Hsinchu Bus Terminal / KRIS YAO | ARTECH

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Architects: KRIS YAO | ARTECH
Location: Hsinchu Bus Terminal, XinZhu, Taiwan
Lead Architects: Kris Yao
Project Principle: Glen Lu
Design Team: Albert Liu, Pei-Ying Jiang, Roy Sung, Jess Chi
Area: 1462.54 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Jeffrey Cheng, Kyle Yu

Structural Consultants: Federal Engineering Consultant, Inc.
Mep& Fire Protection & Hvac Consultants: Majestic Engineering Consultants Inc.
Measurement: Grand Ages Surveying Consultants Company Limited
Foundation: Jia-mao Construction Co., Ltd.
Contractor: Longfong Group
Building Structure: Reinforced Concrete
Materials: Architectural Concrete, Perforated Aluminum Panel, Glass
Construction Inspection Team: Sony Pan, Chien-Liang Chen
Building Use: Station

Text description provided by the architects. In order to relieve congestion of traffic and to enhance new urban development of the “back side” of the old Hsinchu Train Station, the City decided to move the Bus Terminal to this new location on the back of the Station.

With this, the small terminal needs to achieve two purposes: to establish an efficient and safe people/bus flow on the ground level, and to create a “billboard” architecture for the public to re-orient themselves around the station area.

The two-story architectural concrete terminal building is simple and straightforward, with buses circling on the outer peripheral areas and people entering from the center, avoiding any conflicts between them.

The “billboard” part of the building features lofty steel frameworks cladded with perforated aluminum panels. In the daytime, this gigantic billboard mainly shows its silver-metallic color on the outside; while in the evenings, the bright red color from inside reveals itself, giving the terminal a new urban energy and a sleek sight.