Tours
Tours Tramway
Tours councillors wanted to give their tramway project a rarely sought after coherence to the design of rolling stock and furniture, urban development and public lighting, urban strategy and public artworks...
To this end a committee led by RCP (designer) produced and published guidelines.
It proposed to make the tramway a new feature within the city landscape.
This imperative strongly marking the implantation of the tram along the axis which defines the city; carefully reworking the ground cover within the conservation area; developing a sustainable landscape project; and incorporating within the station, artwork by Daniel Buren …
Status
AVP 2009 - mise en service septembre 2013
Location
Tours (37)
Client
Citétram pour le compte du Sitcat (Syndicat des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Tourangelle)
Programme
Systèmes et aménagements pour une ligne de 14,8 km
Cost
369 M€
Design team
Systra + Xelis + Safege + ECCTA + Richez_Associés + Ivars&Ballet + RCP + Daniel Buren + Pierre Bideau
Sustainable development
Plateforme perméable + végétalisations alternatives
