(RE)DEFINING TRANSIT STATIONS

Abstract

This thesis aims to re-define the transit station and activity to help change the transportation culture of the city. The rapid growth in population of Islamabad with the number of people traveling increasing every day and the constant growth of the city, the need for public transportation is growing as well. The need for a transit station which can help transform a society where travel is dominated by automobiles into public transportation to facilitate the people of Islamabad and people who are traveling. To facilitate people with mass transportation and connect people who are traveling from and towards the city. Architecture should be able to facilitate both people and the vehicles together to develop cohesive spaces for both. Where vehicles are not only machines which provides transportation facilities but are objects which creates first experience of the user who are traveling. Spaces that can provide users with experience of both vehicular and social activity. Places which connects people and vehicles together. To provide all kinds of transportation facilities of city in a single zone to create a transit hub for the city. A place which becomes a major land mark for the city transportation