In just a few days, Deák Ferenc tér, Budapest's busiest transport hub, will once again be open for transfers between three metro lines. At the renewed Deák Ferenc tér station of metro line M3, colours will help you find your way around. The yellow, blue, turquoise and white tubular spaces are reminiscent of the world of slide parks.
Passengers are greeted by a refreshing yellow colour at the station entrance from the underpass, and descend the escalator to the impressive, modern hall of the transfer level. The warm grey wall cladding, the odd free-floating light fixtures and the spaciousness are unusual in M3 metro stations. The long escalator, originally light-coloured, is now covered in a bright sky-blue. On the platform level, the familiar tiled walls continue to enrich the station's appearance, framed by the white mosaic cladding of the columns and the turquoise shade of the cable covers. The corridor linking the M2 and M3 metro lines has been given a futuristic shape and a turquoise cladding as well, in addition to the former angular structure. The seventy-metre long corridor is used by as many people as the city of Eger every day, and the space is made welcoming by illuminated surfaces that evoke an influx of natural light. The station is equipped with a high-capacity lift. The station now has three exits, and the glass-clad structure, which fits into the axis of Andrássy út, marks the new entrance to the metro station as a colour-changing ice cube by day and a rice paper lantern by night.
The station was designed by Balázs Csapó, Tibor Germán, Balázs Gurdon and Bence Hargitai.
The architectural concept of the Deák Ferenc Square is presented by Balázs Csapó and Balázs Gurdon in the following video (in Hungarian).
Video made by: Júlia Vincze
