Brest tramway
location
Brest / France
client
SemTram, Brest Métropole Océane representative
brief
architect of a 14,3 km tramway line: transportation system, associated streetscape, landscape and interchange facilities
cost
383 M€
consortium
Systra + Richez_Associés + Atelier de l’Île + B3i + Transitec
Second prize « Worldwide light rail project of the year, 2012 »,
Light Rail Awards hosted by the British Light Rail Transit Association,
in association with the magazine « Tramways & Urban Transit »
Brest tramway covers a site with a particularly varied landscape. On the outskirts, the turf of the tram track bed calms a sinuous plan in a distinctive landscape… In the city centre, the tram crosses in a long straight slope, the redeveloped city; the bluish-white architectonic concrete ground surface, dotted with fine granite stitches, will guide rainwater into thin gargling channels… And, the regard towards the maritime horizon of the natural harbour and its narrow entrance is framed by three Monterrey pines planted in front of the Chateau…