| dc.description.abstract | This thesis provides some answers to the
question: how do the advances of technology in
the transportation infrastructure predestine how one
designs the built environment? The Typology for the
examination of this problem is a multimodal transit
station. The Theoretical Premise/Unifying Idea that
guides the research is the built environment needs
to be the forerunner subjecting the transportation
infrastructure to the needs of the built environment.
The Project Justification is Advances in transportation
technology or simply a new development, for better
or worse change the mode by which we get there.
A cumulative approach with a focus on the built
environment provides a better functioning city or
town environment.
Planes, trains and automobiles. There are three forms
of travel, some obviously are used more than the
others. Throughout recent history (the last 50-100
years) the three transportation industries have battled
one another for a public buy in. The automobile
has gained most support and respect despite its
advancement. Reasons are one’s own for their
interest in the automobile. However, for better or
worse, the automobile and its infrastructure, dictates
over the organization of the built environment.The users will largely be travelers to and from the
Duluth area in northern Minnesota. The client
and financier is the government on local, state and
national levels. The major project elements are those
concerning a transit station, visitor center, multimode
transportation center, and parking garage.
The site is located near the Historic Depot in Duluth,
MN off of Lake Superior. This thesis emphasizes
the exploration of the relationship the transportation
infrastructure has in defining our cities and towns. It
does this by looking at urban issues across the board:
travel, food, novelties, rental vehicles, parks, parking,
and pedestrian ways, to name a few. The building is
70,550 square feet, with a 360 stall parking garage
and 4.5 acres of park. | en_US |
