The Metro Plinth
- Renuka
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 26, 2020

Pravallika Enaganti | As a major transport node, the metro station plinth can serve to integrate the various aspects of the urban fabric present, easing the user journey.
Project description
Project idea
The idea is to design the plinth of a metro station to integrate it into the surrounding urban scape while catering to the needs of the public and by doing so, increasing the efficiency of the user journey through the station as well as to this public transport mode.
Need for the project
The approach to the design aspect of the metro station area as a part of the surrounding neighbourhood has been clearly neglected which has brought to light concerns such as unauthorized parking, a lack of attention to bicycle lanes and pedestrian movement and road damage. When reworked and redesigned, the impact could facilitate better connectivity and regulated traffic flow as well as making the area more public friendly.
Objective of the project
To merge the public transit with the existing urban pattern of the environment around it by reimagining the relation with existing elements of the urban structure such as other public transport modes and the prevailing activities undertaken by the public in the vicinity.
Project site details

Site selection criteria
1. First criteria: The site must be located around a metro station in the ward
2. Second criteria: The site can expand to cover a 100m radius around a metro station area
Site details

Area of the site - 3625 sqm
Main access roads are Kundalahalli Main Road, ITPL Main Road and Seetharampalya-Hoodi Road
Key features are
- The exact location of the site is on a main road connecting Hoodi in the north and Marathahalli towards the south. - Surrounded by privatised industrial land and high rise residential with scattered commercial spaces.
- No water bodies immediately next to the site but the Seetharampalya Lake is present towards the east of the site at a distance of approximately 500m.

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