In today’s fast-paced society, art can allow a brief slowness to the haste. Just as how the cultural practices of Nepal exhibit one or a group of people
allowing a moment of slowness at a place of worship, the example here being stone slabs (carved and inscribed) and religiously significant plants (that lie in various routes throughout neighborhoods), urban spaces also need such characterizing places in the form of parks, squares, rest pavilions, and transit
stations of daily commute to sustain art and daily life.

Here, two solid monoliths positioned in different perspectives represent the stone slabs and stone artifacts present in open public spaces as a place of
worship in Nepali society while the long flat slab of roof has a lattice-patterned puncture resembling the traditional lattice windows namely, “Aankhi-Jhya”,
as a poetic connection of light and shadow that a tree holds with ground. The structure has a bold white presence amongst the hustle of urban commute
stating a context like nowhere else as a subject of identity and sense rather than replicability. The monoliths are textured with a rough plaster pattern to
symbolize the randomness of life moving around a single static object, directly relating to the daily urban movement. Information boards and panels
arranged vertically showcase transit and network information with a digitized system for future integration along with braille signs for accessibility.
These panels allow advertisements and public notices to be displayed in an appropriate scale and location in urban bus stops thus setting an example for
the exaggerated presence of advertisements that we see today. Furthermore, few seating arrangements around the monolith and safely buffered public
seating arrangements recessed inside SankhaDhar Park provide multiple seating choices in the area.

The proposal simply presents an idea of translating the connection of rich practicing and existing heritage of plants and stones that are JUST PRESENT and SERVING LIFE, as a shelter and as a company in public spaces, here presented in an urban bus stop near SankhaDhar Park in Kathmandu.