Bus Stop Design

The aim of this project was to gather what we have learned and use it to design a bus shelter, which should be unique in design and sustainable in terms of construction and materials. This particular bus shelter is designed for a public space in İzmir, thus its climatic requirements are designed according to İzmir’s climate, which is generally warm and sunny throughout the year. The shelter has an angular, linear design, it is permeable allowing light and air circulation through its open two sides. It is lightweight in structure because it is constructed with
aluminum framework system and has solar panels incorporated to it to use solar energy for various purposes. In order to create sustainable design lightweight construction methods have been used and aluminum has been used as the main construction material which requires very small energy to recycle, avoiding
carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. Solar Panels and Photovoltaic Panels; panels are placed at the three sides of the shelter to convert solar energy into electric energy. In order to absorb as most solar energy as possible, solar panels are placed continuously at the sides with as much surface area as possible. Solar panels are connected with a pivot joint so that they can easily. lt according to the sun’s altering angle and they are placed
on each side to be able to adjust orientation. The incidence angle of solar rays is calculated by using the given
sun’s movement for that location throughout the day and the year. From the research I have made, solar angles for Izmir has been calculated as: Spring 29.61, Summer 19,09, Fall 47,21, and Winter 57,33, the optimal annual angle is calculated to be 34,43. In order to achieve all these angles panels are pivoting, their connections are then joined with the horizontal beams via welding and galvanized anchor bolts. These panels are supplying power for the nightlights, phone chargers, LED screen and the map within the shelter.

Aluminium frame system, double glazed panels integrated with PVC and solar panels.