FUMTOD | Hasib Arbabi

Transit-Oriented Development helps make the public transportation system more efficient and improves urban spaces by reducing the volume of vehicle traffic for human presence in the city.

The first step is to identify the Design area and its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, The next step is to determine the status of the public transportation system and how accessible it is to the public, Then we will redesign the transportation system, especially the public transportation system, to provide conditions for people to have easy access to different places.

Boulevard de la Chapelle is the northern border of the 10th arrondissement of Paris, it is also the Southern border of the 18th arrondissement. There are several important points in this area. Train route of Gare Du Nord and Gare de i’Est pass under this boulevard. Also, metro line 2 passes through this Boulevard which is above the ground.

They are 3 Subway station in this boulevard: Barbès Rochechouart at west and close to Magenta Street. La Chapelle In the middle of the boulevard and Stalingrad at East 

The site Plan is designed bases on TOD Sections and we tried to Connect these different sections properly to each other. The priority is Pedestrians, after that bicycle line and its Integrity.

This area has a special capability which is long Space under La Chapelle Subway (Line 2), parts of this space are used as a temporary retail Store and Retailers sell their goods.

In this project, a plaza has been designed next to the existing parks adjacent to La Chapelle metro station. This plaza connects the void between the two bridges that pass over the Donord metro route.

To prevent dangerous spaces under the plaza, the concept is based on shells that have been raised from the ground that provide diverse areas on the floor which is made of glass to To monitoring the space under the Plaza.

To prevent obstruction of vision, the raised plates themselves are made of glass that does not block the viewer’s horizon.