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| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor of Engineering |
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| Date of Award | 8 May 2018 |
| Place of Publication | Hannover |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Abstract
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Architecture
Research Area (based on ÖFOS 2012)
- TECHNICAL SCIENCES
- Construction Engineering
- Architecture
- Urban design
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Hannover, 2018. 571 p.
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral thesis
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TY - BOOK
T1 - Node of transport and place: dilemmas, challenges and potentialities towards the development of a Mobility Urban Hub
AU - Labronici Baiardi, Yara Cristina
N1 - Doctoral thesis
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper explores the spatial dilemmas between functional transport nodes and places of residence in the city of São Paulo. Metro stations are generally considered "nodes" because of the connection of two or more transport lines and because of their function as local access points to the urban transport network. However, these stations can also be "places" where people have access to several non-transport functions and spend time in the urban space. Furthermore, the work starts from the consideration that the areas of stations are strategic elements of urban structuring and spatial transformation of a territory. In a network-based society, where spaces are shaped by flows in which capital, goods and people span an extremely dynamic pattern of mobility, the design of this "node" in times of super-modernity presents a new challenge. The hypothesis of the research is that some stations in São Paulo's metro rail network, which are potentially strategic points in the network, have not yet overcome the spatial dilemma between node and place. As a result, they reinforce spatial ambiguities and lose the chance to become an urban centre of mobility as a catalytic node, in line with new flows of current urban dynamics. The work is divided into two parts. In the first part, the conceptual framework is developed through literature review of three categories: Nodes, Places, and Urban Instruments. These are validated in reference projects in Europe (Stratford Station - London, Utrecht Central Station - Netherlands). In the second part, the relationships between transport nodes, places, and urban instruments are discussed using two case studies in São Paulo, Faria Lima / Pinheiros Station (Line-4) and Corinthians-Itaquera (Line-3), and at three urban scales that reinforce the hypothesis: Macro (City), Intermediate (Neighbourhood) and Local (Station). The findings of the research highlight the ambivalences and spatial challenges, between nodes and places in the focus of the three scales studied and in the context of design guidelines for improving metro stations as Mobility Urban Hubs (MUH). MUH are therefore understood as inter-places that simultaneously connect several urban design scales in the sphere of action of the node and the place, as well as the actors involved (public and private); here, diverse activities and urban functions conceived through the instrument of a local master plan are concentrated and distributed in a targeted manner.
AB - This paper explores the spatial dilemmas between functional transport nodes and places of residence in the city of São Paulo. Metro stations are generally considered "nodes" because of the connection of two or more transport lines and because of their function as local access points to the urban transport network. However, these stations can also be "places" where people have access to several non-transport functions and spend time in the urban space. Furthermore, the work starts from the consideration that the areas of stations are strategic elements of urban structuring and spatial transformation of a territory. In a network-based society, where spaces are shaped by flows in which capital, goods and people span an extremely dynamic pattern of mobility, the design of this "node" in times of super-modernity presents a new challenge. The hypothesis of the research is that some stations in São Paulo's metro rail network, which are potentially strategic points in the network, have not yet overcome the spatial dilemma between node and place. As a result, they reinforce spatial ambiguities and lose the chance to become an urban centre of mobility as a catalytic node, in line with new flows of current urban dynamics. The work is divided into two parts. In the first part, the conceptual framework is developed through literature review of three categories: Nodes, Places, and Urban Instruments. These are validated in reference projects in Europe (Stratford Station - London, Utrecht Central Station - Netherlands). In the second part, the relationships between transport nodes, places, and urban instruments are discussed using two case studies in São Paulo, Faria Lima / Pinheiros Station (Line-4) and Corinthians-Itaquera (Line-3), and at three urban scales that reinforce the hypothesis: Macro (City), Intermediate (Neighbourhood) and Local (Station). The findings of the research highlight the ambivalences and spatial challenges, between nodes and places in the focus of the three scales studied and in the context of design guidelines for improving metro stations as Mobility Urban Hubs (MUH). MUH are therefore understood as inter-places that simultaneously connect several urban design scales in the sphere of action of the node and the place, as well as the actors involved (public and private); here, diverse activities and urban functions conceived through the instrument of a local master plan are concentrated and distributed in a targeted manner.
U2 - 10.15488/3559
DO - 10.15488/3559
M3 - Doctoral thesis
CY - Hannover
ER -