With its bus station and park-and-ride building, the small Bavarian town of Nördlingen has acquired a new traffic node. The central location, directly adjoining the railway station on what was hitherto disused land, facilitates a quick change between various types of transport: trains, buses, cars and bicycles. The new bus station, with its striking golden roof, has a signal effect. Its stepped form of construction mediates between the heterogeneous surroundings and at the same time distinguishes between two different realms: the open waiting area with the bus stops and the pedestrian route that leads along one side to the forecourt of the railway station. The linear park-and-ride structure parallel to the bus station was not conceived solely for motor vehicles; it also contains extensive facilities for parking cycles, including lockers. The external cladding of perforated trapezoidal-section metal sheeting conjures the appearance of a translucent veil that permits filtered visual contact between inside and outside, thus increasing the sense of security. In contrast to this, the golden “show face” of the building in expanded-metal elements corresponds to the golden roof of the bus station. The materials and coloration were selected to create a bold effect that would imprint this new urban space as a striking image in the minds of the population.