Bjarke Ingels Group and A+ Architects have revealed the design for the 12,000-square-meter Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub in Toulouse, France. The challenge will develop the performance of town’s central station, Gare Matabiau, strengthening the realm’s public transport networks by making a hub for bus, railway, and metro, all linked below one roof. The design of the brand new hub takes cues from town’s distinctive roofscape and the standard use of the rose-colored “foraine” brick, using a mass timber construction and low-carbon concrete to make sure a sustainable intervention tailored to its setting. The Hub is ready to start development in 2026.
Because the variety of day by day passengers touring to and from town is predicted to triple within the subsequent interval, the Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub is dimensioned to answer town’s wants and facilitate a seamless journey expertise. The form of the hub is customized to hook up with the central prepare station within the west and dovetails in direction of town’s pedestrian and bicycle flows that join the realm to the historic metropolis middle and the UNESCO-listed Canal du Midi and the Périole neighborhood.
Constructed primarily in mass timber, the hub’s construction progressively rises from its foremost entrance within the south, reaching a most peak of 32 meters in direction of the rail tracks. This form encourages visible connections throughout flooring, permits pure daylight to enter the constructing’s lowest ranges, and helps vacationers to simply navigate the house. Partitions within the house are constructed of rammed earth and textiles, whereas the underground flooring are constructed with low-carbon concrete. The rose shade of the concrete is a reference to the “foraine” brick, a conventional materials used all through the realm.
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The construction’s roof options photovoltaics matching the rose shade of the roof, punctured by skylights. Public areas, together with gathering areas, and areas for cultural and business actions, measuring a complete of 4,400 sqm are unfold throughout the bottom flooring and the 2 sublevel flooring, which give house for the 1000-unit open-air bicycle parking. The remaining higher flooring perform as a 6,600 sqm workplace house for the 350 staff of the Occitanie Area.
Moreover, native greenery is planted all through the constructing to echo the vegetation of the Haute-Garonne area of France. The constructing is designed to acquire the Silver Occitanie Sustainable Buildings certification, in addition to the Biodiversity Effinature and HQE Infrastructure certification.
The brand new Transport hub’s folded roof, rising from the Marengo parvis, defines the principle corridor with lush greenery and ample daylight, welcoming guests and main them to metro and prepare tracks beneath. The constructing’s elegant silhouette, rising northward in peak, curves alongside rue de Périole. Floor and decrease flooring will provide areas for relaxation and retail and the Maison du Climat occasion house, whereas higher flooring accommodate regional places of work. Pursuing low-carbon options within the design, we employed mass timber, low carbon concrete, and pure air flow all through, with photovoltaics on the roof. This straightforward but multifunctional design transforms the roof into Toulouse’s new landmark. – Jakob Sand, Accomplice in Cost, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
Persevering with the theme of interventions in advanced city environments, BIG has lately revealed the up to date design for the Vltava Philharmonic Corridor in Prague, a fee received following a world competitors. The workplace has additionally introduced a brand new challenge to take form on Manhattan’s East River waterfront, a large-scale growth scheduled to incorporate an in-park Museum of Freedom and Democracy along with the cantilevered towers joined on the high by rooftop gardens.
Mission credit:
- Collaborators: A+ Structure, A+R Paysages, ALTO, CL Design, dUCKS scéno, Systematica, Franck Boutté, LASA, Les Eclaireures, l’Echo SBP, MBacity, FER-PLAY
- Accomplice in Cost: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Sand
- Mission Lead: Claudia Bertolotti
- BIG Crew: Charlie Laran, Dervan Ahmed, Gustavo Alejandro Lopez Rodriguez, Hyojin Lee, Marco Sartoretto, Martyna Kloda, Mathieu Michel Cardinal, Oliwia Jagla, Yanis Amasri Sierra
- BIG Panorama: Giulia Frittoli, Sasha Spasic
- BIG Sustainability: Johannes Alexander Hackl, Will Chuanruy Yu
