Studio Twenty Seven Architecture

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions

Studio Twenty Seven Architecture

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Ehlert/bryan Inc

MEP ENGINEER
Mce Engineers

MEP ENGINEER (FOR RESTROOM/SHIPPING CONTAINER)
Faron Bean, Le, Leed-ap

SHOP DRAWINGS (FOR RESTROOM/SHIPPING CONTAINER)
Proj X Llc

PAVILION FABRICATOR
Compmillenia Llc

CONTAINER FABRICATION
Sg Blocks

CONTAINER FABRICATOR (FOR RESTROOM/SHIPPING CONTAINER)
Sg Blocks

MANUFACTURERS
Carlisle Syntec, Cement Board Fabricators, Clarkdietrich, Columbia Lighting, Corian® Design, Dow Building Solutions, Dupont, Elizabeth Dow, Kadee Industries, Lamar Lighting, Mapei, Sherwin-williams,
Stone Source, Toto, Acor, Ipe, Lamar, Stanley Hardware, Wac Lighting

CONTRACTOR
Monarc Construction

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Washington, United States

CATEGORY
Bus Station, Rest Area, Pavilion

Text description provided by architect.

In 2012, Union Station became the new central location for intercity bus travel in Washington DC.

The new bus transit center is located in the parking garage, removed from the facilities and amenities of the majestic Beaux Arts masterpiece next door.

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander

Studio Twenty Seven Architecture was asked to design a solution that would provide amenities to the bus traveler without requiring them to leave the bus deck.

Using the metaphor of a Zen garden, the new bus transit center comprises three pavilions. The first pavilion serves as "rocks" in the field. This is formed from two ovoid shapes, merged together, created from booleaned ellipsoid monocoque geometry.

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander

This method provided for cost effective cast fiberglass fabrication and assembly by a North Carolina based ship builder. This pavilion contains ticketing and shopping kiosks, two programs that easily fit into non-orthogonal forms.

The second pavilion is the rock garden's "pochi," or meditation porch, overlooking the neighboring arrangement. This pavilion serves as a waiting space, with a wood and glass enclosure for hot and cold days and a bamboo-encircled open air deck is for mild days.

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander

The last pavilion contains restrooms. Due to the trains running below, this pavilion had to be set off at a distance to accommodate the practical plumbing need.

Because of this, and the pavilion’s purely utilitarian function, it was decided that this should speak of what it truly is. A series of recycled shipping containers serve as the armature for this discreet comfort station.

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander

Pavilion one inset panels are Morse code for popular Death Cab for Cuties lyrics from "Soul Meets Body:

‘Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station

Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations

So they may have a chance of finding a place

where they’re far more suited than here

These lyrics were translated and rounded into MDF panels and then fabricated from color coated vacuum sealed fiberglass.

Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander


Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander
Union Station Bus Deck Pavilions
© Anice Hoachlander


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