Portzy Park

[Airy]

A few shots while waiting for my son to return from Wuppertal after a three-month internship there.
The surroundings of Lille Europe station used to be military exercise fields, and are now architectural sandboxes, king size.
Portzamparc, Rem Kolhaas & others...
Df, 20/2.8 AIS stopped down, and 50/2 AI at f/2 and f/8.

[Airy]

maybe this one is better framed

[Fons Baerken]

Rem Koolhaas

[Jacques Pochoy]

Great series showing the new Lille's "playground for famed architects"  Though I tend to prefer some more "humble" work in some other districts, this showroom was a necessity to bring the city to it's "Metropole" status 

[Airy]

Rem Koolhaas

oops sorry for the mistake

[Airy]

Great series showing the new Lille's "playground for famed architects"  Though I tend to prefer some more "humble" work in some other districts, this showroom was a necessity to bring the city to it's "Metropole" status 

Precisely.
I understand the purpose and, although I do not particularly like the means employed, they did not do a bad job.

My only (real) rant is against the fact that France is, in general, a very particular country where it rains inside train stations (i.e. even when they are covered), and Lille Europe is alas no exception.

[Jacques Pochoy]

Lille Europe is more of a weird "metro" station for TGVs then the classical "glory" of french railways stations, which were, for most of them, architectural and engineering feats with "elegance" (best span for minimum material), as seen in the 19th century. Lille Flandres is in such spirit :-)