The RER A Regional Express Railway: walking as a design tool

  • Publish On 7 October 2021
  • Manon Denerier
  • 3 minutes

Manon Denerier recently graduated from the interior design school École Camondo, receiving full honors for her exploratory work along the regional express railway line RER A.  Shedding the functionalist logic of mobility (11 hours on foot instead of a 33-minute ride), she engaged in a sensory experience of a journey through “invisible cities,” proposing micro-amenities to raise their profile.

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