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La Rosette – Taxi Stand - Architizer Competition 2011
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La Rosette – Taxi Stand - Architizer Competition 2011
Competition Background
The proposal was presented to the ideas competition “Le taxi prend ses aires!” launched by Design Montréal for the development of new taxi stands. Designers in all disciplines were invited to propose innovative solutions for enhancing taxi customers' and drivers' experience of this public space they share.The following are the main criteria that the proposal had to fulfil:
The quality of the user experience and integration of the human factors that testify to a good understanding of the behaviours and perceptions of both taxi drivers and customers;
The definition of an identity specific to these waiting/transition areas;
The innovative qualities of the project and the contribution of creative solutions aiming to meet the needs of both drivers and customers;
The formal and aesthetic qualities of the project, its integration within the urban environment, and the atmosphere created by the planned intervention.
All proposals had to integrate a connection point for electric recharge for hybrid taxis.
Project Description
The proposal consists on an arched structure which integrates the logo of the city of Montreal known as 'La Rosette'. The structure is fabricated with a fibre composite made out of a transparent polymeric resin with embedded fibre glass.
One of the main aspects that distinguishes this proposal among the rest participants is the consideration of a local environmental constraint that pretty much defines the winter months in Montreal, such as the snow. My proposal converted the snow into an opportunity by making it part of the structure. The integrated roof-column structure allows for the snow to be stored in the hollow columns. Lights in different colors would have been projected onto the snow, rendering magnificent crystal-like shadows patterns into the public space. This playful initiative was intended to bring joy and color to typically grey city centre areas.
The covered area underneath the roof was conceived to provide taxi drivers with a more friendly space to rest, eat and simply wait for a costumer or in between rides. This area also allows customers to wait patiently regardless of the weather conditions.
We live in a time built up on interactive technologies and thus, the integration of a taxi call system was imperative. The proposal counts with an integrated interphone to call taxis and make emergency calls. Contact numbers for multiple taxi services as well as bus transportation routes, plans of the city and other local information are projected on the top surface of the bench which is made out of a translucent polymer resin.
Finally, the proposal also includes for points for electric recharge to supply hybrid taxis.
Montreal is known as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city. This taxi stand proposal intended to contribute to such character being a structure of reference within contemporary architecture.
Why this project deserves a second shot at glory?
Adventurous proposals such the one I presented for this competition are sometimes discounted by public institutions due a combination between certain fear for innovation and lack of time to consider novel proposals. My proposal used a fibre composite structure which would have required special fabrication and handling techniques but which would have very much enhanced public spaces in Montreal and certainly attracted research interests from several local universities.
The integration of the electric charger for hybrid taxis, the playful initiative simply using snow and lighting, together with its original but user friendly geometry could have certainly fulfilled the needs of the citizens as well as initiated a trend for research and innovation in the city of Montreal.
The proposal was presented to the ideas competition “Le taxi prend ses aires!” launched by Design Montréal for the development of new taxi stands. Designers in all disciplines were invited to propose innovative solutions for enhancing taxi customers' and drivers' experience of this public space they share.The following are the main criteria that the proposal had to fulfil:
The quality of the user experience and integration of the human factors that testify to a good understanding of the behaviours and perceptions of both taxi drivers and customers;
The definition of an identity specific to these waiting/transition areas;
The innovative qualities of the project and the contribution of creative solutions aiming to meet the needs of both drivers and customers;
The formal and aesthetic qualities of the project, its integration within the urban environment, and the atmosphere created by the planned intervention.
All proposals had to integrate a connection point for electric recharge for hybrid taxis.
Project Description
The proposal consists on an arched structure which integrates the logo of the city of Montreal known as 'La Rosette'. The structure is fabricated with a fibre composite made out of a transparent polymeric resin with embedded fibre glass.
One of the main aspects that distinguishes this proposal among the rest participants is the consideration of a local environmental constraint that pretty much defines the winter months in Montreal, such as the snow. My proposal converted the snow into an opportunity by making it part of the structure. The integrated roof-column structure allows for the snow to be stored in the hollow columns. Lights in different colors would have been projected onto the snow, rendering magnificent crystal-like shadows patterns into the public space. This playful initiative was intended to bring joy and color to typically grey city centre areas.
The covered area underneath the roof was conceived to provide taxi drivers with a more friendly space to rest, eat and simply wait for a costumer or in between rides. This area also allows customers to wait patiently regardless of the weather conditions.
We live in a time built up on interactive technologies and thus, the integration of a taxi call system was imperative. The proposal counts with an integrated interphone to call taxis and make emergency calls. Contact numbers for multiple taxi services as well as bus transportation routes, plans of the city and other local information are projected on the top surface of the bench which is made out of a translucent polymer resin.
Finally, the proposal also includes for points for electric recharge to supply hybrid taxis.
Montreal is known as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city. This taxi stand proposal intended to contribute to such character being a structure of reference within contemporary architecture.
Why this project deserves a second shot at glory?
Adventurous proposals such the one I presented for this competition are sometimes discounted by public institutions due a combination between certain fear for innovation and lack of time to consider novel proposals. My proposal used a fibre composite structure which would have required special fabrication and handling techniques but which would have very much enhanced public spaces in Montreal and certainly attracted research interests from several local universities.
The integration of the electric charger for hybrid taxis, the playful initiative simply using snow and lighting, together with its original but user friendly geometry could have certainly fulfilled the needs of the citizens as well as initiated a trend for research and innovation in the city of Montreal.
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