Architecture Theses and Dissertations
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Item Reimagining Penn Station(2012) Ramil, James Gilbert Keawe; Quiros, Luis; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)Welcome to New York City! Penn Station serves as a primary gateway into the city for over one-hundred million people every year although the experience is less than ideal. The user faces an underground labyrinth with no connection to the city, light or air while the land above only utilizes about one-third of the maximum FAR thereby limiting its value. Through the lenses of clarity, movement, and identity, this thesis explores how to reimagine Penn Station.Item Balancing on Transit: Redevelopment of the Southern Pacific Railyards Sacramento, California(2005-05-31) Fusco, Anthony; Bell, Matther; Architecture; Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)This project proposes an urban design strategy for the North End of downtown Sacramento, California; the culmination of which is the design for a new intermodal transit facility. The intention is to recapture development into downtown by reclaiming the former Southern Pacific Railyard site, and propose a formal and programmatic development strategy allowing Sacramento to balance downtown growth through renewed connections into its North End. Conceptually this occurs at three scales: City, District, and Architectural, represented by the three scales of site. The entire 240 acre rail yard site will balance growth at the scale of downtown; the smaller 45 acre transit district will balance growth between the central business district and a new activity district in the North End; and finally the transit facility will itself act as a bridge across the tracks allowing for direct communication between the new and the old city fabrics.