Case Study Vadodara Bus Station: To 35,000 Passengers Daily
Case Study Vadodara Bus Station: To 35,000 Passengers Daily
1- PUBLIC ENTRANCE (4.5m WIDE) SR NO. SPACE/AREA OCCUPANCY NO OF UNITS AREA/UNIT(sq.m) TOTAL AREA(sq.m)
2- AUTO STAND (20 AUTOS)
17 3- DROP/PICK POINT (COMUTERS) 1 BUS TERMINAL
11 16
14
15
4- CORRIDORE (13.5 x 3.0)
13 5- TICKET GALLERY (8.0 x 8.0) Bus platforms 20 + 5 buses for Naroda to West and Naroda to Dehgam
Waiting area with small kiosks(4-5 200 1 500 500
11
12
6- GUJRAT TOURISM CABIN (1.8 x 1.8) Sqmt)
7- SECURITY MANAGER CABIN (1.2 x 1.4) Enquiry counter 3 1 15 15
8- TICKET COUNTER (6.0 x1.2) Parcel Office 3 1 20 20
Ticket counter 3 8 25 25
9- CLOAK ROOM (3.5 x 1.8) 1st Class Waiting area 50 1 100 100
8
10 - MALE TOILET (3.5 x 4.5) VIP Rest Rooms 1-2 5 10 50
9 11 - STAIRCASE (1m WIDE) Crew/driver restroom 20 1 60 60
12- WAITNING + CIRCULATION AREA (90 sqmt) Cafeteria with outdoor sitting 100 1 100 100
7
10
6 5
13- WATER BODY (6.5 x 2.5) Administrative office – 1 5 55
18 Reception desk 1
14- CAFETERIA (10 x 5) Service area 10 30
Managers Cabin 1 10
15- PARCEL OFFICE (5 x 3.5) Tourist Information Cabin 2
4 10
19
16- FEMALE TOILET (5 x 5) Stationery And xerox 6 1 10 10
3
17- MALE TOILET (5x 5) ATM 1 6 6
2 Wash room
18- CIRCULATION & PARKING AREA FOR BUSES (425 Male 6 30 30
sqmt) Female 6 30 30
19- DROP POINT (BUS)
1150
20- BUS ENTRANCE (5.5m WIDE)
21- COMERCIAL MALL AREA (600 sqmt) 2 OFFICES AND DORMITORY
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THE SITE AREA OF BUS TERMINAL AT VADODARA IS 22,325 SQMT AND BUILT-UP AREA IS 1.8 TIMES THE
SITE AREA (40,150 SQMT) THE TERMINUS ALREADY HANDLES OVER 800 BUSES AND AS MANY AS 28,000
TO 35,000 PASSENGERS DAILY.
THE TERMINAL HAS 4 ACCESSES : 1st IS BUS ENTRY, 2nd IS BUS EXIT, 3rd IS PUBLIC ENTRY DIRECTLY TO
THE TERMINAL, AND 4th IS THROUGH THE SHOPPING AREA.
THE SITE IS WEST FACING AND THE ROAD WIDTH IS 18m PEOPLE AS WELL AS BUSSES ACCESSES
THROUGH.
TRANSIT HUB SITE
LOCATION : Central Workshop SUMMARY –
GSRTC, Narol-Naroda Road A transit hub is the spine of any city. It serves the most basic necessity for the city
that is transportation. But when we hear about ‘Transit Hub’, the first thing that
SITE AREA : 25000 sq.mts comes to our mind is either train or bus or metro or all combined. The fashion of
60mt wide road to west and 10 creating huge transit hubs without any concern for the immediate society
mt wide road to south around it has a deteriorating effect on itself. Because of this, people have to
adjust to the design rather than creating an adaptive design. A transit hub does
LANDMARKS: not necessarily needs to be just a starting or ending point of a journey. It can
Madhav Garden also serve as a node for the community that surrounds or resides around the hub.
Naroda Patiya police Station But how does this happen? How to get the community involved in the process?
State Reserve Police Force The answers lies in the needs and aspirations of the society. If their wants and
Saijpur Lake demands can be met on an optimum level at a place which provides them an
Karnavati Superspeciality escape from their daily schedule & also gives them a new set of viewpoint for
Hospital the environment surrounding them, then the space will act as a node for the
Navyug Public school society & passengers.
AIM –
AMENITIES : To create a nodal integration between the transit hub and public space serving
Madhav Garden as a free space for the people residing around the transit hub.
Saijpur Lake
Karnavati Superspeciality
Hospital
AMC Garden
Sikotar Maa Temple
Navyug Public school
SUN PATH
WIND PATH
TRANSIT HUB / CONCEPTUAL
BUS
TERMINAL
MASSING BASED ON IMPORTANCE
MASSING BASED ON IMPORTANCE
The massing is done in such a way where the axis of
The massing is done in such a way where the axis of
usage and connectivity to the public is taken into
usage and connectivity to the public is taken into
consideration . The axis here is taken diagonal which
consideration . The blocks which is supposed to act as
can create opening and pockets on all the road sides
landmark to show importance of the building and one
giving four pockets which can be catered to different
which is subtle and needs to merge with the surrounding
public usage and parking of vehicles and buses . The
due to low heights of building around . The negative
massing is done along the diagonal and divided into
space opens up on the major road side and the
three parts of different zoning elements thus creating a
massing is carved in a way which gives more of the
undulating building fabric – scattered and at the same
negative space on the road side which can be sued for
CUTTING OUT PARTS FOR PUBLIC SPACES time connected along a strip of line .
public as well as parking of the buses and the vehicel
CUTTING OUT PARTS FOR PUBLIC SPACES
ZONING BASED ON THE FORMATION OF FUCTIONS ZONING BASED ON THE FORMATION OF FUCTIONS
BUS
TERMINAL OFFICES
WAITING DORMITORY LARGE OFFICES BUS TERMINAL SHOPPING
AREA FOR USERS PERSONAL LARGE WAITING AREA FACILITIES
PERSONAL SMALL
LARGE
ANCHOR
STORES
MULTIPLEX
SHOPPING
MULTIPLEX
FACILITIES
SMALL
LARGE
3d VIEWS OF MASSING
3d VIEWS OF MASSING