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Between 1900 and 1913, Hector Guimard was responsible for the first generation of entrances to the underground stations of the Paris Métro. His Art Nouveau designs in cast iron and glass dating mostly to 1900, and the associated lettering that he also designed, created what became known as the Métro style ( style Métro ) and popularized Art ...
Guimard designed two types of entrances to metro stations, with and without glass roofs. Built in cast iron, they make heavy reference to the symbolism of plants and are now considered classic examples of French Art Nouveau architecture. 141 entrances were constructed between 1900 and 1912, of which 86 still exist.
Stations are often named after a square or a street, which, in turn, is named for something or someone else. A number of stations, such as ‹See TfM› Avron or ‹See TfM› Vaugirard, are named after Paris neighbourhoods (though not necessarily located in them), whose names, in turn, usually go back to former villages or hamlets that have long since been incorporated into the city of Paris.
The Moscow Metro has a Guimard entrance at Kievskaya station, donated by the RATP in 2006. There is an entrance on display at the Sculpture Garden in Downtown Washington, D.C. This does not lead to a metro station, it is just for pleasure.
The Kiosque des Noctambules is a contemporary work of art covering one of the metro entrances (exit 5) leading to Place Colette. [3] Built for the centenary of the Paris metro and produced under the direction of the artist Jean-Michel Othoniel in a controversial style, it was inaugurated in October 2000. The station has the following five accesses:
The station contains one of the three remaining "dragonfly" roofed Métro entrances by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), the Art Nouveau architect who was originally commissioned by the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1899 to design the entrances for the Métro stations. It is the only roofed entrance that is original, not ...
A covered entrance in Paris. After several designs were refused by the citizens of Paris a compromise was made to make the metro's above ground components a work of art rather than an industrial eyesore. [2] The entrances were said to be sleek and modern, but none of the proposed designs in the past had achieved either of these descriptions.
The station has several metro entrances: Entrance 1: rue de Rivoli: 112, rue de Rivoli; Entrance 2: Porte Lescot Forum des Halles Center G. Pompidou; Entrance 4: avenue Victoria: 9, avenue Victoria; Entrance 5: place du Châtelet: a staircase, place du Châtelet; Entrance 6: place Sainte-Opportune: 8, place Sainte-Opportune