updates #3

Precedents Analysis on the Building Form / Urban Context:


Precedents Analysis on Program in Section:


Generation of New Program (v.1):

updates #1

It's been a while after my last post. Here are some updates.

DC Metro 2050:
More Lines, More Transfer Stations, More Urban Nodes.


Other movement systems in downtown DC:


Precedents of underground network:
Montreal Underground City


OMA tram tunnel

Precedents Section Diagrams

Other Metro Systems in Americas

Dubai Metro

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

Canning Town Station, London

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/I/R/stnpages/canningtown.html

The Jubilee Line Extension

The Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) in London is the greatest example to learn from. Each stations of the line are custom designed by architects. It would be interesting to understand the arguments behind that decision and to see in what extend DC Metro can learn from it.

Following are quotes from the Roland Paoletti's Foreword to the book "The Jubilee Line Extension". Roland is the Architect-in-Charge of the overall JLE project, who was also a transport architect in Hong Kong.

The Jubilee Line has a maintenance depot, a control center and eleven stations.... Nine of the eleven are interchanges, making this the only line on the Underground to connect to all existing lines. Four of the stations have large new bus stations attached.

The route and stations of the extension effectively link Victorian construction with the modern world....new stations have been built to advanced architectural concepts...based on the latest technology.

In short, the proposal was that each of the eleven stations of the extension should be designed as an individual entity, but linked to the others by an underlying philosophy and essential elements. Each should be unique and should contribute strongly to its neighborhood while at the same time representing recognizably the best of London Underground.

They are a great expression of confidence in the future. Our stations are big enough to accommodate the needs of Londoners for the next 100 years. In all this innovation, there is also a profound continuity. The Extension shows that the Underground can power the re-shaping and revitalization of our great city like no other force.

The most popular millennium sight of all has turned out to be ... Canary Wharf tube station (not the Ferris Wheel). It has really caught the public imagination. And everybody can afford the tickets. This is the true people's building.

The Canary Wharf Station, London, by Norman Foster

Norman Foster | Canary Wharf, London

http://maps.live.com/
Canary Wharf station is located at a dense office district .



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Canary_wharf_tube_station_750px.jpg
The ground extend into the station through the wide entrance.



http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/jpgs/london_building_aw230607_2820.jpg
Glass entrance canopy allows sunlight to penetrate into the ticket concourse, linking the underground environment with the light and air outside.



http://www.greenroofs.com/archives/media/sg-canary_wharf_tube_station.jpg
The roof of the station is a park, a livable open space among surrounding high-rise buildings.

Jacobs | Blackfriars Station, London

World Architecture News

It will be the first station across the river Thames. The redevelopment of the Blackfriars Station will extend the current platforms across the Thames to the South bank, with entrances on both sides of the river. The project will upgrade the capacity of the station, and improve the interchange facilities between the Tube and National Rail services. It will also improve access from the station to major attractions such as Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe theatre. This project is a good example for considering the station as a path, connecting the North and South bank of Thames, improving pedestrian connectivity in the city.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10207

Grimshaw | Bijlmer ArenA Station, Amsterdam

Grimshaw Architects
World Architecture News

"Prior to the construction the station split the east and west of the city with a commercial development and stadium to the west and to the east a residential area highly populated with Amsterdam's immigrant workers. The new design raised the rail tracks creating a pedestrianised plaza crossing underneath the lines through viaducts and adjoining the east and west."

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10130