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purpose:
Graduate design studio competition entry exploring the reinvention of the urban character for the western bank of the Schuylkill River at the multimodal junction of the historic 30th Street train station. The design competition was completed by a group of 8 graduate architecture students at UMD for the 2013 Ed Bacon Student Design Competition.
design solution:
Our team sought to revitalize the 30th Street Station district by knitting together the urban fabric to create an organized sense of arrival. We sought a realistic approach that managed the existing transportation intersections. The intervention highlights a new n/s axis along 30th Street and a greenway following the overhead CSX rail line.
The studio was completed under the direction of Professor Matt Bell, FAIA, and with support from Professor Emeritus Roger Lewis, FAIA. This competition submission won a Special Jury Prize for Most Realistic Proposal in the Ed Bacon Student Design Competition.
[Images of my personal work are noted by a red square in the lower left corner.]
