Prologue - First Encounters

0.III V1 Urban Artefacts

Preston Bus Station 1.2500 Infrastructural Mapping & Model Making

Preston Bus Station was built in 1969 by BDP Architects as a vision for Preston as an Infrastructural Hub. The 170m long building was designed to accommodate 80 double decker buses and 1100 cars. A double height ground floor, designed to emulate the luxury of air travel for those unable to afford it, layered beneath car parking and enveloped in bus terminals. Preston was a crucial node along the countries first motorway and the vision was for the city to become a commuting hub for the North West and the design anticipated a subsequent population boom. Though this original vision fell short, Preston is still an important node within infrastructural networks nationwide. The 1:2500 model was used to locate the building within the wider infrastructure of Preston and be used as a base over which to layer tectonic maps showing the interweaving networks of pedestrian, public and vehicular infrastructure.

*Please refer to the Appendix pp.48 to refer to the entire Urban Artefacts Research Project