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This station emphasizes lightness and space with its high volume overlooked from the mezzanine and its pale brick and stone walls. Although the graceful angles and lines are quite contemporary, the colours and materials were chosen to evoke the great ancient towns of Italy, in honour of the significant Italian population of the neighbourhood.
Within the irregularly-angled stone expanses on the walls, the station is enlivened by numerous small murals by Jean-Charles Charuest, whimsically depicting scenes from nearby Jean-Talon Market.
The two offset staircases from the platforms lead to the overhead mezzanine. From there, a corridor leads back past the mezzanine to the Saint-Laurent Est entrance, integrated into a building.Kitty-cornered from that entrance is the Saint-Laurent Ouest kiosk. It is accessed via a spiral staircase, a striking aspect of the station. Fitted with fluorescent lights on its underside, the staircase seems to hover over the volume of the Saint-Michel platform. 
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