Place-d'Armes: The Rationalist Grid Beneath the Old City
Place-d'Armes functions as the network’s rationalist anchor. Situated beneath the baroque density of the city’s oldest quarter, the station offers a stark, modernist counterpoint. Here, ornament is stripped away in favor of a rigorous administrative grid; the columns are wrapped in precise, standardized tiling that imposes a calming order on the underground. But the true visual intrigue lies in the restricted: the sculptural geometry of the utility gates. These industrial forms, guarding the station’s nervous system, possess a hermetic beauty—a reminder that in this subterranean world, function is the only narrative that matters. To capture this study in utilitarian elegance, explore the Place-d'Armes collection.
