Tramway Maintenance Center in Lyon

  • Site model of the Lyon Tramway Maintenance Center, showing white shed-like halls, tracks and depot buildings integrated into a dense urban fabric.
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    Site plan of the Lyon tramway maintenance center showing repetitive shed bays, curved tracks, service buildings and landscaped buffers on the urban block.
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    Noise contour map of the Lyon tramway maintenance center, showing the shed layout, surrounding urban fabric and graded sound levels around the site.
  • Exploded axonometric of Lyon tramway maintenance center showing long linear shed with steel roof, timber beams, rammed earth blocks and metal structure.
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    Exploded axonometric of Lyon tramway maintenance center showing steel roof, timber and metal frame, rammed earth walls and concrete base layers.
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    Axonometric view of Lyon tramway maintenance center, showing rammed earth facades, metal truss roof and timber-framed bays in a rational grid.
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  • Section drawing of Lyon tramway maintenance center showing rammed earth base, glazed polycarbonate facade, metal truss roof and interior service bay.
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    Elevation and section of the Lyon tramway maintenance center showing rammed earth and concrete base, metal mesh façade and timber roof truss over tram hall.
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  • View of the Lyon tramway maintenance center with steel catenary masts, curved tracks and low industrial halls set in a wild grass and tree landscape.
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    View of the Lyon tramway maintenance center with rammed-earth volumes, metal fencing and a landscaped forecourt with trees, grasses and pedestrian paths.
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    Lyon tramway maintenance center with rammed earth hall and metal-timber structure facing an office block, framed by planted pedestrian paths and trees.
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    Lyon tramway maintenance center with long rammed-earth façade, central glazed opening and landscaped forecourt with trees and gravel esplanade.
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Project description

Located on the site of the former Fagor-Brandt factories, the tramway maintenance center is an industrial facility that is essential to the operation of the metropolitan mobility network. Usually located on the outskirts, this type of facility is here positioned in the city center, with particular attention paid to its urban and landscape integration. The buildings, defined by the 43 meters length of the tram units, develop an architecture of repetitive bays where constructive rationality becomes the guiding principle of the composition. A hybrid structure combining rammed earth, metal and timber forms this efficient industrial tool.

Project details

  • Address
    rue Challemel Lacour, Lyon, Rhône
  • Dates
    Ongoing since 2023
  • Programme
    Stabling area for 44 trainsets, extendable to 66 trainsets, maintenance area with washing and sanding service station, operations area (offices, changing rooms, shared spaces), parking area
  • Surface area
    22,840 m2
  • Budget
    70.6 M€
  • Regulatory framework
    RE 2020 niveau 2025 – Cep – 20 %
  • Carbon emissions
    704 kgCO2eq/m2
  • Energy consumption
    182 kWh/m2/year
  • Notable details
    Urban heating network, photovoltaic, rainwater harvesting, wooden structure, prefabricated rammed earth, low-carbon concrete

Credits

  • Client
    Sytral
  • Project management
    BLP & Associés (architect, lead), Tectoniques (associate architect), LS2 Landscapes (landscape architect), Ingérop (cost consultant, electrical engineering, MEP engineering, civil engineering, timber structure, concrete structure, roads and utilities), Tectoniques Ingénieurs (timber structure, concrete structure), Actierra (sustainability consultant), Convergo SARL (ergonomist), Antea Group (Decontamination), 8'18" (Lighting designer)

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