Fife Quality Bus Interchanges
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One of four interchanges for Fife
Client
Fife Council
Project
Fife Quality Bus Interchanges
Value
£4.0m/ €5.3m
Requirement:
Fife County Council commissioned us to carry out masterplanning, design and realisation for four of their bus stations. The intention was to both enhance the user experience, make a statement on the improved quality of public transport and to improve the relationship of the buildings to their surrounding contexts.
Our solution
- We took a tailored approach to each of the four locations, rethinking the relationship with the surrounding town to make its presence more subtle and integrated.
- The designs therefore needed to be modern, but responsive to the local vernacular of each setting.
- Designs are fluid and soft - we wanted to take what could be quite a large imposing building and make it feel almost ‘domestic', in keeping with the friendliness and informality of the towns they served.
- The layout uses no corners, to make the spaces safer and more inviting.
- Tree like struts support the new structures but are integrated into the building designs, so that they don't interrupt its softness.
- We used materials that meant there was no need for further cladding to the outsides, to keep costs down.
- Lots of thinking went into the concealed lighting schemes for each station, to maximise illumination and make the setting even safer and more inviting.
