2024-05-02T08:23:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150099037/france-is-cooling-their-streets-with-pavers-made-with-shellfish-waste mateoarquitectura 2018-12-05T17:27:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ec/ec3af203c55f39f60b4526da287eff58.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In the main axis of the new multimodal hub in the French city of Nice, for the first time in Europe, a large expanse of urban cooling paving is being installed.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b99de172d2cf2800da02f73c736d7ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4b99de172d2cf2800da02f73c736d7ad.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/959755e51001e3327fc733b7f64ea775.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/959755e51001e3327fc733b7f64ea775.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>It corresponds to the areas of most intense pedestrian presence (bus stops, pavements, etc.) and represents an attempt to improve the thermal conditions of the urban space in a hot climate such as that of Nice.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10856bebad64e501feb8089fe7b6574f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/10/10856bebad64e501feb8089fe7b6574f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>It consists of an underground irrigation system controlled by exterior sensors that cool special breathable pavers, manufactured experimentally using<strong> mollusc shells</strong>.</p> <p><em><a href="http://www.mateo-arquitectura.com/beneath-the-paving-stones-lies-the-sea/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Via</a></em></p>