Transport hub – The southern portal of Chennai

Integrated transport hubs are nonetheless more than pragmatic transit hubs to be designed
solely with fluid movement in mind. They are social centres and expressions of civic identity that
can boost local pride. By unfolding the landscape, and through careful exploitation of circulation
networks, the transport hub is to be designed with modern amenities. The question of how to
future-proof metro hubs and bus terminals will be explored during the design process. The
existing context and its character will be encouraged to evolve and transform, thus establishing
a connected sense of being. In a world where transit patterns and technologies change rapidly,
the new challenge of material usage and infrastructure development arises. The vision is to
create a visually striking contemporary transit hub at Kilambakkam in Chennai. The
development of this New Mofussil Bus Terminus (NMBT) in the periphery of Chennai
Metropolitan Area (CMA) is to relieve the congestion within the city and also for catalysing the
even dispersal of urban growth. The purpose of the project is to conceive and implement a plan
for the live proposal. A sense of time will be created through the manipulation of a historically
rooted context and result in a facility that will open outward into the future.