Thiais, France
2024
Grand Paris Express
Thiais-Orly station
The Pont de Rungis station serving the Grand Paris Express network is located to the north of Orly airport’s technical facilities, in a zone dominated by disparate industrial installations used for storage.
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
2024
This setting is going to change: three urban development zones are to be developed, respectively to the east, west and north of the future station. The emerging volume of the station is therefore intended as the starting point for these new urbanisation projects. As such, it consists of a simple, unique and dynamic volume organised according to the four cardinal points.
Each of the station’s faces is opened up by a huge arcade which communicates with the concourse. The interior space is designed as a large groin vault with taut lines, which lets light through from the sky. The intersection of the four cylindrical vaults emphasises the project’s cardinal orientations. This arrangement allows daylight to penetrate deep into the station. This natural lighting thus accompanies the movement of the superimposed escalators, made of steel and glass, which lead to the station platforms located below. Ascending and descending thus becomes a real experience for users.
The concourse’s diagonal-rib roof, thanks to the quality of the light diffused within the interior space, evokes the vault of the heavens. This is the characteristic exploited by Lyes Hammadouche when designing his sculptural installation combining satellite-like objects and projections.
Each of the station’s faces is opened up by a huge arcade which communicates with the concourse. The interior space is designed as a large groin vault with taut lines, which lets light through from the sky. The intersection of the four cylindrical vaults emphasises the project’s cardinal orientations. This arrangement allows daylight to penetrate deep into the station. This natural lighting thus accompanies the movement of the superimposed escalators, made of steel and glass, which lead to the station platforms located below. Ascending and descending thus becomes a real experience for users.
The concourse’s diagonal-rib roof, thanks to the quality of the light diffused within the interior space, evokes the vault of the heavens. This is the characteristic exploited by Lyes Hammadouche when designing his sculptural installation combining satellite-like objects and projections.
GRDF Headquarters