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Size             / 20m²

Location      / Kuching, Sarawak

Status          / Design Concept/Competition

Award         / 3rd Prize (Graduate Architect Category)

Organizer   / Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia Sarawak Chapter (PAMSC)  

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PAM Kuching Bus Stop Competition 2021

RE : KBS (Kuching Bus Stop), where 'RE' means RE-invent, RE-shape, and RE-imagine the future bus stop. This project discussed how the daily experience of commuters can be enhanced by redesigning the bus stop as a portal with meaningful activities, joy, and daily needs. As the public bus is getting less attractive due to several factors, such as safety, reliability (punctuality), and services, RE-designing a bus stop that helps to improve customer satisfaction and accessible services is crucial to promote public bus as an attractive mode of transport. Thus, the idea of this project is to transform the conventional bus stop into a more welcoming environment providing the public with a well-considerate and more secure design where it encourages them to use public transport more often. To design a bus stop for the local community in Kuching, a city with rich ethnic culture and history, the proposal was designed in a way it resembles the traditional houses from the local villages. To show the local identity of the city, the decorative side panels and elevated stilts were implemented as part of the bus stop design. The entire bus stop was elevated to prevent rainwater and debris accumulate inside the shelter. Furthermore, as the bus stop needs to be future-proof to adapt to the rapid development world, modular systems designs were incorporated to allow the design to be portable. With this system, modular blocks can be easily manufactured, assembled, dismantle and reuse where they could be built in different site conditions and enhance the circular economy in terms of the construction. With all the design strategies, the proposed bus stop design act as the catalyst, enriching the experience in Kuching city to enhance the lifestyle of the commuters meanwhile promote Kuching as a sustainable city. 

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"LOOK HERE! STOP!"

The roof is designed in a way it was lifted to allow a better visual connection for the commuter towards the arrival of the bus. The idea of the slanted roof is also a resemblance to the hand gesture of how commuters stop the arriving bus.

proposed design.

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urban block

modular grid

subtraction to create shelter

programme module

lifted roof

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modules & 

the arrangement.

As the proposed bus stop offers a flexible and affordable development strategy, material selection is essential. In this design proposal, steel structure and polycarbonate panels were introduced as they could easily assemble and dismantle to form into various modular arrangements. In addition, taking the inspiration from the traditional houses, steel structure and the polycarbonate panels represent the new material that works the same as the traditional stilts and wooden panel while combining the decorative elements creates/introduce a new fusion of the old and new to the local community of Kuching.

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