座の街をイメージした上品で落ち着きのある空間を追求した。
　同社は２０１７年から工事を始め、銀座線、丸ノ内線、日比谷線の改札やホームなど駅全体を改装。乗り換え案内を分かりやすくするため、改札付近やホームに各路線のカラーとなっている黄色、赤色、銀色でライトアップした柱を設置した。
　改札内側の天井部分には、宝飾店「和光」の時計台など銀座を代表する建物を映したパネルを設置し、地下にいながら現在地が分かるように。銀座線ホームの壁には、銀座の街並みが移り変わる様子を過去１００年にわたり描いた。
　地下１階のコンコースでは、アーティストの吉岡徳仁さん（５３）が制作した芸術作品「光の結晶」（縦約１．６メートル、横約３．５メートル）の展示も始めた。計６３６個のクリスタルガラスを集積した彫刻で、銀座駅の新たなシンボルになりそうだ。（2020/10/16-09:58）

Tokyo Metro Co.'s refurbished Ginza Station, located in one of the most upscale areas in Japan, came into use on Friday.
   With illuminated pillars and other features, the subway station, which accommodates the Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines, has now been made into a place with an elegant and serene atmosphere, evoking the streets of the posh Ginza district in central Tokyo. The subway operator started work on renovating facilities at the station, including ticket barriers and platforms, in 2017.
   Pillars lit yellow, red and silver, or the colors representing the Ginza, Marunouchi and Hibiya lines, respectively, were installed near the ticket barriers and on the platforms to help passengers navigate the station.
   Panels showing images of Ginza landmarks, such as watch and fashion retailer Wako Co.'s store building with an iconic clock tower, were set up on the ceilings of areas inside the ticket barriers so that people know where they are even underground. On the walls of the platforms are images of how the district has changed over the past century.
   Tokyo Metro also started displaying an art piece called "Hikari no Kessho" (Crystals of Light), created by Tokujin Yoshioka, 53, in a concourse of the first basement floor of the station. Made of a total of 636 glass crystals, the sculpture, measuring 1.6 meters in height and 3.6 meters in length, is expected to become a new symbol of the station.