OSMOSIS or new metro
location
Grand Paris
client
RATP
brief
urban and architectural design of future metro stations
consortium
F.O.A. (representative) + Richez_Associés + Ginko Ingénierie
sustainable approach
_ clean and user-friendly means of transport
_ natural lighting
_ heat recovery
_ free cooling due to recycled soiled water
_ natural ventilation
_ planted roof
Press
The Grand Paris and its future Grand Huit, the RATP sought to renew its vision of metro stations and their relation to the city... The proposal developed by FOA with our support conveys a vision of the station as an important element within the city, a place of exchanges not only of flux but also economic, social and cultural... The continuity of places, between the urban tissue and the platforms, then becomes essential and can take the form of a large inclined shopping square seen from outside the metro and its platforms…