Click to play videoBangalore: The tech city of Bangalore is all set to get five snazzy metro rail stations. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has roped in five of the city's top architects to give each of the five metro stations a flavour of the city.
"[It is being done] to reflect an image of Bangalore. It is after all known as the tech city of the world,” says Venkataramanan Associates principal architect V Narasimhan.
He adds that for the same reason they are planning a ‘forward-looking image' for the stations while subtly integrating certain aspects of Karnataka’s heritage and Bangalore's history.
However, it is not only the local architects contributing to the planning of the metro stations. The metro's website is calling for responses from stakeholders on the designs.
"We want young people and youngsters to write in and share their opinions and ideas. We want their feedback as the metro is for the people," says BMRCL Managing Director V Madhu.
The Corporation claims that the responses they have received on the designs so far have generally been favourable.
The stations, which will have close to a lakh passengers walk through its doors everyday, will open its doors on schedule in December 2011.
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