Design Highlights

 

We were given a project, in that I was supposed to work on a bus stop. I proposed the design of a bus shelter close to a school. The problems investigated throughout the project are thermal comfort and traffic. I designed a semi-open bus shelter thus blocking the winter winds was a challenge, consuming more sunlight into space throughout the winter was a challenge since the sun angle was low since the location was in Philadelphia which is a cold place, requires extra thought for attending thermal comfort.

While Analysing the site I found the reason behind traffic, firstly henry ave is the main road in that area secondly site was very close to junction / single and third most important, site is located near to school so in peak hours I noticed bus takes more time to load and unload passengers and but always stands on road and that causes traffic problem.  For further study I used measuring instruments to measure noise level, CO2 level, Air temperature, Radial temperature, Wind speed and direction, light intensity, etc. even I identified materials and greenery on site that helped me to calculate thermal comfort using PMV tool.

 

Concept And proposal

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While designing the bus stop, I, first of all, solved the problem of traffic by building a bay for the buses, so that while loading and unloading the passengers the traffic flow would not be affected. I designed barriers in such a way that they can stop or divert winter winds coming from the northwest and I planted trees and designed a barrier like louvers in such a way that they can act as a barrier as well as filter and reduce the temperature of summer winds coming from the southwest direction.

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Other design strategies

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• -on-road, every vehicle create turbulence i.e. air pressure, that blowing wind

• or air pressure can be used to generate electricity using fins connected to

• dynamos and that electricity can be used for lighting at the bus stop.

• -Use of natural materials or low carbon-emitting material

• -Land conservation

• -Cost Efficiency
   

Design for human Adaption:                                                    

1. Protecting human health and comfort

2.Protecting Physical Resources.

And this can be done by 1. Thermal comfort.

2. Acoustic Comfort.

3.Daylighting.

4. Functionality.

5.Aesthetics.

6. Design For fire protection.

7. Resist Natural Hazards.

8. Design for crime prevention

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Software Used: AutoCAD, Sketchup, PMV, Powerpoint