Urban Transportation
Learning Objectives:
- Outline strategies for expanding landmarked or listed transportation facilities that preserve their historic character while improving their utility for contemporary users.
- Explain how urban transportation hubs can be designed to catalyze development and provide linkages among previously disconnected districts for both passengers and pedestrians.
- Describe low-energy climate-control and illumination strategies suitable for transportation facilities.
- Describe the innovative structural solutions and advanced construction methods showcased in the featured transportation facilities.
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
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As the vital arteries that connect people and places within and beyond metropolitan areas, transportation hubs are the lifeblood of urban centers. On the pages ahead, RECORD explores imaginative solutions for such infrastructure, from an elegant pedestrian bridge in Lower Manhattan to an ongoing megaproject transforming Stuttgart’s central rail station and the heart of the city. Despite the range in scale, these architecturally inventive projects enhance the appeal of getting from point A to point B by train, bus, bike, or on foot. Reading about them and taking the online quiz earns one hour of continuing-education credit.
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Takanawa Gateway station, Tokyo Kengo Kuma and Associates
