DC Metro Canopy Competition an SGA Companies project

This unbuilt project was a competition entry for the DC Metro to design a typical canopy that is adaptable to the forty six different sites.

In addition to providing cover for the escalator, this proposal treats the canopy as street furniture, as icon, light fixture, way finding system, sign post, marker and shelter from the elements.

One of the memorable details of the existing system is the coffers that line the interior of the underground stations. The coffer form is repeated in the grid pattern of the glass and steel canopy.