COBE

Travel and Service Centre . Tampere

COBE

Tampere Travel and Service Centre has not only the potential to become a gateway to Tampere and the rest of Finland, but also the potential of becomming a generator for the future development of the urban centre of Tampere.

Today the railyard imposes a large scar in the urban fabric.

Bridging the city - The scar in the urban fabric vanishes and the city is once again united.

Strategy 1 - Unify and connect - Extending the urban grid.

Strategy 2 - A new front side - ”the Arcade”.

Strategy 3 - The intermodal transportation hub - The heart of the city

Strategy 4 - A green lung in the city - Tampere Central Park

Strategy 5 - Ease of travel - Connecting local, regional and national  modes of transportation

Strategy 6 - Diversify & Enhance - Revitalize the neighbourhoods

The vision, "ReConnecting Tampere", introduces an intermodal transportation hub in the heart of the city as well as a development plan for uniting the city centre. By introducing a diverse urban structure that extends from the east to west across the railyard, the project provides a solid and robust foundation for unifying the two sides of Tampere’s city center once and for all.

Tampere Travel and Service Centre
Location: Tampere, Finland
Client: City of Tampere, Finnish Transport Agency, VR-Group and Senate Properties
Program: New Travel and Service Centre for the City of Tampere, as well as a masterlplan for the areas surrounding the railyard in Tampere
Size: 120.000 m2
Status: 1st prize in competition 2014, on-going
Collaborators: Lundén Architecture, Rambøll Finland, Newsec
Team: Dan Stubbergaard, Eik Bjerregaard, Ted Schauman, Maja Halle, Andy Minchev