BUS STOP DESI GN CHENNAI , TAMI L NADU,I NDI A
t he I ndi an st at e ofTami lNadu.Locat ed on t he CoromandelCoastof f t he Bay ofBengal ,i ti st he bi ggestcul t ural ,economi c and educat i onalcent re ofsout hI ndi a.
Chennaihad t he t hi rd-l argestexpat ri at e popul at i on i nI ndi a,at 35, 000 i n 2009,82, 790 i n 2011 and est i mat ed atover100, 000 by 2016.Touri sm-gui de publ i sherLonel y Pl anetnamed Chennaias one oft he t op t en ci t i es i nt he worl dt o vi si ti n 2015.Chennaii s ranked as a bet a-l evelci t yi nt he Gl obalCi t i es I ndex,and was ranked t he bestci t yi nI ndi a[ promot i onall anguage by I ndi a Today i nt he 2014 annualI ndi an ci t y survey. I n 2015 Chennaiwas named t he "hot t est " ci t y (ci t y wort h vi si t i ng and wort hl i vi ng i nf orl ong t erm)by t he BBC,ci t i ng t he mi xt ure ofbot h modern and t radi t i onalval ues. The ChennaiMet ropol i t an Area i s one oft he l argestmuni ci pal economi es ofI ndi a.
Chennaii s ni cknamed "The Det roi tofI ndi a", wi t h more t han one-t hi rd ofI ndi a' s aut omobi l ei ndust ry bei ng based i nt he ci t y. Home t ot he Tami lf i l m i ndust ry,Chennaii s al so known as a maj or f i l m product i on cent re.Chennaii s one oft he 100 I ndi an ci t i es t o be devel oped as a smartci t y undert he SmartCi t i es Mi ssi on.
W hen opened,t he ChennaiMof ussi lBus Termi nus (CMBT)was t he l argestbus st at i on i n Asi a. I ti st he mai ni nt erci t y bus st at i on of Chennai ,admi ni st ered by seven government -owned t ransport corporat i ons,whi ch operat ei nt erci t y and i nt erst at e bus servi ces. There are many pri vat e bus compani es.The MTC provi des an excl usi ve i nt raci t y bus servi ce,consi st i ng of3, 421 buses on 724 rout es,whi ch provi des t ransport at i on t o 55. 2l akh passengers dai l y.
LOCATIO
Chennai al so known as Madras t he of f i ci alname i st he capi t alof
ROUTE MA OPEN STREET MAP
I NSPI RATI O
Coconutf i bers are good raw mat eri al si nt he manuf act ure of rooft i l es and ot herpart s ofa house. Coconutbark as a
sust ai nabl e roof i ng mat eri al . The st rong durabl e st ruct ure oft he t he bark does notgetwi t hered easi l yt hrough ext reme weat hercondi t i ons.One oft he mai n propert i es of t he coocnutbark i st hati tact s as a heati nsul at ordue t o i t ’ st hi ch core.Thi si s one oft he mai n reasons as t o why i t ’ s bei ng used as a roof i ng mat eri ali n part s oft he count ry,
STAI NLESS STEEL St ai nl ess st eeli s used i n al laspect s ofarchi t ect ure,bui l di ng and const ruct i on.W hi l ei thas been used i nt hi si ndust ry si nce t he 1920’ s and i s nota new mat eri al ,st ai nl ess st eel ’ s use and range ofappl i cat i ons has been growi ng.St ai nl ess St eeli s used t o provi de supportand st rengt ht o a st ruct ure buti n regards t o archi t ect ure st eeli s used f orconst ruct i on work whi ch notonl y needs t of ul f i li t s purpose and be durabl e but st ai nl ess st eeli si dealf oral so creat i ng st yl et oo. Mar8, 2012. Ai rpol l ut i on,sal texposure,weat herpat t erns,desi gn and cl eani ng f requency mustbe consi dered when sel ect i ng st ai nl ess st eeland ot herconst ruct i on mat eri al si fgood l ong t erm perf ormance i s desi red.
M ATERIAL
COCONUT BARK
PRELIMINARY SKETCHE
ci t y’ s f amous el ement s i s meant t o be bot h f unct i onalas wel las aest het i c.The communi cat i on uni t , bei ng t he mai n hi ghl i ght of t he desi gn, act s as a gui de f or passengers and al so an emergency report i ng uni t .The bus st op i s al so desi gned i na way t hat i ti s wheel chai r accessi bl e wi t h a ramp bei ng provi ded. The proposal of t hi s bus st op woul d hence put f ort h a need t o address t he prerequi si t es of any bus shel t er i n an urban ci t y.
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SI DE VI EW(A)
SI DE VI EW(B)
TECHNICAL DRAWING
The bus shel t er desi gn,t aken i nspi rat i on f rom t he
SEAT FI XTURE DETAI L The seatand t he col umn are f i xed t ot he pl at f orm bu t he same t ype ofj oi nery wi t h screws hol di ng t hem i n pl ace.Thi sf i xt ure,t hough bei ng si mpl e,wi l lhol ft he st ruct ure i n pl ace and i s very common i nt he ci t yt he bus
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st op i sl ocat ed FI XTURE B
SCREWS COLUMN FI XTURE DETAI L The communi cat i on uni ti s connect ed t o an emergency report i ng but t on t hathas been i nt egrat ed i nt he back restof t he seat .The but t on i s encl osed i nt o a ni che covered by a sl i di ng door .The i ncorporat i on oft he sl i di ng doorel i mi nat es t he possi bi l i t y ofi tbei ng acci dent al y or i nt ent i onal l y mi sused by t he publ i c. SEATI NG DETAI L
SEAT JOI NERY
STRUCTURE
FI XI NG DETAI L
ROOF FI XTURE DETAI L
REI NFORCEMENT
STRUCTURAL SUPPORT
t he roofcoveri ng i sl ai d overcross beams t hatact as t he rei nf orcement . The l ongi t udi nalbeams are t hen f i xed t ot he col ums t hatsupportt he roofoft he bus st op. COMMUNI CATI ON UNI T DESI GN
ROUTE MAPS
BUS ARRI VAL AND DEPARTURE
POLI CE, FI RE AND AMBULANCE
The communi cati on serves as an emergency reporti ng uni twi th buttons to contactthe pol i ce,ambul ance and the ďŹ re servi ce. Apartfrom thi s festure,the uni tal so exhi bi tbus arri valand departure schedul e and the route maps ofthe currentbus. The communi cati on uni tal so serves i nformati on on the emergency reporti ng uni ti ncorporated i n the seats.
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