Bristol Bus Station

The new bus station has a simple linear plan and is located across the widest part of the site to maximise.

The concourse gives access to nineteen bus bays and incorporates ticket offices, waiting areas, café, newsagents and other ancillary facilities.

Brief

  • replace and consolidate outdated transport facility
  • new bus station built in tandem with a new courthouse and key worker housing

Results

  • highly transparent concourse provides maximum visual contact with its surroundings, and creates a calm and airy environment for passengers

Facts

Location: Bristol, UK
Client: Amey Ventures. Novated to Mowlem (now Carillion) upon financial close
Construction cost: £3.5m
Completed: 2006

Integrated services

masterplanning,  architecture,  structural engineering,  environmental engineering,  interior design,  acoustics

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