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I visited Alexandra Hospital recently and it struck me how ridiculously thoughtless the sheltered walkway design is. More details below, and the pics attached show what I mean clearly. 1. Sheltered walkway stops right outside hospital side gate, and doesn’t link to the bus stop along the main road, which is around 8-10m away (see pics 1 & 2) The sheltered walkway isn’t linked to the bus stop right outside the hospital along Alexandra Road (bus stop 11511). Instead, the shelter awkwardly stops right outside the hospital side gate, and there’s an unsheltered 8 to 10m distance between the hospital side gate and the bus stop. Perhaps whoever designed and approved this weren’t responsible for the shelter outside the hospital, but surely they could have surfaced this issue to the relevant government agency? What’s the point of building a long shelter when those using it will still have to walk under the rain? 2. Sheltered walkway from bus stop doesn’t link directly to main hospital building (see pics 3 & 4) The sheltered walkway from Alexandra Road goes through a garden but also doesn’t connect directly to the main hospital block. Caveat: I’m not a construction professional, but the thoughtless nature of the sheltered walkway design seems to be more a slipshod effort than anything else. Thoughts? submitted by /u/italkmymind |
r/singapore I visited Alexandra Hospital recently and it struck me how ridiculously thoughtless the sheltered walkway design is. More details below, and the pics attached show what I mean clearly. 1. Sheltered walkway stops right outside hospital side gate, and doesn’t link to the bus stop along the main road, which is around 8-10m away (see pics 1 & 2) The sheltered walkway isn’t linked to the bus stop right outside the hospital along Alexandra Road (bus stop 11511). Instead, the shelter awkwardly stops right outside the hospital side gate, and there’s an unsheltered 8 to 10m distance between the hospital side gate and the bus stop. Perhaps whoever designed and approved this weren’t responsible for the shelter outside the hospital, but surely they could have surfaced this issue to the relevant government agency? What’s the point of building a long shelter when those using it will still have to walk under the rain? 2. Sheltered walkway from bus stop doesn’t link directly to main hospital building (see pics 3 & 4) The sheltered walkway from Alexandra Road goes through a garden but also doesn’t connect directly to the main hospital block. Caveat: I’m not a construction professional, but the thoughtless nature of the sheltered walkway design seems to be more a slipshod effort than anything else. Thoughts? submitted by /u/italkmymind [link] [comments]
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I visited Alexandra Hospital recently and it struck me how ridiculously thoughtless the sheltered walkway design is. More details below, and the pics attached show what I mean clearly. 1. Sheltered walkway stops right outside hospital side gate, and doesn’t link to the bus stop along the main road, which is around 8-10m away (see pics 1 & 2) The sheltered walkway isn’t linked to the bus stop right outside the hospital along Alexandra Road (bus stop 11511). Instead, the shelter awkwardly stops right outside the hospital side gate, and there’s an unsheltered 8 to 10m distance between the hospital side gate and the bus stop. Perhaps whoever designed and approved this weren’t responsible for the shelter outside the hospital, but surely they could have surfaced this issue to the relevant government agency? What’s the point of building a long shelter when those using it will still have to walk under the rain? 2. Sheltered walkway from bus stop doesn’t link directly to main hospital building (see pics 3 & 4) The sheltered walkway from Alexandra Road goes through a garden but also doesn’t connect directly to the main hospital block. Caveat: I’m not a construction professional, but the thoughtless nature of the sheltered walkway design seems to be more a slipshod effort than anything else. Thoughts? submitted by /u/italkmymind |