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- noun Plural form of
mezzanine .
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"mezzanines" or sleeping-lofts so that someone can sleep in a room even while the floor area remains available for working at a desk etc.
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"mezzanines" or sleeping-lofts so that someone can sleep in a room even while the floor area remains available for working at a desk etc.
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They're small and oddly shaped, considering that they cover more than 2.4 million square feet of Metro's platforms and mezzanines.
Dr. Gridlock: New tiles should make traversing Metro platforms easier 2011
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To augment illumination of vaults high overhead, some of the Metro-brown, triangular pylons standing on station platforms and mezzanines contain concealed floodlights that throw light upward.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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And platform spaces beneath escalators and stairs leading to mezzanines can feel especially ominous, a bit like lightless alleys where "lurking" comes to mind.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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By contrast, floodlamps recessed in the low, flat ceilings of mezzanines provide illumination for spatially compressed platform areas below mezzanines.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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To augment illumination of vaults high overhead, some of the Metro-brown, triangular pylons standing on station platforms and mezzanines contain concealed floodlights that throw light upward.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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And platform spaces beneath escalators and stairs leading to mezzanines can feel especially ominous, a bit like lightless alleys where "lurking" comes to mind.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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Walking or standing on mezzanines and platforms, travelers experience feelings of being at once in an intimate and a communal space.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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Below mezzanines, one must stand directly under a recessed downlight to read anything.
Shaping the City: Let there be light (carefully) in Metro stations 2010
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