Product design
2024
Corps vivant
An organic approach to urban space
Based on the physiological functions of our organs (respiration, neuronal interaction, body temperature regulation and the circadian cycle), this project aims to transform the future Grand Paris Express metro into an organic environment. Through four objects designed for future metro stations, this project proposes an urban space in synergy with the body.
Master thesis at ENSCI - les Ateliers, under the direction of Benjamin Graindorge
Credit photo : Veronique Huyghe
An organic approach to urban space
Based on the physiological functions of our organs (respiration, neuronal interaction, body temperature regulation and the circadian cycle), this project aims to transform the future Grand Paris Express metro into an organic environment. Through four objects designed for future metro stations, this project proposes an urban space in synergy with the body.
Master thesis at ENSCI - les Ateliers, under the direction of Benjamin Graindorge
Credit photo : Veronique Huyghe
Geothermal Garden
The Geothermal Garden is a quiet, temperate space located in the forecourt of metro stations. A geothermal system circulates through the garden benches, cooling them during heat waves and warming them in winter.
Geothermal garden tree stake lamppost
Indoor sky
The Indoor sky is a lighting system that reproduces the sun's cycle, producing the same wavelengths as the sun itself. In this way, the underground environment of the metro is connected to the outside world and to our body's hormonal cycle.
The indoor sky features also a wall pattern generated by a computer programme. This programme transforms images of the sky into a cloud of lines. This evolving pattern, different on each wall of the station, is printed by sublimation on sheet steel.
Breathing bench
The breathing bench provides a bubble of clean air on the metro platform. The air in the Paris metro is the most polluted in the city because of the fine particles released when the trains brake. The bench houses an ionisation air filter developed by Suez for the City of Paris, that captures these particles. The source of clean air thus becomes the central element of the platform, around which people gather.
Olfactory pathway
The olfactory pathway diffuses a scent that helps the body cope better with stressful situations. In the same way that the beach or the forest have scents, this proposal creates an olfactory landscape within the metro station. With the perfume expertise of Nina Cirendini, we developed a fragrance based on aquatic and green notes. It contains linalool, a molecule found in many flowers that has been shown to have a positive effect on stress management. The fragrance is diffused by an in-floor misting system, which multiplies in the corridors of the station, following an olfactory pathway that you can choose to follow.
