A new bus station designed by Arup Associates in London’s Vauxhall will have a ski-slope roof with photovoltaic cells to generate electricity for lighting; a police station; ‘modern versions of old-fashioned French pissoirs’; and the integration of every last lamp, seat, sign and CCTV camera into one seamless design. As the Guardian newspaper reports:
The British bus station is rarely glamorous. The very words conjure images of some grim, diesel-soaked, piss-streaked, fluorescent-lit hellhole. In another
location, the Vauxhall station’s stainless-steel structure, at once flamboyant, thoughtful and glamorous, might be considered altogether too exciting.
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They make big play of the fact that it is solar powered. The other day, I walked past and it was generating enough electricity to power 13 100W bulbs. The CO2 emmissions saved by using solar power will never make up for CO2 used in creating the massive metal wing that the solar panels sit on. Kinda counterproductive, huh?
April 12th, 2005 at 11:26 am
The bus station designed by Arup Associates in London’s Vauxhall is very nice, sadly only a few weeks after it was completed, a bus mounted the pavement and crashed into the end of it. It is 3 years since this has happened and no repairs have been carried out. lol Can any one let us know why. The damage means 2 bus shelters have been boarded up all this time and its a disgrace.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Never thought i would like a bus stop so much Felt like Buck Rogers or the Mighty Ming might apear at any moment.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:45 am
has anyone also noticed that the roof leaks and that the roof between the underground station and bus station isnt complete so you have to walk out into the rain…?
oh, and the lift didnt work for months…
and the legs still arent finished and its getting on for 4 years since it ‘opened’ in september 2004!
oh…and that the big LED Underground Logo at the spiky end has finally gone out…after stopping fading between colours…
waste of public money the lot of it…
July 25th, 2008 at 1:08 pm