2. Station design: operation, urbanity, identity

Designing a station as a multimodal interchange means organizing pedestrian space at the crossroads of transport infrastructures.

The study of a station project is therefore divided into seven phases, sometimes sequential, often iterative, but always interdependent:

• the spatial layout of infrastructure for the various modes of transport;

• organization of pedestrian flows;

• the design of spaces for travellers and visitors ;

• installation of services, shops and operating premises, and related programs;

• structural approach and environmental comfort ;

• the symbolic dimension;

• the station area.