Tag: SNCF

  • Étampes station roof

    Étampes station roof

    Something caught my eye about the way the sun was shining this afternoon across Étampes station platform.

    As I took this photo a group teenagers asked me for moustache-growing advice.

    The beautiful station roof flies gracefully over the platforms while electricity gantries stomp grumpily across the foreground.

    This clash makes me cross and prompts a post about misaligned systems.

  • Restorative versus regenerative design

    Restorative and regenerative are two words I am hearing used interchangeably. Both are relevant to engineering and design. Both are approaches to design that are valuable. But they need differentiating.

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