Fragmenting the concrete structure into a pile of cantilevered boxes, the architects textured its surface with evocations of dials, nautical charts, and sedimentary rocks.
On view at Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, the exhibition traces the transit system's history from the handdug tunnels of the 1890s to the automated boring machines of the 2020s.
The revamped museum is located at Palais de Chaillot, a building whose multiple transformations over the years shows that "adaptive reuse" is hardly a new concept.