The renovation of the train station in Brussels by Jean Nouvel

The largest Brussels train station, "Station Midi," was built in the late 1940s in the south of the main Belgian city. Last month, the project by French architect Jean Nouvel for the complete reconstruction of the more than half-century-old station building was published. His design features a pair of high-rise buildings reminiscent of the letter V, in whose glass facades the tracks, passing trains, and activity on the platforms will be reflected. The unusual shape is intended to serve as a new symbol with an unmistakable face while simultaneously transferring station life, from where mainly international connections depart, to the adjacent streets and thus announcing the arrivals and departures of trains. Nouvel named his design "urban mirror." The station building, with a total track length of 550 meters, stretches along the main city boulevard and the busy Avenue Fonsny. The facades, behind which a shopping center, offices, and conference halls will be located, will be clad in metal panels of 'rusty' color.

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