{"id":5265,"date":"2017-12-06T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2018-09-19T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:23:27","slug":"the-crowning-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2017\/12\/06\/the-crowning-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"the crowning touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ready for the crowning touch? The new SmartCentres Place Bus Terminal comes with a mesmerizing pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance \u2013 a sweeping, curved wooden roof, as beautiful as it is functional.<\/p>\n

Reminiscent of West Coast style, the horseshoe-shaped roof shelters the outdoor bus stations in beautiful elegance. A fluidity breathes life into the design, curving in a slight v-shape from the outside in, and rising up at the wingtips and the saddle. You can almost feel the motion, very fitting for a bus terminal with YRT\/Viva services branching out across York Region.<\/p>\n

an intricate jigsaw puzzle <\/strong><\/p>\n

The simple elegance of the roof belies the complexity of its creation. The wood pieces need to look curved, but they are flat. Custom-cut to the architect\u2019s design, they fit together with the steel substructure, which was also designed in custom pieces.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s like a very complicated jigsaw puzzle. Every section is numbered and assembled with exact precision. When the flat pieces fit together, they create the appearance of a curved roof. High-strength glued-laminated timber beams support the roof, running vertically and also lengthwise.<\/p>\n

Not only does the wood look stunning, it was a cost-effective choice and is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified to York Region standards. When it\u2019s finished, it will be stain-coated with intumescent fire-retardant material.<\/p>\n

\u00a0a showstopper for a new downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n

The result is an eye-catching landmark \u2013 a roof that draws the eye and a terminal where you can pass the time in style. After all, SmartCentres Place Bus Terminal is not your run-of-the-mill bus station. As part of the vibrant, new downtown flourishing at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, this bus station needs to look the part.<\/p>\n

Set to open in 2018, the Terminal will complete the transit powerhouse at the VMC: subway, rapidway and YRT\/Viva terminal, working together to move you, faster and easier than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ready for the crowning touch? The new SmartCentres Place Bus Terminal comes with a mesmerizing pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance \u2013 a sweeping, curved wooden roof, as beautiful as it is functional. Reminiscent of West Coast style, the horseshoe-shaped roof shelters the outdoor bus stations in beautiful elegance. A fluidity breathes life into the design, curving in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[603,96,1084,626,906,30,67,832],"tags":[40,39,434,34,1008,986,888,175,70,859],"class_list":["post-5265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commissioning-2","category-construction","category-design","category-facilities-and-terminals","category-innovation-2","category-rapidways","category-stations","category-technical","tag-brt","tag-bus-rapid-transit","tag-commissioning","tag-rapidway","tag-rapidway-station","tag-smartcentres-place-bus-terminal","tag-terminal","tag-vaughan-metropolitan-centre","tag-vivastation","tag-vmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5267,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions\/5267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}