Bus station pavilion: a marriage of design and manufacture

The Union Station bus terminal in Washington, D.C. is the focus of this article, as an architectural design studio and boatbuilder cooperated to renovate it from a old, drab terminal into a first-class showpiece. The centerpiece of the renovation, which took place in 2011, is a bright ticketing and information pavilion on the concourse, which combined creative structural design with a composites manufacturing strategy that drew on lessons learned from years of traditional boatbuilding. As bus travel increased in popularity, along with a somewhat haphazard system of depositing and picking up passengers at varying locations throughout the city, the Union Station Redevelopment Corp. (USRC) decided to consolidate all intercity travel activity on the second level of the station's parking garage. This placed all of D.C.'s intercity bus and rail service at a central, enclosed location, which increased passenger convenience. The challenge was to transform the concrete landscape of the parking garage into an inviting passenger transit area. The details of the successful process are presented here.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/bus-station-pavilion-a-marriage-of-design-and-manufacture
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10834117
• Authors:
  • Sloan, Jeff
• Publication Date: 2013-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 36-41
• Serial:
  • Composites Technology
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Gardner Publications Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1083-4117

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus terminals; Case studies; Composite materials; Design of specific facilities; Manufacturing; Rehabilitation
• Identifier Terms: Union Station (Washington, District of Columbia)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Boatbuilders
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Materials; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I30: Materials; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01505114
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2014 10:45AM