Break Away From Your Day
Greensboro citizens who ride public transportation are not only practical, but also help to save our environment by reducing air pollution. However, riding public transportation is not always the most pleasant experience. The buses are set up with conventional seating that unfortunately vibrates you along the ride as well as the rest of the bus. There is little if any air circulation and no time to have peace of mind. So, it is time to give back to the bus riders.
The bus shelter will be located on the University of North Carolina at Greensboro campus; it will be on the corner of Spring Garden St. and Tate St. right beside the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
The bus shelter provides an environment that allows bus riders to escape from the contrasting experience of city transportation and daily routines, while utilizing the sites natural elements. Setting the base of the structure back from the sidewalk will divide a space a separation to the getaway. The brick base will coincide with the existing sidewalk in front of the bus shelter. Integrating louvers on walls perpendicular to the street will allow wind flow through the bus shelter. A transparent rooftop provides nature’s natural elements by allowing the view of overhanging trees, sunlight and the sky. Wicker seating represents the interconnection from the Greensboro community to citizens’ daily routines and experiences. Suspended and reclining seats will permit an escape to ones leisure time. Being able to escape from daily elements is now part of ones path from point A to point B.
