At sign 14 towards Orly, the emergence of the KBH station is incredibly constrained, in a watertight trapezoid limited by the deep cuts in the N7, the buried A6B and by the embedded device. The station introduces the missing service point to open up an opaque fabric in reconquest. The contact must therefore be broad, radiant, reconciling the deep directions of this changing territory. A garden raised above the station reconstitutes the plant link of the district, dependent on its powerful influence: Kremlin Bicêtre fort, Parisian cemetery, general hospital, etc.
This planted slab of light extends and overflows through large canopies that cover the pedestrian transitions from line 14 to its radiance. The particular depth (26 meters) of the KBH station induces a specific thought: natural light. To be true, it must be vertical to the right of the only possible breakthrough through the structure: the circulatory well. The station space is conceived as a passage and a transition to the renewed urban space. It is the meeting of structure, light and environment, to give meaning to the journey. The limits are clear, integrating the functional arrangements (doors, passageways, etc.) so as to offer only a sensual reading of the construction that is strictly necessary.
