BUS STOPS ARE KNOWN TO BE A NEGLECTED FORM OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; THIS COULD BE BECAUSE OF THEIR COMPACT SIZE, THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISPERSION OR EVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR COMPACT SIZES AND THEIR MONO-DESIGNS. AS A RESULT OF THIS NEGLIGENCE, THE PHOTOGRAPHER CHRISTOPHER HERWIG DECIDED TO EMBARK ON A PROJECT TO COLLECT AND RECORD BUS STOPS IN THE SOVIET UNION COUNTRIES; BUS STOPS THAT FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW WERE FALSELY NEGLECTED AS THEY DESERVED TO BE SHOWCASED AND DEMONSTRATED FOR THEIR FUNCTIONALITY AND THEIR UNIQUE AESTHETIC DESIGNS.
HERWIG DECIDED ON GOING ON A LONG JOURNEY TO ACCUMULATE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE BUS STATIONS AS THEY WERE IN SECLUDED RURAL AREAS. IN DEMONSTRATING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, HE FOLLOWED THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN LIKE PROPORTIONS, DYNAMIC SHAPES, CONTRASTS ETC. IN THIS ARTICLE WE WILL DISCLOSE THE APPLICATION OF FUNCTIONALISM AND BEAUTY IN THE DESIGNS, ESPECIALLY THAT THEY WERE CREATED USING CONCRETE WHICH IS KNOWN TO BE THE ADAPTABLE MATERIAL FOR BOTH EXTREME WEATHER AND COLD.
THE IDEA OF ARCHITECTURE BEING A VERY MATERIALISTIC AND FUNCTIONAL INTERACTION WITH NATURE WAS BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC’S ATTENTION BY RELYING ON THE BASIC IDEA OF “FORM ALWAYS FOLLOWS FUNCTION”. THIS IDEA IS USED IN THE PRAGMATIST PHILOSOPHY, WHICH SHOWS THAT THE INTENDED FUNCTION OF AN OBJECT IS THE ESSENCE OF IT. A PERSON NEEDS TO FIND THE BASIC FUNCTION OF THE WANTED OBJECT FIRST, AND THEN PROCEED TO REACH THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE OBJECT.FOR OUR BUS DESIGN, WE ABSTRACTED AND READ MANY ARTICLES ABOUT THE SOVIET BUS STOPS THAT WAS WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER HERWIG AS WAS MENTIONED ABOVE.
AFTER DISCUSSING AND MEETING SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE GROUP WE HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE COLLECTION OF SOVIET BUS STOPS AS A REFERENCE AS IT SHOWS DIFFERENT SHAPES AND FORMS OF MANY BUS STOPS IN SEVERAL SPOTS.CUSTOMIZING A BUS STOP USING THE IBS SYSTEM BY GAMUDA DESIGN BY SHOWING SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL SPACE BY PROPOSING A DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STAIR CASE IN THE UNIT TO SAVE MORE SPACE.MOREOVER,THERE ARE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF DESIGNS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND DESIGNED TO SERVE PEOPLE’S NEED INFLUENCED BY THE SOVIET BUS STOPS.
NEVERTHELESS, THE PRICE DEPENDED ON RAPID MOVEMENT, TEMPORARILY STRUCTURES, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, AND A FREE DESIGN THAT CAN EASILY CHANGE AND EVOLVE WITH TIME. "THE FUN PALACE", AN IDEA THAT BELONGED TO A THEATER DIRECTOR, IN WHICH PRICE TRIED TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DANCE, SING PRACTICE A HOBBY, MOVE AROUND FREELY OR WATCH SOMEONE DOING SO. THE FUN PLACE STRUCTURE WAS A BIT IMAGINATIVE BUT I CAN SUPPORT THE CONCEPT AS IT IS SEEN IN OUR DAILY LIVES ALL AROUND US IN BUILDINGS THAT EMIT ALMOST THE SAME FUNCTION, LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS, SPORTS CLUBS, PERFORMING ART CENTERS, ETC. THESE BUILDINGS ARE THE PRACTICAL OF CEDAR'S FUN PALACE.THE SAME IDEA WAS IMPLEMENTED ON THE BUS STOP TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA THAT COULD INVOLVE ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY AROUND THE BUS STOP OR WITHIN IT. FOR EXAMPLE,A TREE COULD BE USED AS A CLIMBING ELEMENT FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON THE ROOFTOP AND READ BOOKS WHILE THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE BUS TO ARRIVE OR ELSE,THE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF THE STAIRCASE COULD BE USED AS AN EXERCISE.
IN A NUTSHELL, I’LL END THE ARTICLE BY ONE OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS OF ADRIAN FORTY, WHATEVER IS SEEN SHOULD HAVE A FUNCTION," THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERM “FUNCTION” IN ARCHITECTURE. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE I WAS TRYING TO POKE HOLES IN THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE WORD BY GOING BACK TO ITS ROOT. WE ARE TRYING TO ANALYSE THE BEAUTY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE BUS STOPS; AND HOW BOTH OF THOSE FACTORS WERE MADE IN THE CORRECT WAY TO FIT THE GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE THEY WERE BUILT IN.
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