REST AREA

PRESENTED TO:
SIR TAHIR
MAM NUSHABA
DEFINITION:
• A place beside a large road where
a vehicle can stop and where toilets and
sometimes food and fuel are available.
• A rest area is a stop along a highway for
travelers to take a break.
• Rest areas include various types of facilities,
not all of which are present at all rest areas.
DISTANCES BETWEEN REST AREAS:
• According to national transport commission Australia:
major rest areas 100 km
minor rest areas 50 km
truck bays 30km

• According to Texas state department of highway

Rest areas should be 50 to 60 miles(80 to 100 km)
DISTANCES BETWEEN REST AREAS:
• According to state of queensland:
rest areas shall be after 80 km or 1 hour drive apart.

• According to Denmark department of highway

Resting opportunities should be no more than 30 kilometers in
between
Rest areas with gas stations should be no more than 70km in
between
CASE STUDY:
MAIN AREA SERVICES ON M2:

10 Service Areas are established to facilitate passengers on

Motorway M2
• Islamabad to Lahore (South) Lahore to Islamabad (North)
• Chakri •Sukheki
• Kalla kahar •Sial
• Bhera •Bhera
• Sial •Kallar Kahar
• Sukheki •Chakri
LAY BY SERVICE AREAS:

8 Rest / Lay by Areas established for relaxation

• Balkasar 274 km
• Dharaab 256 km
• Pindi Bhattian 109 km
• Balkasar 274 km
• Hiran Minaar 60 km
INTERCHANGES:

• Lahore
• Babu Sabu
• Faiz Pure
• Kot Abdul Malik
• Kala Shah Kaku
• Sheikhupura
• Hiran Minar
• Khanqah Dogran
• Sukheki
• Pindi Bhattian
LAHORE INTERCHANGE BABU SABU INTERCHANGE

FAIZ PUR INTERCHANGE KALA SHAH KAKU INTERCHANGE

 SHEIKHUPURA INTERCHANGE HIRAN MINAR INTERCHANGE

KHANKAH DOGRAN INTERCHANGE SUKHEKHI INTERCHANGE

SUKHEKHI
• Area
19 acres
• Surrounding/ approach:
M2 LHR to ISB and ISB to LHR (near khankah dogran
interchange)
ravi toll – sukhekhi = 96 km 1hr 15 min
sukhekhi – bhera = 110 km 1hr 20 min
NEARBY LOCATION:
CLIMATE OF SUKHEKHI:
CLIMATE OF SUKHEKHI:
SUKHEKHI MASTER PLAN:
FACILITIES:

1. Fuel Refill
2. Auto Workshop
3. Tyre Shop
4. Rest Areas
5. Mosque
6. MCOC cng
7. Food area
GOURMET:

• Total workers 6
KFC

• 45’X30’ Serve area

• 40 persons sitting.
• Total sitting:
30’ 40 persons
family tables 2 sitting
other single tables

45’
CHICKEN INN

• 30 persons sitting.

30 persons
30’ sitting

45’
MOSQUE’S BATHROOM AND ABLUTION AREA:

ablution
4 toilets

4 toilets MALE FEMALE

vanity
urinals
vanity

ablution
PERFECT INN:
pantry

Family Restaurant Family

hall hall

Reception
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY
 LOCATION :This
GR230 REST AREA motorway REST
AREA along Route 230 in
northern Japan, by
architects Code, has a
black, rectangular form
that snakes up from the
ground towards a nearby
mountain.
MASTER PLAN
FLOOR PLAN
 The shape of the
building was influenced
by the curves
of the landscape, but
internally it has a simple
single-storey
arrangement.

SITTING LOUNGE
CALDER WOODBURN REST AREA
LOCATION: Goulburn
Valley Hwy, Shepparton
VIC, Australia
AREA: 549.0 m2
PROJECT YEAR: 2008

A cantilevered roof
hovers above cylinders
containing the rest
rooms. This place is a
gateway to the Calder
Woodburn Memorial
Avenue and the wider
Shepparton area.
 The large floating roof
sheltering services beneath, was
designed to invoke the “long The circular cut-out animates
and rich history of the service the area as the sun moves
station as an urban, suburban across the sky during the day.
and rural icon within Australian
car culture”.
 Interior of the rest
rooms, showing the
precast concrete toilet
“tanks” lined with
glazed bricks.
MASTER PLAN
FLOOR PLAN
CEILING PLAN

ELEVATION