Multimodal Hub Nice Grand Arénas, French Urban Design, Landscape Architecture Images
Multimodal Hub in Nice Grand Arénas
Urban Landscape Design in Southern France – design by mateo arquitectura
19 Dec 2018
Multimodal Hub in Nice
Design: mateo arquitectura
Location: Nice, France
Multimodal Hub in Nice
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.

photo © Aldo Amoretti
The traffic flows are the new tram system, buses, bicycles and pedestrians. Different movements with different needs.

photo © Aldo Amoretti
The following design issues are addressed here:

1. 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.
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