Vitry-sur-Seine, France
2025
Grand Paris Express
Les Ardoines station
This station will form an interconnection with the new bus lines and the RER C station, as a continuation of rue du Bel-Air, to the west of the railway tracks. The building has been designed to be overhung by student and family accommodation constituting a bridge building and a small tower.
Client
General contractor
Program
Area
Mission
Planning
Client
Société du Grand Paris
General contractor
SYSTRA
Program
Grand paris Express network station
Area
6,800 m²
Mission
Architecture, urban planning, design, signage design
Planning
Completion due
2025
The architecture of Les Ardoines station was inspired by its urban setting. This rapidly-changing setting has for some years now been experiencing the transformation of its industrial activities. Originally linked to energy and transport, the district today revolves around healthcare and new technology. As the nucleus of this new zone that is going to become considerably more dense, the new station takes its inspiration from its setting.
The design of the exposed concrete structure was inspired by biomorphology. This “skeleton” is rooted in the deepest part of the station, where the platforms are, and from there it surges upwards, becoming lighter as it rises, and continues on the outside to form the footbridge that crosses the railway tracks. It gradually hollows out, ultimately becoming a filigree.
This graphic interplay, translated by round-cornered lozenges, enables users to locate themselves vertically during their comings and goings. Becoming gradually denser as it descends towards the platforms, and, inversely, lighter as it rises towards the exterior, it finally emerges and thus creates the station’s volume. The underground link between the Grand Paris network and the RER C is reprised by an overhead connection in the form of a footbridge that serves as a belvedere with a view of the city of Vitry developments between the rail tracks and the Seine.
The design of the exposed concrete structure was inspired by biomorphology. This “skeleton” is rooted in the deepest part of the station, where the platforms are, and from there it surges upwards, becoming lighter as it rises, and continues on the outside to form the footbridge that crosses the railway tracks. It gradually hollows out, ultimately becoming a filigree.
This graphic interplay, translated by round-cornered lozenges, enables users to locate themselves vertically during their comings and goings. Becoming gradually denser as it descends towards the platforms, and, inversely, lighter as it rises towards the exterior, it finally emerges and thus creates the station’s volume. The underground link between the Grand Paris network and the RER C is reprised by an overhead connection in the form of a footbridge that serves as a belvedere with a view of the city of Vitry developments between the rail tracks and the Seine.
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