Junction City: - challenge the Urban Motorway
Authors
Højland Hansen, Gitte ; Løgtved, Rikke
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2008
Pages
133
Abstract
Dette projekt undersøger de designmæssige udfordringer i mødet mellem motorvej og by. Den planlagte motorvej gennem Silkeborg fungerer som et Urban Test Field—et konkret casestudie, hvor tre formtypologier for motorvejen afprøves: Crossing, Junction og Pocket, det vil sige steder hvor veje krydser, mødes eller danner rumlige lommer. Studiet betragter dem ikke kun som trafik, men som bymæssige strukturer, der kan omforme bydele og sætte gang i ny udvikling. Designet fremlægger en række koncepter, der forbinder motorvejens lag med byens lag—enten programmatisk (via funktioner og aktiviteter) eller fysisk (via strukturer og forbindelser)—for at skabe en port til byen. Projektet viser laboratoriets status per december 2007.
This project examines the design challenges where a motorway meets the city. The planned motorway through Silkeborg serves as an Urban Test Field—a real-world case used to explore three motorway form typologies: Crossing, Junction, and Pocket, meaning places where roads cross, meet, or create pockets of space. The study treats these not only as traffic infrastructure, but as urban structures that can reshape districts and stimulate new development. The design proposes a set of concepts that link the motorway layer to the city layer—either programmatically (through uses and activities) or physically (through structures and connections)—to create a gateway to the city. The project presents the laboratory’s status as of December 2007.
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Keywords
Motorvej ; Silkeborg ; Undersøgelse ; By-motorvej ; Sammenfletning ; Motorway ; Silkeborg ; Investigation ; City Motorway ; Junction
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