Park & Ride Parking Bouguenais, Nantes Transportation Development, French Infrastructure Hub, Architecture Photos
Park & Ride Parking in Nantes, France
13 Apr 2021
Park & Ride Parking
Architects: IDOM
Location: Bouguenais, south east of Nantes, France

Winner of a public tender process, the project is located in a low-density residential environment, in the town of Bouguenais, southeast of Nantes. The proposal is part of the desire of Nantes Metropole to improve the city’s public transport network.

The complex is made up of a surface level dissuasive car park and an intermodal bus and tram station, all connected by a continuous canopy-covered passage.

The car park consists of 3 covered floors plus a fourth uncovered level, with a capacity for 782 cars, 20 motorcycles and 50 bicycles. 10 electric vehicle parking spaces have been incorporated and the pre-installation of further spaces to be able to increase their number according to the client’s needs. In addition to the premises for management of the facility, the building includes offices for bus drivers, using the intermodal station.
Given the large dimensions of the building and the small scale of the pre-existing buildings around it, as well as the high quality of the natural environment in which it is located, the proposed solution places great importance on its urban and landscape insertion. That is why the aim of all design decisions is to guarantee both the optimal operation of the tran...