Interior design of motorway service areas on highways and international roads according to the principles of environmental sustainability

Abstract

Motorway service areas or rest area are defined as public facilities located next to a major road such as a motorway or a state highway, where drivers and passengers can rest, eat or refuel without exiting to secondary roads or entering cities, when choosing the location of the service area on the road, several factors must be taken into account, including: identifying the categories of road users and their requirements, the service buildings already on the road and the facilities in them, determining the distances between buildings on each road, determining the distance of the building from the right-of-way. The Arab Republic of Egypt occupies the thirty-first position in the world in terms of the length of its road network; the success of highways depends mainly on the network of services on it. Therefore, the need arose to study the design of service centers (rest areas) on the roads and the most important services they provide. With the increase in the negative impact of architecture on the environment, the need arose for a type of architecture that has less impact on the environment which is called environmental architecture. In this research, we will study the history and basics of designing service areas on the roads and the most important facilities and services that must be available in them and the alternative environmental methods to operate these centers as an alternative to traditional methods, and a case study of an already existing building that works with clean energies and sustainable practices.

Keywords

• rest area
• sustainable
• systems
• environmental
• sustainability