Comments on: A New Bus for London by Heatherwick Studios http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Terry Houng http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/comment-page-1/#comment-957948 Terry Houng Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:42:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=182183#comment-957948 "a wrapped glazing panel reflects passenger circulation – bringing more daylight into the bus" Except it doesn't. If you look at the 5th picture from the top, it shows a man sitting in a gloomy corner of a bus looking up at a cold white LED light. It is daylight outside. Normal London buses have no special 'wrap around' styling that blocks out light on the top deck. This design is ridiculous. "a wrapped glazing panel reflects passenger circulation – bringing more daylight into the bus"

Except it doesn't.

If you look at the 5th picture from the top, it shows a man sitting in a gloomy corner of a bus looking up at a cold white LED light. It is daylight outside.

Normal London buses have no special 'wrap around' styling that blocks out light on the top deck. This design is ridiculous.

]]> By: garage equipment http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/comment-page-1/#comment-951884 garage equipment Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:14:49 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=182183#comment-951884 All I can say is this bus amazing. This looks so expensive. All I can say is this bus amazing. This looks so expensive.

]]> By: amir http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/comment-page-1/#comment-926931 amir Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:52:17 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=182183#comment-926931 power rangers bus :P if you take an image of it's back and copy mirror it you get a power rangers mask power rangers bus :P if you take an image of it's back and copy mirror it you get a power rangers mask

]]> By: iBouc http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/comment-page-1/#comment-926788 iBouc Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:51:03 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=182183#comment-926788 In just a few years, the pure aesthetic of this bus design will be even more outdated than today. Its pseudo moderne glass strip is highly kitch. This external over-design is spreading in the design of public transports, everywhere, the interior design being guided by the costs of operating and maintenance. In just a few years, the pure aesthetic of this bus design will be even more outdated than today. Its pseudo moderne glass strip is highly kitch. This external over-design is spreading in the design of public transports, everywhere, the interior design being guided by the costs of operating and maintenance.

]]> By: Kat http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/comment-page-1/#comment-926785 Kat Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:12:55 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=182183#comment-926785 While it looks nice I can forsee some problems with how it will work, the key one being NO OPENING WINDOWS! According to the (limited) spec on the TFL website <a href="http://(http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/new-bus-leaflet.pdf)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/new-bus-leaflet.pdf)</a> it will have an 'climate-controlled air system'. How does this fit with its environmental credentials? The greenest way to cool a bus in summer is to have opening windows in the front so the air is drawn through, such as the old routemasters had. Even on the existing buses the drivers can't seem to operate the temperature controls or they're always broken: boiling hot heaters on during boiling hot summer days, no heating on during freezing days. At least in summer we can open the windows to get some fresh air in! And then the night bus - I think of those times people have vomited on the bus having drank too much. At least we could open the windows to get some air, but now the lovely smell of vomit will no doubt be circulated around the bus through the 'climate-control air system' for all the smell! As a Londoner I get the bus everyday, and have done for the last 10 years. While I believe in innovation and I like shiny new things as much as the next person, the existing fleet of double-deckers that have replaced the bendy buses work fine, and surely there are more important things to spend the money on right now?? (Reducing child poverty, homelessness to name but two) p.s. to the guy who congratulated Boris on the Barclays cycle hire scheme, the original idea for a cycle hire scheme was actually Ken's, it's just he didnt want to sell copious advertising space to a bank at a way-below market rate, oh and at a rate that wasn't tendered for in any way for. While it looks nice I can forsee some problems with how it will work, the key one being NO OPENING WINDOWS! According to the (limited) spec on the TFL website (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/corporate/new-bus-leaflet.pdf) it will have an 'climate-controlled air system'. How does this fit with its environmental credentials? The greenest way to cool a bus in summer is to have opening windows in the front so the air is drawn through, such as the old routemasters had.

Even on the existing buses the drivers can't seem to operate the temperature controls or they're always broken: boiling hot heaters on during boiling hot summer days, no heating on during freezing days. At least in summer we can open the windows to get some fresh air in! And then the night bus – I think of those times people have vomited on the bus having drank too much. At least we could open the windows to get some air, but now the lovely smell of vomit will no doubt be circulated around the bus through the 'climate-control air system' for all the smell!

As a Londoner I get the bus everyday, and have done for the last 10 years. While I believe in innovation and I like shiny new things as much as the next person, the existing fleet of double-deckers that have replaced the bendy buses work fine, and surely there are more important things to spend the money on right now?? (Reducing child poverty, homelessness to name but two)

p.s. to the guy who congratulated Boris on the Barclays cycle hire scheme, the original idea for a cycle hire scheme was actually Ken's, it's just he didnt want to sell copious advertising space to a bank at a way-below market rate, oh and at a rate that wasn't tendered for in any way for.

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