TG (TRANSIT GUIDANCE) : spaces for wayfinding in multi-modal transportation hubs, a proposal for Atlanta's Lenox Station
Name
50530454-MIT.pdf
Description
Full printable version
Size
27.57 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
380d881bf97f6f0d70728c1a5c569e76
Author(s)
Jackson, Steven (Steven Charles), 1974-
Advisor(s)
Paul Lukez.
Alternative Title
TRANSIT GUIDANCE : spaces for wayfinding in multi-modal transportation hubs, a proposal for Atlanta's Lenox Station
TG : spaces for wayfinding in multi-modal transportation hubs, a proposal for Atlanta's Lenox Station
Date Issued
2002
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
"The efficiency of the city and therefore the contribution of urbanization to development will depend to an important degree on how the problems of mobility are resolved. " Wilfred Owen (1972) Based on current urban patterns, this thesis assumes that as cities continue to expand and densify, living and working environments will increasingly be attracted to edge-city sites with access to public multi-modal transportation infrastructure. The program required to accommodate efficient interchange to/from and within such infrastructure (involving trains, buses, shuttles, taxis, cars, bicycles, etc) is both vast and complex. It is critical to urban mobility that the architecture of such spaces facilitates wayfinding at both an urban and inner-station scales. Unfortunately, many existing transportation interchanges that are supposed to unify, actually contribute to division through inefficient program and through illegible spaces that rely solely on signage for orientation rather than architecture. TRANSIT GUIDANCE is a set of design propositions as well as an implementation that demonstrates how architecture can be used to heighten users' environmental understanding in and around edge-city multimodal transit stations, thereby facilitating efficient navigation and ultimately the collective mental image of the city.
Description
Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-113).
Subjects
Architecture.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
Terms of Use
M.I.T. theses are protected by
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but
reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written
permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.
Persistent DSpace Link
