De La Concorde (Montreal Metro)
De La Concorde is a metro station in Laval, a suburb of Montreal. It is located in the Laval -des- Rapides district on Boulevard de la Concorde. Here courses of the Orange Metro Line 2 Montreal.
Building
Designed by André Marcotte station was built in the form of a tunnel railway station, with the exception of the central part, which was carried out in an open design. This results in a more spacious cube-shaped interior, which is supported by slender pillars, with walls made of concrete and stainless steel. The top part of the cube protrudes from the bottom and is provided with round skylights. These let in lots of daylight and produce an effect that is reminiscent of a sundial, depending on the time of day with the changing reflections. The walls of the two side platforms are lined with ultramarine blue tiles and large round windows made of safety glass envelop photographs of multiple enlarged blades of grass, which puts the viewer in the perspective of insects.
The escalator shaft of the distributor level to the entrance hall also projects from the ground, in the form of a glass cylinder, which is reminiscent of the " Fosterito " station entrances, the Norman Foster designed for the Metro Bilbao. An elongated concrete block with large window facade serves as an entrance pavilion. Its front facade is equipped with an oversized Metro logo, which is illuminated at night in addition. The area east of the entrance is landscaped, with benches and a terrace on the roof of the station cube.
The distances to the neighboring stations, each station measured from end to beginning station, amount to 2073.6 meters to 847.6 meters to Cartier and Montmorency. There are connections to three bus lines of the Société de transport de Laval. Right next to the metro station is a railway station on the AMT suburban line that connects the station Lucien- L'Allier in downtown Montreal with Saint- Jérôme.
Art
In addition to the walk from the station entrance to the roof terrace there is the sculpture Nos allers - retours ( "Our back-and- Back " ) by Yves Gendreau, a structure of tangled metal tubes in the line colors and metro and suburban railway.
History
The opening of the station took place on 28 April 2007, together with the portion of Henri- Bourassa - Montmorency the orange line. It is named after the Boulevard de la Concorde, named after the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Also in 2007, the AMT station was opened, replacing the 1.65 km north railway station Saint -Martin.