Urban Design and Development of a Public Space at theCity of Kitchener’s Intermodal Transit Hub
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Date
2015-12-15
Authors
Alimohammadi, Tahoora
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University of Waterloo
Abstract
This thesis uses a case study design approach for the proposed
Transit Hub for the City of Kitchener. It focuses on opportunities for
a high quality public space or square to better integrate a new urban
LRT line and a new regional GO/VIA rail station into the surrounding
city. The conceptual framework of this thesis seeks to create a public
space at a new transit hub in the city centre of Kitchener and to
transform that space into a new place where people can experience
intimate relationship between public life, infrastructure and people.
T. Hall’s proxemics strategy, a non-contact communication that
Within the City of Kitchener, much has already been done to
establish the presence of urban design at the human scale, to integrate
contemporary ideas into the design of buildings, and to enhance
historic natural retreats like Victoria Park. Little has been done,
a new intermodal transit hub in the heart of that growing downtown
core.
The design case study and its combination of both of those
aspects will seek to create a healthy, people-oriented public
and the heritage architecture of Kitchener’s industrial past, the case
study demonstrates the typical situation facing most urban centres
undertaking LRT and BRT transit expansion in Ontario.
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public space, urbanism, sustainability, infrastructure