Preston Bus Station Floor Plan

It is surrounded by concrete aprons and is located in an island structure with a size and operation similar to an airport placed in the center of a rural city in the north of england with 140 000 inhabitants and priority of land access for buses.
Preston bus station floor plan. Preston bus station youth centre revised designs. 17 may 2016 by laura mark. Preston station is the central bus terminal of the district in lancashire england. Bus station architecture and design.
John puttick associates has revised its designs for a new youth centre at preston bus station an icon of brutalist architecture. In the 2000s the building was threatened with demolition as part of the city council s tithebarn. The bus station s renovation is the work of lancashire county council which in 2014 relieved its former owner preston city council of the worry of dealing with its brutalist treasure by. Conceived to meet a population boom spurred by a regional development plan that failed to transpire preston bus station offered a scale of service far in excess of actual demand.
Nonetheless while not catering for envisioned user numbers this is still a busy facility up to 10 000 passengers pass through the building every day. Preston bus station 1969. Site plan click for larger image. Ground floor plan.
In 2013 following a number of campaigns a 1969 brutalist icon in the northern british city of preston was listed. Preston bus station is the central bus station in the city of preston in lancashire england it was built by ove arup and partners in the brutalist architectural style between 1968 and 1969 to a design by keith ingham and charles wilson of building design partnership with e. Preston bus station competition landscape plan 1 500 aerial view looking north from lord street street view looking south along north road p206 key 01 covered entrance to youth zone 02 atrium cafeteria concourse of youth zone 03 service yard access to youth zone 04 secure outdoor skate park behind youth zone 05 refurbished bus station.