BRT

1) EXTENT

2) ELEMENTS & MATERIALS

3) ADA-SM: COMPLETED
PROJECTS

4) CONSIDERATIONS
 72 km
Bus Lines
EXTENT:

Complete
in Dec 19

Priority Lines
open June 19
METRO
METRO
and BRT
 METRO
BRT, and CBS

An integrated,
comprehensive
public transport
system
PRIORITY
LINES
 Bridges

BRT Terminals

Key elements Streetscapes

Stations
Stops
(Community
Bus Stops)
§

Numbers
BRT:
Terminals: 4
Stations: 53
Bridges: 27
Park and Ride: 4
Bus Stops (CBS);
Type 1: 104 Type 2: 166
Type 3: 631 Type 4: 38
Neighbourhood / Feeder; 1769
 Laguna Gold Perforated Cladding
TERMINALS
2
 BRT TERMINAL 4B1
39 Exterior Perspective
Light Well Flowing curved roof Indoor Planters with integrated seating
EASTERN BUS TERMINAL (AL AMIR ROAD)
Cast in-situ concrete

2 Granite banding (cobble stones)

Granite Slabs (200x600x40mm)

PARK & RIDE

Connected to a
Terminal
STATIONS
(53)

Concrete
elements

Perforated steel
roof structure
Light and Dark
grey concrete
block paving
‘Laguna Gold’ Perforated
Aluminium Cladding

Polished Granite Tiling

Brushed Aluminium
Structure

Charcoal Grey Signage

BRIDGES
(28)

Prinipal
material =
Steel & Per-
forated steel
cladding
RT STREETSCAPE APPROACH

STREETSCAPES

• Distinctive character
• Sense of place around brt stations
• Trees for shading to create a comfortable pedestri-
an experience
• Ornamental planting for amenity
• Local materials
TYPICAL
TYPICAL SIDEWALK
PEDESTRIAN ARRANGEMENTS
ROAD CROSSINGTYPICAL SEATING ZONE

• Creating High Quality, Inclusive Pedestrian Environments

 BUS STOPS
(CBS)

CBS
TYPE 4
(38)
 CBS
TYPE 3
(631)
 CBS
TYPE 2
(166)
 CBS
TYPE 1
(104)
 TOTEM

EX.BUILDING SET BACK LINE

3.700 EXISTING FOOTPATH NOTES:

0
50

EX.ANGULAR PARKING
2.

LEGEND :

R0.250
0
.25

2.900
R0
3.50

3.30

TRAFFIC LANE / MANEUVERING

1.600 2.400 1.000 2.400 1.600 1.600 2.400 1.000 2.400 1.600
3.50

18.000
3.50

REV. DATE DESCRIPTION APP.

CLIENT :

DETAIL E
ARRIYADH DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

TYPICAL N E D
MEDIAN O V
CONSULTANT :

TI PRO
ADA-SM LAS (Boedeker Landscape Architects)

P
O AP PROJECT :
RIYADH BUS PROJECT

1:100 ET
Community Bus Stops

Feeder / FEEDER BUS TOTEM LOCATED IN Y DRAWING TITLE :

Neighbourhood EXISTING ANGULAR PARKING OT FEEDER BUS STOPS

N
TYPICAL DETAIL E

DESIGNED: I.Z DRAWN : N.R CHECKED: M.L

Standard DATE:

DWG NO :
STATUS:
SHEET
OF 01
SCALE : AS SHOWN

REV : 01

Type
01
 External Landscape
Materials

Dark Grey Simple

Powder Coated Concrete Block
Litter Bins Paving

Equal access for

disabled people Planting
Perforated Concrete Benches
ADA-SM
• King Abdullah Road:
Spheres

• King Abdullah Road:

Book Gate Plaza
Completed Projects
• Salahuddin Bridge and
Underpass

• Salahuddin Plaza

• Old Aiport Road Clover-leaf

 King
• iconic, world class public art Abdullah Road
West;
‘Spheres’
 King Abdullah
• integrated with landscape design Road; Book gate
Plaza
 Salahuddin
• including strategic transport infrastructure Bridge
and Tunnel
• and destination public realm spaces Salahuddin
Plaza
 Old
• place responsive, bold landscape design, Aiport
• with strong graphic led design approach Road
Clover Leaf
 BRT
• Advertising

• Spatial Constraints

• Opportunities; Key
Considerations & Locations

Opportunities • Opportunities... Some

initial thoughts for art
in BRT from willing
collaborators
Advertising
 Advertising Panel:
- Screen proposed to be used 2900x1500mm
- Two screens in each allocated space
- ELEC Power + Data provision allocated @ 1800mm

Advertising Panel:
- Screen proposed to be used 2900x1500mm
- Two screens in each allocated space
- ELEC Power + Data provision allocated @ 1800mm

Advertising
Advertising
 Internal empty floor space
in terminals, stations and
stops must be kept clear
of obstruction

Providing a clutter free,

pedestrian friendly
environment is essential

Footway widths are limited

with many pressures on the
available space
Spatial Constraints
Below ground structures and
service lines
 Established

BRT
RT Community
Saudi
Artists

A dynamic showcase art

Emerging
for Local Talent? talent
 Playful

Interactive

Relevant

Interactive
‘one off ’ Launch
Opportunity
installations
 Artist
designed
crossings
 Artist
designed • Low Cost
crossings • Can be short term / changing
• High Impact
 Art to
support launch
of network

A small
selection of Showcasing the best of Saudi Art
buses with bespoke
livery?
 Community
led art linked to
environmental / • Working with schools and
educational communities to develop
issues? temporary art
 BRT as a
platform for art...
...make links to
Paralell initiatives
such as...
... connectivity... • Vision 2030
... movement...
...community... • ‘Greening Arriyadh’
...inclusion...
...traditional and modern... • Environmental awareness
...health & wellbeing...
...the value of trees... • Education initiatives
...promotion of government
initiatives...

‘I HAVE NO STUDIO.
MY STUDIO IS WHERE
I CAN FIND PEOPLE’
Abdulnasser Gharem
Saudi Artist
 Opportunity

work with
#1local
artists
Lulwah al Hamood

• A pioneer in Saudi Arabia’s contemporary art movement, Lulwah Al Hamoud is celebrated for an intricate process that
uses Arabic letters to form absorbingly complex abstract works
 Outstanding
Saudi
talent

Nugamshi currently lives in Riyadh. He trained as a graphic designer specializing in branding and type design; he
currently works as a graphic designer for a local fashion online store in Riyadh, focusing on its print and web design.
 Outstanding
Saudi
Talent

Yusef Alahmad is a Saudi graphic designer and artist based in San Francisco, Lina Gazzaz is an artist based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She has participated in
California multiple solo and group exhibitions in Saudi Arabia, the United States, Lebanon,
the UK and the UAE and received the Painting Award at the Prophet Moham-
med Festival in Dubai.