Rueil-Suresness Mont Valérien train station

The metro station fits seamlessly into its plot, in line with Rue Gallieni and the future buildings of this eco-friendly neighbourhood bordering the pedestrian mall. The building, a transparent triangular structure, shifts northward to reveal a large urban square in continuation of the original mall designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.
Intuitively and metaphorically, the station structure guides users from the skies to the underground. The route from the square to the boarding areas is straightforward; a central glass roof acts as skylight, providing natural light to all the underground station floors.
A folded vegetated layer will outline the roof, creating a new ecosystem as a 5th façade from the sky. This layer of wooded landscape defines the station’s identity within the future eco- neighbourhood. Inside the station, a series of vertical and mineral slats on the walls, as well as horizontal wooden slats on the ceiling, will create an abstract contemporary interior forest.