We have shaped the city of design. We have made our mark through quality.
If any place holds an undeniable spot on the map of industrial design, it is the German city of Ulm. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was home to the legendary Ulm School of Design. Today, this city in the south of the German state of Baden-Württemberg also bears a significant imprint from the Czech Republic. It takes the form of nine shelters, which we used to fully cover the main bus terminal there. One of the key reasons Egoé was chosen was our ability to handle a complex manufacturing solution.
The Ulm bus terminal consists of six standard shelters in two different lengths, while the boarding island is equipped with three double-sided shelters. The modernization of the entire terminal was completed at the end of last year, and it now serves all city and regional bus routes.
A Bold Design
Clean, uninterrupted edges and surfaces. This design feature of the Ulm shelters also defines the technologies used, which are closely related to solutions commonly applied in large-scale transportation infrastructure roofing projects. Egoé has been at home in this field for 30 years.
Clean Construction
All parts for the supporting columns are plasma-cut, creating a hollow welded structure with a strictly geometric shape For maximum durability, the columns are hot-dip galvanized and coated with a baked powder finish. The roof panel, complete with an underside and covering, is then fitted into them. It also includes a gutter system, with downspouts hidden inside the supporting columns.
Attention to Detail
The front edge of the roof panel features a complex design. It consists of a drawn aluminum panel and incorporates integrated linear lighting. The finishing touch is the glass infill panels, which are mounted directly into the supporting structure without any visible fasteners. The edges of the glass panels are protected by a subtle aluminum strip.
Modular Design
The shelters also include independently mounted panels for CLV-type advertising displays, a timetable board, and an integrated bench. This project is exceptional in terms of scale as well. The largest shelters, consisting of five sections, measure 7,390 millimeters in length. Additionally, they are double-sided, with a roof width of 3,350 millimeters.
Footnote: Why Ulm is Legendary
The Ulm School of Design operated for only a short time, from 1953 to 1968, but its impact was profound. This is due to three key factors. First, it maintained a direct ideological and personnel connection to the pre-war Bauhaus school. Ulm’s greatest contribution was integrating design with sociology, economics, and technology. With this approach and its real-world products, the Ulm School set a direction that high-quality industrial design continues to follow to this day.
Bus shelters, terminals or metro stations. In Germany, we have been involved in several interesting projects.
In addition to atypical projects, Egoe has several shelter ranges in its portfolio.
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