The central axis of the new multimodal hub in Nice Grand Arénas, France includes within the frame of this work, for the first time in Europe, the creation of a large expanse of urban cool paving
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Project: Central Axis of New Multimodal Hub
Location: Nice Grand Arénas, France
Surface: 21.200 m2
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo, Mateoarquitectura Studio, Barcelona
Team: Project leader: Ignasi Rincón Site management: Xavier Monclús
Landscaping: Atelier Villes et Paysages
Engineering: Egis
Sustainable Consulting & Innovation: Veolia-2EI
Photos: Aldo Amoretti and Adrià Goula
The central axis of the new multimodal hub in Nice Grand Arénas, France
Development is currently starting of the central axis of the new multimodal hub, which will channel all the flows of traffic meeting here, creating a new centrality of this site. The traffic flows are the new tram system, buses, bicycles and pedestrians. The following design issues are addressed here:
Unification of the horizontal texture that forms all the paving: All the flows that cross the place are paved with natural or artificial stone. These textures are edged with sturdy blocks of light-coloured sandstone that contain the surfaces and create small differences in levels between them for safety reasons.
The resulting paving is a continuous figure of stone, bound by the lines that form the kerbs and some differences in size and quality of certain parts according to their conditions of use. The space between the tram rails is occupied by very rough cobblestone (to deter pedestrians), the sidewalks are smooth granite pavers, and the bus and cycle lanes comprise self-supporting high strength concrete blocks. Together, they form a continuous, regular but varied tapestry.
Introduction of vegetation onto this horizontal mineral base. Large trees along the pavements, a green central reservation, climbing plants on the side walls, a little park at the furthest point, al lof which have been recently planted. They will come to form a tapestry that protects human movements, in a dialectical relation with the mineral base on which it rests.
In the main axis of the new multimodal hub in the French city of Nice, for the first time in Europe, a large expanse of urban cool paving has been created. It corresponds to the areas of most intense pedestrian presence (bus stops, pavements, etc.) and represents an attempt to improve the thermal conditions of urban space in a hot climate such as that of Nice. It consists of an underground irrigation system controlled by exterior sensors that cool special breathable pavers, manufactured experimentally using mollusc shells.
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