The document summarizes Hector Guimard's design of the entrances for the Paris Metro system from 1899-1905. It discusses that Guimard designed the entrances in the Art Nouveau style using cast iron and glass. He created three types of entrances - open, covered, and enclosed. A total of 141 entrances were constructed, with 86 still existing today. The entrances featured curving lines and floral motifs inspired by nature.

1. PRESENTED BY
UMA MULLAPUDI

2. ❑ LOCATION – PARIS,FRANCE
❑ TIMELINE – 1899-1905
❑ BUILDING TYPE – LIGHT RAIL RAPID
TRANSIT STATIONS.
❑ CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM – IRON & GLASS
❑ CONTEXT – URBAN
❑ STYLE – ART NOUVEAU

3. HECTOR GUIMARD

4. HECTOR GUIMARD
❑ HECTOR GUIMARD(10 MARCH 1867-20 MAY
1942) WAS A FRENCH ARCHITECT , WHO IS
NOW THE BEST KNOWN REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE IN LATE 19 AND
EARLY 20 CENTURY.
❑ HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN FORM OF ART
NOUVEAU, ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE IDEA
OF HARMONY AND CONTINUITY, WHICH CAUSED
HIM TO DESIGN THE INTERIOR FURNISHINGS
AND DECORATION OF HIS BUILDINGS AS WELL.

6. METRO STATION ENTRANCE
❑ METRO ENTRANCES ARE DESIGNED FIRSTLY
TO BE VISIBLE AND RECOGNISABLE.
• GUIMARD DESIGNED THREE TYPES OF
ENTRANCES TO METRO STATIONS WITH AND
WITHOUT GLASS ROOFS.
• OPEN TYPE
• COVERED TYPE
• ENCLOSED TYPE
❑ BUILT IN CAST IRON THEY MAKE
REFERENCE TO THE SYMBOLISM OF PLANTS
AND ARE NOW CONSIDERED CLASSICAL
EXAMPLES OF FRENCH ART NOUVEAU.

8. ❑ 141 ENTRANCES WERE CONSTRUCTED
BETWEEN 1899 AND 1912, OF WHICH 86
STILL EXIST.
❑ THE ROOF VARIETY KNOWN AS
EDICULES(KIOSKS) FEATURE A FAN SHAPED
GLASS AWNING.
❑ FEW FEATURE AN ENCLOSURE OF OPAQUE
PANELLING DECORATED IN FLORAL MOTIFS.
❑ BEYOND THIS LOGISTICAL CONCERNS, CAST
IRON WAS ALSO FAR BETTER SUITED TO
THE SINUOUS,NATURALISTIC AND SLENDER
CURVES THAT EMBODY ART NOUVEAU.

9. ❑ USING A SET OF MODULAR STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS, GUIMARD CREATED THREE
ENTRANCE TYPES, RANGING FROM
SIMPLE RAILINGS TO LAVISH COVERED
PAVILIONS.
❑ EACH STATION ENTRANCES SHADE THE
SAME GREEN PAINT(MEANT TO
RESEMBLE BRONZE PATINA) AND A SIGN
BEARING THE WORD METROPOLITAIN IN
A TYPEFACE DESIGNED BY GUIMARD
HIMSELF.

10. ❑ THE SIMPLEST AND MOST COMMON
VARIANT WAS THE SET OF RAILINGS
WITH A PAIR OF AMBER- COLOURED
LIGHT BULBS SHAPED LIKE FLOWER
BUDS, THEIR TINTED LIGHT
ILLUMINATING THE METROPOLITAIN SIGN
MOUNTED BETWEEN THEM.
❑ THE GREATEST SENSATION HOWEVER
WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE ELABORATE
PAVILION ENTRANCES, WITH THEIR
FANNED GLASS AWNINGS, CROWNING
THE STAIRWAYS BENEATH.

11. ❑ THE GATES CURVILINEAR LINES AND
PATTERNS WERE INSPIRED BY WINES
AND FLOWERS .

12. THANK YOU