Bus shelters today
You can discover what bus shelters are like today by going to look at one with your school or family. You could use a camera or sketch pad and pencil to record what you find. |
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- Materials used and why you think they were chosen by the designer or maker
- Construction method is it welded, bolted or set in concrete?
- Can you put a name to the different parts is there a ‘framework’, a ‘canopy’ or ‘roof’?
- Who will use the shelter?
- If you look at several different styles of shelter decide which one is the best / strongest / most attractive and why you think that.
Try making a drawing that shows all the different parts of a bus shelter, almost like an ‘exploded drawing’. This will help you look at the framework, the covering material and the way that information is presented to the passengers.
Make a list of all the functions bus shelters need to meet.
