


i BIKE STATION
In my course of Environmental design one of the projects was to design a bike station somewhere in Vancouver, When I got this project I asked my teacher if the size of the station matter, to what she asked that it was up to me, so as someone who likes to bike around Vancouver I asked myself, what is missing in in this field?, The answer to this obviously is not paths as we have not only the seawall to bike but also there are lanes destined for bikes in the street allowing to get from your house to this area, but what I observed was that we definitely missed were stations to rest or just hang out as a community, so from this answer I decided to make an actual bike station, somewhere where people could mark as a rest place or even just go and hang out. The i Bike station is a place that provides the community a safe space to park their bikes and hang out for a bit, rest and take another look to the beautiful views that Vancouver has to offer. The proposed location is an empty part of the parking spot right beside "Rupert park" that After analyzing the area it would be a great place for people to hang out enjoy a good ride from anywhere to there and park their bikes so they can go and enjoy the second floor park with a water mirror that works as an impluvium collecting water from rain and reutilizing it as grey water for watering the garden as well as for the washrooms. The top part of the station is surrounded by solar panels that follow the sun path maximizing the use of this ones allowing the station to be a self sufficient building where most of the materials are thought to be recycled from other projects or brought from providers that follow green practices from the making to the delivery as this is another great factor to consider.

i BIKE station south view


i BIKE station top floor overlooking the impluvium
water as inspiration image
water drop inspiration



i BIKE station overlooking the impluvium
solar panels image
i BIKE station south left entry
i BIKE station south left entry


i BIKE station south right entry
i BIKE station east to west
i BIKE station east to west night


i BIKE station west to east view
i BIKE station west to east


i BIKE station from east to north west
i BIKE station top from east to west
i BIKE station ftom floor east to west snowed night




i BIKE station top floor from south to north
i BIKE station top floor east to west rained night
i BIKE station top floor from east to northwest
i BIKE station top floor from east to west snowed night


i BIKE station top floor from north east to southwest night
i BIKE station top floor from north east to southwest day


i BIKE station top floor from south west to north east day
i BIKE station top floor from south west to north east night
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