CAF Newhouse project #927: Recent activity

Thanks for entering the 2011 Newhouse Architecture Competition and thanks for all your hard work this semester.  Although your project was not awarded a prize last week, we hope you enjoyed working on the bus shelter design project and have learned some new skills along the way.
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To get a behind-the-scenes view of the judging process, visit our Flickr page.  We also encourage you to visit the Robert Morris University Gallery (downtown Chicago) between now and June 11 to see your project on display, along with all the student projects in the competition.  Best wishes in your future architectural explorations!

You have developed a most fascinating scheme for the 2011CAF Newhouse Competition. In many ways, your scheme challenges some of the fundamental assumptions about bus shelters. The addition of seating and a viewing platform on the roof of the bus shelter is brilliant. This would be a great place to wait for, and watch for, the approaching bus. The lower area, with its glass and automatic doors, provides a shelter that functions in the bitter cold months.
As you continue to work on projects in the future, a couple of thoughts to keep in mind. As inventive as your concepts are, the inclusion of a traditional looking wood stair with lattice rail is in stark contrast with the shapes, materials and colors of the main element. The use of an elevator, perhaps even outdoor and shaped to match the round platform, would address the requirement to give full access to the upper platform and to integrate into the architectural language.
Congratulations again on a very successful scheme.

Thanks for entering the 2011 CAF Newhouse Architecture Competition! Until the judges have completed evaluating all student projects, you are temporarily blocked from accessing your account or working on this project. Please check back sometime after May 26 for the competition results. Good luck!