Concept Design for a Taxi Stand for the Design Competition launched by Realisasons Montreal.
The proposal consists on an arched structure which integrates the logo of the city of Montreal known in french as 'La Rosette'. The structure is fabricated with a fibre composite made out of a transparent polymeric resin with embedded fibre glass. Points for electric recharge are incorpororated to supply hybrid taxis. There is a interphone available to call taxis and make emergency calls. Contact numbers for multiple taxi services, bus routes, plans of the city and other local information are projected on the top surface of the bench which is made out of a translucent polymer resin.
Montreal is known as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city. This taxi stand proposal intended to contribute to such character being a structure of reference within contemporary architecture.