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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-620X
Access Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Architecture
Degree Type
Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
Year Degree Awarded
2020
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
We live in an age defined by the automobile and its infrastructure. This paradigm of movement has shaped how we live our lives, and the urban frameworks we inhabit. Cars as a form of transportation damage the environment and engender unsustainable lifestyles. They also create anti-social spaces with the infrastructure they require, and therefore their success is inverse to that of the pedestrian experience.
I seek to adapt this transit paradigm with a more flexible and resilient multimodal system. My work focuses on reinvigorating a rail line in central Massachusetts and designing a modular station system that can serve as a new kind of civic architecture. The station grows and shrinks between towns of different sizes, and over time. It slots into existing communities with little disruption, and is programmatically fluid and diverse, such that an array of stakeholders become invested in its success. It also presents as a new type of civic architecture; a building that represents a larger system, while also maintaining its place in local communities.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/17515350
First Advisor
Pari Riahi
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Recommended Citation
Hill, Samuel Bruce, "Multimodal Transit and a New Civic Architecture" (2020). Masters Theses. 916.
https://doi.org/10.7275/17515350
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/916
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