Integrating a modern tramway into a World Heritage Site

Incorporating a new tram system into any existing city is no easy task. As well as meeting operational expectations, the Edinburgh Tram design team had to overcome the complex and interrelated challenges that accompany building new infrastructure in a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This meant a strong focus on aesthetics and urban design needs with the constraint of the technical and geometric requirements. This paper provides an overview of the design development of one site within Edinburgh's World Heritage Site - St. Andrew Square — a highly important and visible space contained within the heart of the city centre 'Old Town'. It highlights how the demands and challenges of placing modern infrastructure in a World Heritage Site through balancing the technical requirements and geometric constraints with the demands of place making. The paper also examines how the design team worked with the City of Edinburgh Council and heritage organisations to create a design that complied with urban planning requirements, integrated with the wider transportation network, and minimised impacts to the World Heritage Site.

• Authors:
  • Ney, S M
• Conference:
  • Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference, 2011
  • Location: Melbourne Victoria, Australia
  • Date: 2011-8-10 to 2011-8-11
• Publication Date: 2011-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: AITPM 2011 national conference: linking communities: growing liveability and accessibility, 10-11 August 2011, Melbourne, Victoria

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Infrastructure; Planning; Trolley cars
• Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
• Geographic Terms: Edinburgh, Scotland; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 2475: Cultural heritage; 9011: Design (overall design); 1154: Network (transport); 744: Public transport
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01354710
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ARRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 24 2011 7:57AM