Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris

Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres.

Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new rapid transport system around the city's outskirts – the station serves as an interchange between four metro lines and is expected to accommodate 250,000 daily passengers.

The 35,000-square-metre station also connects to an existing urban bridge, via which...