East Liberty Bike Shelter
Team: Studio for Spatial Practice, Clear Story, Suhrie Engineering
Client: Eastside Limited Partnership III
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date : 2014 - 2015
Awards : Certificate of Merit, AIA Pittsburgh
The East Liberty Bike Shelter is a new element that is part of the larger reconstruction of the East Liberty Transit Center, an existing bus rapid-transit station on the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway. The shelter provides free parking for 80 bikes and serves cyclists using either the Busway Station or East Liberty’s business district. The Bike Shelter creates a transition between the new station entry plaza and the adjacent mixed-use development, and elevates cycling as a mode of transportation in the City of Pittsburgh.
Its wing-shaped roof form references the floating roofs of the adjacent Transit Center, while the use of cedar relates the Bike Shelter to the adjacent Eastside Bond apartment buildings. At night, the floating cedar roof and fence are up-lit, contributing to the Station’s vibrancy throughout the day. Spring-loaded double-decker bike racks allow a large number of bikes to be securely parked within a tight urban footprint.
View of Bike Shelter set into landscape
Bike Shelter Side Eelvation
Interior view of Bike Shelter
View of Bike Shelter at East Liberty Transit Center
Bike Shelter Elevation
3D Model View of Bike Shelter