The new Grand Paris Express stations presented by their architects

In order to initiate a dialogue on these structures which combine technical, urban and architectural challenges, three architects selected for the construction of Grand Paris Express stations will present their projects at each of these conferences before exchanging with the public. These conferences will take place every first Wednesday of the month, from April to December 2017, in the Chapelle des Récollets of the Maison de l'Architecture.

With some 200 km of metro lines, 68 new stations, 7 technical centers and the emergence of new urban centers in the station districts, the construction of the Grand Paris Express is part of the history of large territorial, technical public orders and cultural. With 37 teams of architects involved simultaneously, the Grand Paris Express embodies an unprecedented architectural approach.

For more than a century, from Moscow to Tokyo, transport networks have echoed the place of architecture in the city. It is with this heritage that the Grand Paris Express is currently building an architectural policy unique in Europe. Contrary to a uniform and standardized approach, each station project has its own identity, consistent with its environment. On the basis of the common guidelines developed by the architect and town planner Jacques Ferrier, each architect uses his creativity and his vision to meet the challenges of building this new infrastructure: promoting the station as public equipment anchored in its neighborhood, making it easier for everyone, inventing shared public spaces, revealing the heritage elements of the municipalities and placing future travelers at the center of their attention.

Practical information

"The Architects of the Grand Paris Express"
Every first Wednesday of the month from 19 p.m. to 20:30 p.m.
Chapelle des Récollets - House of Architecture in Île-de-France
148, Saint-Martin Rue du Faubourg
75010 Paris
M ° Gare de l'Est (lines 4, 5, 7)
Bus Gare de l'Est (lines 30, 32, 46, 56, 65, 38, 47, 39, 31)
Free admission

Conference program

Wednesday 5 July 2017

Kengo Kuma (Kengo Kuma & Associates)
Thomas Richez (Richez Associates)
David Trottin (Peripherals Architects)

Wednesday 6 September 2017
Aldric Beckmann and / or Françoise N'Thépé (Beckmann N'Thépé Architects)
Anna Maria Bordas and / or Miquel Peiro (Bordas + Peiro Architect)
Benedetta Tagliabue (Miralles Tagliabue EMBT)

Wednesday 11 October 2017
Dietmar Feichtinger (Dietmar Feichtinger Architects)
Marc Lehmann (Architecture Studio)
Cyril Tretout (ANMA)

Wednesday 8 November 2017
Dominique Perrault (Dominique Perrault Architecture)
Pierre Schall (Atelier Schall)
Mark Wilson (group-6)

Wednesday December 6, 2017
Caroline Barat and Thomas Dubuisson (Search Architecture Agency)
Jean-Marie Duthilleul (Duthilleul Agency)
Corinne Vezzoni (Corinne Vezzoni & Associés)