Section through the stairways to the ferryboat-stop
Public Waterspace Nantes The second part of the proposal is a design-proposal on a smaller scale. The quay-side of the city is selected to make an example by considering the Master Plan Loire as well as the urban situation and today‘s use of the public space in Nantes. The existing parking-space on the industrial quay-side is removed to create a smaller proportioned public waterspace. The edge of the quay is pulled down along the street-axes, the axes are extended on the water by using swimming pontoons. The shape of the pontoons is affected by the water-streamline. The pontoons offer walkways and isles to stay. Location and height of the pontoons are fixed on stilts. At low tide, the pontoons are creating a three-dimensional floating waterscape, at high tide the scape is flat.
View from the remaining quay-edge
Floating Waterscape at high tide ≤ 6,55 m
Floating Waterscape at low tide ≥ 0,35 m