Metro[nome]

Hello there tumblr followers of my thesis blog.

First, I apologize for being so delinquent with updates with my project. However, I promise I'll be posting all my final drawings soon!

Second, I will be starting a new blog about the trials and tribulations of my move to the big city. I've been sick and so I'm already behind on that but look out for new posts soon!

Thats all for now Cheers,

While on Spring Break in NYC and DC I conducted a few studies of various transit nodes. I'm at a point in my project where the spatial connection to each mode of transit is not exactly as I've intended. The break allowed me to take a step back at how I had been approaching it to reconsider it in a different way. These sketches are documentation of how I experienced the various approaches used at these different nodes.

The first is the Atlantic Avenue Terminal/Barclays Center Station. This particular entrance/exit was designed by SHoP as part of the Barclays Center Project. Upon exiting there is a powerfully framed view of the stadium (which has been exaggerated in this sketch). The exit then spills out into the plaza which the cantilever and oculus sit above.

The second is Grand Central Terminal. A classical and iconic example of a transit node. The section is quite complex, filled with various modes of transit, access ramps, and other circulation spaces, most of which connect through the grand hall. It is a fantastic space which elegantly captures the energy and moment of people as they flow through its spaces.

This is a study of spatial sequence experienced by an MTA rider — it paints the visual and auditory journey one undertakes. The sequence depicted here is a trip taken from South Ferry Station to to St. George's Station via the Staten Island Ferry and the SIR in New York City.

This study was done by Michael Kulikowski, an architecture thesis student at Virginia Tech. Photographs were taken with a Cannon Rebel T1i and sounds recorded with an iPhone.

This is a study of spatial sequence experienced by a Metro rider — it paints the visual and auditory journey one undertakes. The sequence depicted here is a trip taken from Farragut North Metro Station to to Shaw/Howard University Metro Station via the Gallery place and the orange and green lines in Washington, DC.

This study was done by Michael Kulikowski, an architecture thesis student at Virginia Tech. Photographs were taken with a Cannon Rebel T1i and sounds recorded with an iPhone.

Next week I'm going to to NYC and planning to do some studies of various transit hubs and the documenting the experience of connecting between different modes. My thesis advisor told me about this really cool project called Safari 7, a research project done by SCAPE and students at Columbia. Here is a description of the project:

SAFARI 7 is a self-guided tour of urban animal life along New York City’s No. 7 subway line. The 7 line represents a physical transect that runs from Manhattan’s dense core, under the East River and through neighborhoods and park lands before terminating in Flushing, Queens, the nation’s most ethnically diverse county. SAFARI 7 broadcasts maps and podcasts that uncover the complexity, biodiversity and potentials of New York’s urban ecosystems along this route creating a new way for New Yorkers to connect with their environment.