Côté Gare, as its name suggests, is directly connected to Bussigny station, near the outskirts of Lausanne. This project is the first urban piece to initiate the new urbanism of the southern part of the city, with the downgrading of industrial and craft areas into mixed areas.
Composed of 6 buildings, the district combines housing, offices, shops and services. The site, in direct proximity to the station, is part of a territorial desire for soft mobility, with an emphasis on rail, cyclist and pedestrian traffic.
A former industrial wasteland transformed into a residential area geared towards soft mobility
The concept of this district is to integrate nature areas on all floors. Green roofs, hanging plants, planted containers, green waterfalls… The idea, in the long term, is to allow vegetation to colonize the building wherever possible.
We have conceptualized different spaces, all open to the public and freely accessible. In the interior courtyards of the buildings, the hearts of blocks offer areas of grassland, indigenous trees with great development to provide shade and various urban amenities.
The square to the east, in connection with the station, continues with a wide pedestrian walkway that leads to the activity area. It is extended by a set of footbridges which connect all the buildings to each other.
The great challenge of this project is to design quality outdoor facilities in a plot with a reduced footprint. That's why, in collaboration with the architects, we decided to make the most of the height to create a suspended public promenade that crosses the neighborhood.
Use height to create quality exterior layouts in a small space
Focus on: the garden on the roof of the activity plateau
Located on the roof of the car park, the activity platform represents the core of the landscaping, activities and uses of the project. Accessible to the public and with an unobstructed view, this planted garden offers relaxation areas, grassy areas, games for children, shared vegetable gardens and private terraces.
The plant palette on this upper part is made up of perennials, flowering shrubs, trees with small and medium growths. Despite a high load-bearing capacity (1000 kg/m2), we had to resort to distribution slabs, lightened earth and a strategic distribution of more massive trees on the pillars of the car park to meet the complex technical constraints of a park on slab .
A first experience in conquering the BIM process in the landscape
