Precedents Section Diagrams

Other Metro Systems in Americas

Metro System: Past, Now & Future

A diagram showing the chronological development of the Metro system.


Existing and planned railway systems.


Imagining the potentials that the separated Blue Line could create for the city of Washington.

Tunnel Boring Machine

A very clear and concise presentation about how Tunnel Boring Machine works.

Metro Systems Statistics

Riderships comparison between major metro systems in the world.


Most of the world's busiest metro system has 8 to 13 lines.

London Underground, the world's first metro system, has the longest subway network in the world.

New York Subway has the highest number of stations among the world metro systems. The difference between the two bars are the number of transfers in each system.

DC Metro possesses longest average line length of 21.4 mile per line in this comparison.

The average distance between stations of DC Metro system is 2km (1.25 mi), which means some areas between two consecutive stations are not covered by a half-mile radius.


This chart shows how many transfer in the system. High number means more interconnections between lines and the system is more web-like.

Program

World's Top-ten Busiest Metro System

Dubai Metro

Just found something about Dubai Metro:
http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/dubai-metro/#dubai-metro_17640

Vault & Construction | Vault Modeling

In Giuseppe Fallacara's lecture on Stereotomy two weeks ago, what impressed me most was the integration between the structure and the architecture, as well as the understanding of geometry. So I found it would be really interesting to explore the form and pattern of vault of the metro station. Here are images of my first test.