A white folded shape emerges from the ground at the entrance of the subway station «Porte des Lilas». This monolithic shelter takes place on the forecourt of the cinema giving a new background scene. Its dynamic shape is a strong signal for travelers. Exceptional by its great dimension, its sharpness and folding, it covers the space required for two buses.

The shelter is a pure construction. Its expression is linked to the elements of structure that compose it and which are necessary to its stability. The canopy holds its strength of withe the continuity of materials. This folding coming out from the ground is both wall and coverage. Pilars stroll freely like pedestrians in group. The cover and the pilars are then read as two autonomous entities improving the perception of overhangs.

It is a major element of the square of «du maquis du Vercors». Its lateral position gives a limit to this forecourt. It gives more strength to the north-south axis of the project. It’s a urban component which participates in the global functioning of this public place: bus terminus, subway entrance, shelters for free service cycles, meeting area for the cinema and the circus. Its grip on the ground, very lightweight, enables a continuity total of materials of paving stone. Then the shelter appears more as a sail delicately put in limit of the square than as a immovable building. The whole shelter will be constructed with one material. It will be made of steel and painted in white.