Light & Engineering Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 10-17, 2015 Svetotekhnika No. 3, 2015, pp. 14-21 ILLUMINATION OF NEW STATIONS OF THE MOSCOW UNDERGROUND Natalia V. Shurygina Metrogiprotrans Open Society, Moscow E-mail: shuryginaN@metrogiprotrans.com ABSTRACT The concept of modern interpretation of the architectural traditions of the Moscow underground and the use of new lighting technologies has been implemented in recent projects of the Metrogiprotrans Institute – the leading designer of the Moscow underground network of V.I. Lenin. <...> This can be witnessed in the examples of six new underground stations: “Pyatnitskoye shosse”, “Alma-Atinskaya”, “Bittsevsky park”, “Novokosino”, “Zhulebino” and “Lermontovsky prospekt”. <...> Keywords: underground, architectural solutions, station, project, natural illumination, artifi cial illumination, luminaires, platform, entrance hall The feeling of nature and safety, a harmony of functional purpose with artistic vision has been the tradition of the Metrogiprotrans Institute for more than eighty years of being the designer of the Moscow underground network of V.I. Lenin. <...> Experience in design and construction allows specialists of Metrogiprotrans to perform at the highest professional level when implementing the programme of accelerated construction of new Moscow underground lines based on standard projects. <...> The implementation of new technologies and modern interpretations of architectural traditions of the Moscow underground can be seen in the examples of six new stations. <...> These were designed under the direction of the main architect of the Metrogiprotrans, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts N.I. Shumakov: – In the workshop of A.V. Nekrasov: Pyatnitskoye shosse station (architects E.V. Ilyin, A.L. 10 Kurenbaev, V.Yu. <...> Molchanov, G.S. Mun, A.V. Nekrasov, E.V. Pavlova, A.A. Rasstegnyaev, D.V. Shchuchkin); – In the workshop of L.L. Borzenkov: Novokosino station (architects M.V.Volovich, S.F. Kostikov, T.A. Nagieva, N.N. Soldatov, V.K. Uvarov), Zhulebiono and Lermontovsky prospect stations (M.V.Volovich, A.I.Vorontsova, O.A. Danilov, G.V. Dzhavadova, S.F. Kostikov, T.S. Nagieva, N.N. Soldatov, V. K. Uvarov). <...> All these stations are monolithic, subsurface: two of them are two-span stations of a rectangular cross-section with support on the central column, two are one-vaulted with a smooth vault, and two stations are one-vaulted with caissons. <...> A careful selection of luminaires and lighting methods allowed creating an impression of a light sunny day. <...> Platform <...>