Station of the Butterflies
(Bahnhof der Schmetterlinge)

Basel’s old railway yard, built in 1913, was abandoned in 1990 and has since turned into a rare biodiversity hotspot. Now it’s marked for development into a major cargo hub and its future is uncertain. What should become of the old rail yard? Station of the Butterflies explores how a society responds when major industrial interests collide with a threatened natural habitat, and what precedents it sets for future developments across Switzerland.