WashingtonPost.com: A Palette Of Proposals For Metro Take a ride on some of the nation s other great subway systems New York, Boston, Roger K. Lewis, a University of Maryland architecture professor, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/library/growth/transport/pro
Extractions: The best-laid proposals of mice and Metrorail riders have gotten stuck in planning gridlock as environmentalists and business leaders battle over roads and transit. See a map of, and take a ride aboard, an imaginary Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport. Get schedule and fare information for existing Metro stations with our Metrorail Guide. Take a ride on some of the nation's other great subway systems: New York Boston , and Chicago Go to Transportation Traumas page Go to Growing Pains Go to Washington World By Stephen C. Fehr Packed with Christmas shoppers, a Metro train pulls out of the Montgomery Mall station and crosses the Potomac River into Northern Virginia. "This is the Purple Line to Tysons Corner," the train operator announces. It may seem implausible now, but the idea of a multibillion-dollar Metro line around the 64-mile Capital Beltway is one of several ambitious additions to the regional rail system that planners are studying for the first time. Other ideas include linking the Kennedy Center, George Washington University and Georgetown University; adding a Columbia Pike line in Virginia; building a line between Prince George's County and Alexandria that would cross the Potomac River near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge; and connecting the Farragut North and Farragut West stations with a pedestrian tunnel.
XNet Spring 98 - Designing For Business Success Information architecture and design provides navigational structures, places where In the case of subway systems, visualization is used to build http://www.cio.com/xnet/0897/xnet_0398_design.html
Extractions: T THE RECENT XNET CONSORTIUM MEETING in Austin TX, digital media visionary and information architecture guru Clement Mok spoke to the audience about design. Specifically, how design is the central part of web site development and usefulness, whether internet, intranet, or extranet. He also discussed how design could be aligned with traditional business metrics. Mok pointed out that design in its most fundamental sense is a metaphor for business. Design is also a process that can be used to help better understand one's business. The process of presenting one's ideas, and of making connections between products and customers is really what good design is all about, according to Mok. But the challenging aspect of design is that it crosses all disciplines in a business, from traditional management, to technology and software programming, to brand and identity management, to how one deals with one's customers. All businesses need to communicate in some fundamental way. For xNet purposes, it may mean communicating human resources information to employees, or coordinating shipping schedules with an outside supplier. What properly executed design helps managers achieve is common language, common process, and common metrics on how to evaluate the value and success of an xNet site.
Eco Architecture, By Ysanne Spevack Fuel cell cars travel the city s extensive subway system, The globalecoarchitecture movement may consider reusable building systems with temporary, http://www.organicfood.co.uk/lifestyle/ecoarchitecture.html
Extractions: Nobody needs to leave their apartments for practicalities. Although anachronistic stores continue to peddle desirables, most goods are bought over the internet and delivered by droid. The only packaging options are environmental, the only viable products eco-friendly. People leave their towers for pleasure and communion with other citizens. Great public amphitheatres offer free arts and entertainment of every style. Whilst away from their homes, citizens adjust and interact with their homes using their cellphones and bluetooth technologies. Whilst at the amphitheatre, a citizen can direct their home's hot water system to pour a bath and a cup of tea ready for their return. True democracy has finally been put in motion, with live debates and voting procedures electronically enabled by new email secrecy technology. The old dinosaurs of industry have been transformed by people of conscience inside each institution and by consumer pressure. BP has ditched its fossil fuel arm to concentrate and nurture its more lucrative sustainable fuel programs. Doctors are practitioners of science and shamanism. Their holistic practices incorporate magic bullets and post-laser surgery, non-denominational spiritual healing and new-fashioned herbalism, energy stimulation techniques and understanding. People are healthier as everybody eats organic food either from the countryside or from the city's permaculture sites. With all traffic removed from the streets, citizens have remembered the pleasures of walking the green lanes and cycling to their destinations. Stress levels have been equalised by the more moderate pace, and children are able to play in the streets.
Paul Lukez Architecture Likewise, much of Montreal s highways and subway systems are partially or All of these movement systems are a great source of energy and vitality http://www.lukez.com/montreal.htm
Extractions: Editing the Text: Presently the forces critical in projecting urban energy in Montreal are concealed. The underground pedestrian network is partially or completely removed from Montreal's streetscape. Likewise, much of Montreal's highways and subway systems are partially or completely concealed. All of these movement systems are a great source of energy and vitality especially if the connections and interrelationships are made evident in the urban fabric. This design proposal suggests that through a process of partial excavation, these submerged systems and their relationship to one another can be revealed and embellished. Not only will this serve to generate urban energy, but it will help orient both pedestrians and drivers to what at present appears to be an artificial environment.
Extractions: December 4-5, 1998 George Washington University Washington DC A block of rooms has been reserved at The George Washington University Inn . The GWU Inn is located at 824 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. (on New Hampshire Ave. between H St. and I St.) and is four blocks from the Workshop sites on The George Washington University Campus. Please contact the hotel directly for reservations. The GWU Inn
Faculty Profile Recent formal and theoretical trends in architecture would appear to be well Skyway and subway systems redirect pedestrian circulation away from the http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/james/studios.html
Extractions: Alvar Aalto Nature has been a touchstone for architects and theorists to legitimize their work through biological metaphor or quasi-scientific rationales. Recent formal and theoretical trends in architecture would appear to be well positioned to reengage the topic of biomorphic structures and materials in substantive ways. New technologies offer a seemingly unlimited set of possibilities for the retooling of building systems and materials. Nevertheless, contemporary architectures still seem trapped in formal and metaphorical representations of theories of bio-morphology that prevent the realization of its potential. The Temporal Field - A Sports and Recreation Center
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Untitled Document Reflections on the subterranean architecture of subway systems » in CanadianArchitect, 1967, 12, feb. Rauch, Jürgen. The architecture of Underground http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/mellin/arch671/winter2004/student/Leroux/assign7.
Graham Foundation Abstract Database Skyway/subway Cities Alternative Pedestrian systems and the New Multilevel City Topics include the new architecture of the continuous urban interior; http://www.grahamfoundation.org/abstract/grantDetail.asp?abstractNo=00.055&catNa
Information Architecture important matter to a person riding the subway viz., what the sequence ofstations is The elements of information architecturenavigation systems, http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~l38613dw/readings/InfoArchitecture.html
Extractions: Shortcuts " Home " Syllabus " Introduction " Standards " Assignments " Grading " Tech Modules " Readings " Discussion Board " Resources GSLIS Links " GSLIS Home " Tutorial Junction " IT Services Site Tools " Site Map " Contact Info Information Architecture 2000 by R. E. Wyllys This lesson discusses ideas associated with the phrase "information architecture" and relates them to aspects of the library- and information-science (LIS) professions. Wurman views architecture as the science and art of creating an "instruction for organized space." (See Endnote 1.) He sees the problems of gathering, organizing, and presenting information as closely analogous to the problems an architect faces in designing a building that will serve the needs of its occupants. The architect must ascertain those needs (i.e., must gather information about the needs)
Extractions: After three to five years of higher education, a professional title in engineering, architecture, etc., is given. Similarly, the licenciatura degree is achieved for studies in humanities, social sciences or law. One or two years more are required for the maestria, and two or three more for the doctorado. For the latter, oral examinations and a thesis are required. Papers may be assigned during the semester, but term projects and final exams carry the most weight in assigning grades. Professors are accessible to students and class participation is expected. The universities work on a semester basis, and the grading system is from 1 to 10, with 6 as the passing grade. Profile: Academic notes: Class attendance is required in order to receive credit. Several partial tests and a final examination compose the final grade. Seventy (70/100) is the minimum passing grade, not less, as in most Mexican institutions.
CODES+ISSS 2005 Embedded systems architecture Heterogeneous multiprocessors at the HyattRegency Jersey City on the Hudson, a short subway ride from downtown Manhattan, http://www.ida.liu.se/conferences/codes/
Extractions: On-site registration will be available at the conference venue. Poster information: Please prepare posters with a maximum size of 24" (60 cm) width x 36" (90 cm) height. We will provide "tri-fold" boards of 36" (height) by 48" (horizontal). The horizontal dimension is 12" + 24" + 12", and the sides need to be slightly bent for the board to stand on a table. Please upload your presentation slides The advance program is now available! Hotel reservation is now open! Conference registration is now open! Added information about tutorials Papers submissions are now closed. Updated the CFP, addeed the committees and submission info. The CODES+ISSS 2005 conference website is up. The IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware - Software Codesign and System Synthesis is the premier event in design of embedded systems hardware, software and tools. The conference proudly continues the tradition of being a high-quality forum for active discussion on current and innovative topics. The program will bring together the latest in academic and industrial research and development. High-quality original papers will be accepted for oral presentation followed by interactive poster sessions. Selected papers from the conference proceedings will be targeted for journal publication. Areas of Interest
Extractions: announcements faculty staff events ... images ARC423 Advanced Building Systems Lecture Notes for Monday March 24, 2003 Maison de Verre Maison de Verre by Pierre Chareau. Chareau is mainly a designer of interiors and furniture. The house is commissioned by a doctor with the program of both residence and office. The house is situated in an urban construct. It is entered through a narrow passage way which leads to a fore-court. Chareau is concerned by the darkness of the original design. He promotes health, light and ventilation to the owners. The doctor only owns the lower three floors of the five story building. The design evolves into one of considerable lightness and transparency which is made possible by the use of a steel frame. The problem is how to replace the original masonry structure with a new steel structure. The exterior is created by glass lenses. Interior is lit at night by exterior industrial lights creating the aura of sunlight. Windows are steel framed vs. the traditional wooden frame. The window is designed by taking the window design of subway cars, thus an example of using the prototype of subway car windows.
ConceptArt.org Forums - Urban Architecture View Full Version urban architecture. Foniks. January 11th, 2003, 1133 PM.I am looking for good examples of urban areas, alleys, subway systems streets http://www.conceptart.org/forums/archive/index.php?t-2842.html
Metro Arts And Architecture - Metro Bits - Mic-ro.co(s)m Stations of standardized architecture but with distinct interior designs of good Since the subway system was inaugurated in 1904, stations have been http://mic-ro.com/metro/metroart.html
Extractions: Subways need not be boring or dreary! Many operators of metros, subways or underground railways want to attract more passengers with good station design. This often means extra effort and higher costs for the metro operators but it seems to pay when a metro is more than only a means of traffic but something the population can be proud of. Read below which metro systems double as the world's longest art galleries and in which cities you can see stunning underground palaces, museums, aquariums, an ancient chapel, the world's first example of computer-generated architecture, or simply user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing underground station architecture.
Metros Visited - Metro Bits - Mic-ro.co(s)m Personal remarks on 60 metro systems. Updated 9 July 2005. I joined a guidedarchitecture tour in a subway train around the Loop which turned out to be http://mic-ro.com/metro/visited.html
Extractions: Bilbao Norman Foster did a great job in designing vaulted stations and glass entrances ('fosteritos'). The vaults are clearly inspired by Washington's metro stations with their concourse levels and arrangement of stairways. Lights abruptly turn brighter when a train is approaching and subtly fade to their dimmer state after the train has left. The fosteritos are almost as distinctive as Guimard's entrances in Paris. Trains can be walked through, have 1-meter gauge and are running on the left. Lille The exemplary VAL metro is still the world's most extensive driverless metro system. Additionally, many stations have interesting architecture and some are decorated with works of art. Trains are narrow and half as long as normal metro trains but since the trains are driverless the frequency can be deliberately high. The stations are also short but all of them seem to have extra space prepared for a future platform extension. Maps in the trains are oriented according to the real direction (which means that the trains always point in the same direction). At elevated terminal stations, train turn-over can be watched through glass windows: The train runs to the holding track and, after standing still for only five seconds, changes direction and runs back into the other side of the station. Newcastle A system of very consistent design and typography with works of art in some stations.
Subway Centennial subway STYLE architecture AND DESIGN IN THE NEW YORK CITY subway April 8June18 UBS Gallery, Manhattan A FIVEBOROUGH CELEBRATION OF THE subway SYSTEM http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/centennial-events.htm
Extractions: New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan Daniel Greene: Subway Paintings features oils and pastels by the internationally acclaimed realist painter. Greeneâs meticulous portrayals of IRT station interiors celebrate the decorative artistry of original mosaics and ceramics. His most recent works, which depict subway passengers, showcase Greeneâs mastery of portraiture. Sanford Gaster Education Center, New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn Heights Using images of the Museumâs vintage subway cars, photographer Carol Quartin will guide students in the technique of photo transfers. Transfers will be made from Polaroid film onto Reeves paper. Suggested for ages 8 and up.
Extractions: tom fletcher's new york architecture images and notes Manhattan... Lower Manhattan Seaport Lower East Side Soho Greenwich Village Chelsea Gramercy Park Midtown Central Park Upper East Side Upper West Side Harlem Brooklyn... general Brooklyn Park Slope Bedford Stuyvesant Williamsburg Greenpoint extra... Gone not Forgotten Bridges Interesting Notes Postcards Walking Tours Links search by... Style Architect Type Area Alphabetically Christo's Gates The Nomadic Museum SAVE 2 Columbus Circle please send me any NY architecture images. Use of images. New York Architecture Images- Notes Notes from the underground in New York photo ann marie hughes On October 27, 1904, New York City's subway system officially opened, but talks to build an underground rail system began soon after London opened its subway in 1863. It wasn't until 1894 that a referendum was put on the ballot to generate financial support from the city and create the Rapid Transit Board, which was in charge of planning the route. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was awarded the contract to build the first subway line. The Rapid Transit Board planned one original route, stretching from City Hall to 96th Street, which then split into two more routes from Broadway to 242nd Street and another that ran under the Harlem River into the Bronx. Bids were then solicited and construction began in 1900.
Wired New York Forum - Subway Art Great stuff, the subway stations are great, under utilized spaces for public and American Folk Art Museum, Edward, New York Skyscrapers and architecture http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4392