A public bus stop that has to do two jobs at once. It aims to provide a functional and aesthetically pleasing shelter for commuters, and to stand out in the urban environment while prioritising user comfort and convenience.
The design is meant to be noticeable in the city’s busy and crowded hustle and bustle — not only for the convenience of visitors and tourists to spot the structure, but also for the bus driver to be able to spot the bus stop in the peak rush hours of traffic. Overall the design aims to create a safe, accessible and visually appealing transit hub that enhances the commuter experience and promotes sustainable urban mobility.
Twelve square metres, on Bull Temple Road in Bangalore where Nagaraja Layout Road meets it. The shelter is a single run of close-spaced vertical fins over a curved plan: from across the road it reads as one solid object, and standing under it the fins open up and the street shows through.
- Type
- Individual project
- Semester
- 4th
- Year
- 2019
- Project type
- Public space
- Site area
- 12 m²
- Location
- Bull Temple Road, Bangalore, India
Why the curve
The plan is an S rather than a straight line, which does two useful things at once. Seen along the road the fins line up and close into a solid, visible mass; seen from the footpath they are open, so waiting under it does not feel like standing in a box.
The same curve puts the bench on the inside of the bend, out of the walking line, and leaves the ends open so nobody has to squeeze past anyone to get on a bus.
Asked of it
- Visible from a moving bus
- Shade and rain cover
- Seating out of the way
- No dead corner
