THE GRAND PARIS PROJECT – PRESENTATION BY PIERRE-EMMANUEL BECHERAND
October 07, 2022 16.30
Presentation
Grand Paris Express is the largest project in Europe based on a new 200km automatic metro system serving 68 new stations. Ridership level is expected at 2 million passengers as construction is now ongoing on more than two thirds of the network which will be completed by 2030. In order to bring closer contemporary art and general public, Société du Grand Paris decided to implement the “Tandem” program where artists and architects very early on share their thoughts and concepts on each station and work together to simultaneously create a work of art that is integrated in each station. In addition to a state-of-the-art transit system, Grand Paris Express also delivers a unique collection of 68 artworks in the suburbs of the French capital. More than 30 architects, 2 designers and 40 artists are currently working on the project.
Pierre-Emmanuel Becherand
SpeakerPierre-Emmanuel Becherand
Head of Architecture, Design, Culture and Development at the Société du Grand Paris, Paris
Graduated with a master's degree in urban geography from Sciences Po Paris, he participated in the planning of the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 and coordinated the information report by Senator Jean-Pierre Sueur "Cities of the future, future of cities" published in 2011. At the Société du Grand Paris, he piloted in 2014 the implementation of the architectural and cultural program of the Grand Paris Express stations. In 2017, he created the Grand Paris Express Endowment Fund, chaired by Rémi Babinet, which aims to bring together private patrons around the project. Today, he heads the department in charge of architecture, culture, development, foresight and commerce, whose scope of action covers both the 68 stations of the Grand Paris Express and the urban and real estate projects located in the neighborhoods of these stations. He is also a director of the Maison de l'Architecture en Ile-de-France and a member of the design and culture commission of the International Union of Public Transport.