VALPOI BUS STAND, GOA

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID

 VALPOI BUS STAND & COMMUNITY HALL

LOCATION: INTRODUCTION:
VALPOI BUS STAND AND • Government of Goa proposes to construct a multi-utility public building in Valpoi,
COMMUNITY HALL, VILL. a small town in the Western Ghats.
VALPOI, GOA, INDIA
• It had to include a Bus Stand, a Community Hall and a Children Park with a
Jogging track.
ARCHITECT:
RAHUL DESHPANDEY & • The Building complex required to be maintenance free and in low budget, with all
ASSOCIATES units independent in their operations, function and administration.

• .Valpoi being nestled in the magnificent Western Ghats is often frequented by an

CLIENT: army of hovering clouds that carry with them an armor of lightning and thunder.
Goa State Infrastructure
Development Corporation • The design aspires to capture this wonder of nature.
(GSIDC)
• Valpoi faces an annual rainfall of 200 inches from June to October. The design
AREA: 2862 SQ. M. evolved in response to the brief and the climate

YEAR: 2013 • The plan therefore is Compact, less Porous, yet Open in its attitude, well
ventilated and adequately lit.

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID

 VALPOI BUS STAND & COMMUNITY HALL

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID

 VALPOI BUS STAND & COMMUNITY HALL

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID

 VALPOI BUS STAND & COMMUNITY HALL

ABOUT THE DESIGN:

• The Bus stand is an independent entity boasting with its wide
entry and exit, 10 parking bays and 9 idle parking.

• Its plan is commuter friendly, spacious and open. It provides for

shops, waiting areas, toilets and drivers rest areas.

• The overwhelming roof shelters the buses and commuters

from the scorching heat and the fury of rains.

• The Security House and the Toilet block though separate units
blend into the fabric of design.

• The triangular exposed laterite walls masquerading as

mountains in the landscape, gives a sense of direction to the
visitor and his eye, being sheltered by an overpowering yet
graceful metal clad roof which floats as a cloud, at times teases
to express itself as a stroke of lighting.

• A deliberate attempt to create an illusion of suspension and

lightness, is pulled off through a series of eloquent
cantilevering roofs and unattached walls.

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID

 VALPOI BUS STAND & COMMUNITY HALL

“The journey is more important than the destination”- precisely the notion of
the design. Through a labyrinth of laterite wall passages you reach the
Community hall welcoming you with its vastness and silence. The decor is
minimal, the lighting cleverly restrained and space wonderfully sublime.

NATIONAL CASE STUDY ON BUS TERMINAL SALAHUDDIN MOHAMMAD KHALID