Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Railway station architecture'

This dissertation investigates architecture's potential role in improving the experience of the daily commute into and out of the city. It is proposed that an architectural intervention that takes into account the 'embodied' experience of the commuter as key informant could assist in such an improvement. Various structural and infrastructural upgrades are being planned for the east-west Metrorail link between Pretoria Station and Mamelodi by the Tshwane Municipal Government and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). This link is selected to act as setting for the enquiry, with Mamelodi Gardens Metrorail Station as site for architectural intervention. A conflict is identified between requirements of the public transport system to function optimally and efficiently and the experiential and everyday needs of the commuter who encounters it. The dissertation aims to relieve this apparent opposition through a design process of mediation. Due partially to its functionally driven nature, public transport planning often leads to an environment of extremes which places the commuting experience under tension. Architecture's potential role in alleviating these extremes through impact or through the mediation of other environmental impacts is explored. Phenomenological philosophy, as a study based in the ontological enquiry of conscious experience, is the theoretical stimulus to the experiential component of the study. This theoretical base is partnered with investigative and interpretive study in order to ascertain the various ways in which architecture could potentially impact on the embodied experience of the commuter.
Dissertation MArch(Prof)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Architecture
MArch(Prof)
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 71).
The project of the following design thesis attempted to address some Industrial Design issues (or in this particular case with the design in a semi-industrial environment - railway station) and how such an approach can be incorporated into a city tissue which follows a different pattern of behavior, formally and functionally. An issue that could be looked upon is how the two different, but in this case related, functional areas could coexist, making a railway station part of a city, as it was until the beginning of the 20th century when the notion of mass production was introduced. There are, however, two ways the problem of connecting the two separate entities can be looked upon, which are also identical with the two parts that could be followed when attempting to find a solution. The first part, which is the part attempted to be solved in this project, has to do with the internal problems of the site (station area), how these problems are identified accordingly to the impact the city has on the site, and what solutions can be proposed in order the station to function more as a part of the city than as an entity of its own. After the completion of the first part, the second part of the problem should examine what impact the proposed intervention should have on the city itself, in order an exchange region to be created between the two entities. It should be added, however, that the two aspects can not be considered separately, and therefore when working on any of the two aspects one should consider the implications his or her decision will have on the following actions. The production process started from manufacture production in the 19th century, when railway stations were a part of cities, played major role in their development, and for the most part were also. constructed. After the Second World War railway stations become "servants" of the adopted mass production process, based on scale economies and resource allocation. Their scale changes and the behavior towards the cities that by then surrounded them had become more alien. After the 1980s, however, the new concepts of lean production, flexibility and differentiation brought back some of the characteristic of the manufacture era. Those characteristics are smaller, diversified facilities, tightly related to a particular region and easily adaptable to changes in the environment.
by Nikos Tornikidis.
M.Arch.

Orientador: José Leonardo do Nascimento
Banca: Edna Enedi Prince
Banca: Milton Sogabe
Resumo: A história da chegada e do desenvolvimento da ferrovia ao Vale do Paraíba é repleta de particularidades que a tornam instigante e importante no cenário brasileiro. As estradas de ferro chegam ao Brasil com a promessa de inserir no país definitivamente o progresso e o desenvolvimento, e o templo dessa nova promessa, passam a ser as estações ferroviárias, que no iniciam são apenas pontos de parada para o trem reabastecer, descarregar ou buscar mercadorias, mas com a evolução do transporte de passageiros, tornam-se a porta de entrada das cidades, que clamam por serem contempladas com essas construções e não virarem as "cidades mortas". Nessa pesquisa serão resgatadas apenas as estações de algumas cidades pertencentes ao leste do Estado de São Paulo, três casos da antiga Estrada de Ferro do Norte ou São Paulo- Rio, que nasce por uma iniciativa dos cafeicultores da região, e depois passam a pertencer a Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil. As estações escolhidas são: a de Cachoeira Paulista, a de Guaratinguetá e de Jacareí. A justificativa da pesquisa vem da visão da cidade como um fato social, que deve ser vivenciada como um bem cultural. Sendo que a fruição dessa não pode ser dissociada da vida de seus habitantes. Os monumentos possuem uma dimensão estética e uma dimensão histórica, nessa visão integrada de patrimônio os lugares realimentam a dinâmica das identidades. Essa pesquisa visa produzir e resgatar um acervo de imagens sobre o tema, comparar imagens fotográficas e identificar o que mudou nesses anos de "civilização". Expor as múltiplas visões sobre preservação, e suas aplicações nas três estações escolhidas. O embasamento teórico da pesquisa é composto de referências sobre os seguintes temas: historia do Vale do Paraíba paulista e das cidades estudadas; sobre a história da ferrovia no Brasil; e sobre patrimônio e arquitetura... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: The story of the arrival and development of the railway to the Paraíba Valley is full peculiarities that make it exciting and important in the Brazilian scene. The railroad arrived in Brazil with the promise of introducing to the country progress and development, and the promise of this new temple, became the railway stations, which in the beginning were only refueling stop for the train, unload or buying stations for goods but with the evolution of passenger transport, became the gateway for cities, that are now calling for being recognized by these buildings and not turn the "dead cities". In this thesis it will be redeemed only railway stations from some eastern cities of São Paulo, three cases of the former North Railroad or Sao Paulo-Rio, born as of an initiative led by farmers in the region and then evolved to belong to Central Railroad of Brazil. The stations chosen are: of Cachoeira Paulista, Guaratinguetá and Jacareí. The justification of the research comes from the vision of the city as a social fact, which must be experienced as a cultural asset. This enjoyment can not be divorced from the lives of its inhabitants. The monuments have an aesthetic dimension and a historical dimension, this integrated vision of heritage the places nourish the dynamics of identities. This research aims to produce and retrieve a collection of images on the theme, comparing photographs and identifying what has changed in those years of "civilization." Expose the multiple views on preservation, and their applications in the three chosen stations. The theoretical basis of the research consists of references on the following topics: history of the Vale do Paraíba and cities studied, the history of the railroad in Brazil, and heritage and architecture. These stations are in many cases, deteriorated by time, crippled by a misuse, and not representing the history that they have being through... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
A história da chegada e do desenvolvimento da ferrovia ao Vale do Paraíba é repleta de particularidades que a tornam instigante e importante no cenário brasileiro. As estradas de ferro chegam ao Brasil com a promessa de inserir no país definitivamente o progresso e o desenvolvimento, e o templo dessa nova promessa, passam a ser as estações ferroviárias, que no iniciam são apenas pontos de parada para o trem reabastecer, descarregar ou buscar mercadorias, mas com a evolução do transporte de passageiros, tornam-se a porta de entrada das cidades, que clamam por serem contempladas com essas construções e não virarem as “cidades mortas”. Nessa pesquisa serão resgatadas apenas as estações de algumas cidades pertencentes ao leste do Estado de São Paulo, três casos da antiga Estrada de Ferro do Norte ou São Paulo- Rio, que nasce por uma iniciativa dos cafeicultores da região, e depois passam a pertencer a Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil. As estações escolhidas são: a de Cachoeira Paulista, a de Guaratinguetá e de Jacareí. A justificativa da pesquisa vem da visão da cidade como um fato social, que deve ser vivenciada como um bem cultural. Sendo que a fruição dessa não pode ser dissociada da vida de seus habitantes. Os monumentos possuem uma dimensão estética e uma dimensão histórica, nessa visão integrada de patrimônio os lugares realimentam a dinâmica das identidades. Essa pesquisa visa produzir e resgatar um acervo de imagens sobre o tema, comparar imagens fotográficas e identificar o que mudou nesses anos de “civilização”. Expor as múltiplas visões sobre preservação, e suas aplicações nas três estações escolhidas. O embasamento teórico da pesquisa é composto de referências sobre os seguintes temas: historia do Vale do Paraíba paulista e das cidades estudadas; sobre a história da ferrovia no Brasil; e sobre patrimônio e arquitetura...
The story of the arrival and development of the railway to the Paraíba Valley is full peculiarities that make it exciting and important in the Brazilian scene. The railroad arrived in Brazil with the promise of introducing to the country progress and development, and the promise of this new temple, became the railway stations, which in the beginning were only refueling stop for the train, unload or buying stations for goods but with the evolution of passenger transport, became the gateway for cities, that are now calling for being recognized by these buildings and not turn the dead cities. In this thesis it will be redeemed only railway stations from some eastern cities of São Paulo, three cases of the former North Railroad or Sao Paulo-Rio, born as of an initiative led by farmers in the region and then evolved to belong to Central Railroad of Brazil. The stations chosen are: of Cachoeira Paulista, Guaratinguetá and Jacareí. The justification of the research comes from the vision of the city as a social fact, which must be experienced as a cultural asset. This enjoyment can not be divorced from the lives of its inhabitants. The monuments have an aesthetic dimension and a historical dimension, this integrated vision of heritage the places nourish the dynamics of identities. This research aims to produce and retrieve a collection of images on the theme, comparing photographs and identifying what has changed in those years of civilization. Expose the multiple views on preservation, and their applications in the three chosen stations. The theoretical basis of the research consists of references on the following topics: history of the Vale do Paraíba and cities studied, the history of the railroad in Brazil, and heritage and architecture. These stations are in many cases, deteriorated by time, crippled by a misuse, and not representing the history that they have being through... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Trata da análise e reflexão acerca da arquitetura da era industrial empreendida nas cidades de Juiz de Fora e São João del-Rei, durante o período de 1875 a 1930. Constituíram objetos desta pesquisa estações ferroviárias, prédios fabris e vilas operárias erguidos nestas duas cidades que se sobressaíram em termos de representatividade em seus contextos. São eles: o complexo ferroviário da estrada de ferro Oeste de Minas (1881) e algumas casas construídas para seus funcionários em São João del-Rei; as estações ferroviárias da estrada de ferro D. Pedro II, de Mariano Procópio (1875) e Central (1877-1906), e algumas casas para seus funcionários em Juiz de Fora; a estação ferroviária da estrada de ferro Leopoldina (1927) em Juiz de Fora; a Companhia Industrial São Joannense (1891) e sua vila operária em São João del-Rei; a Companhia Têxtil Bernardo Mascarenhas (1888) e sua vila operária (1925) em Juiz de Fora; a Companhia Industrial e Construtora Pantaleone Arcuri & Spinelli (1895) e sua vila operária (década de 1910) em Juiz de Fora; a Companhia de Fiação e Tecelagem Industrial Mineira (1885) em Juiz de Fora; a Companhia Fiação e Tecelagem Santa Cruz (1914) em Juiz de Fora; a Fábrica de Tecidos São João Evangelista (1924) e seu núcleo fabril em Juiz de Fora. Estuda a arquitetura ferroviária e industrial em termos da forma arquitetônica, considerando a implantação das plantas fabris, de estações ferroviárias e vilas operárias, bem como a organização espacial e os aspectos formais destas edificações. Também foram estudadas em termos de inserção urbana e do impacto que provocaram no cenário sócio-cultural destas cidades na época de sua instalação, além da análise de seu papel nos contextos atuais. Verifica a presença de algumas tendências entre as tipologias estudadas, quanto aos aspectos formais e de organização espacial, e o predomínio da recorrência à linguagem do ecletismo como referência formal nestas contruções. Observa também a necessidade de aprofundamento nas questões correlatas às práticas e políticas de preservação do patrimônio industrial nas cidades de São João del-Rei e Juiz de Fora, ressaltando o aspecto incipiente das pesquisas sobre este tema no caso de Minas Gerais.
This dissertation analyzes the architecture of the industrial age undertaken in the cities of São João del-Rei and Juiz de Fora, during the period from 1875 to 1930. The objects of this research were rail stations, factories and labor villages built in these two cities that stood out in their contexts. They are: the rail buildings of the oeste de Minas railroad (1881) and some workers\' houses, in the city of São João del-Rei; the rail stations of D. Pedro II railroad: Mariano Procópio Station (1875) and Central Station (1877-1906), and some workers\' houses in the city of Juiz de Fora; the rail station of Leopoldina Railroad (1927) at Juiz de Fora; the Companhia Industrial São Joannense (1891) with its labor village at São João del-Rei; the Companhia Têxtil Bernardo Mascarenhas (1888) and its labor village (1925) at Juiz de Fora; the Companhia Industrial e Construtora Pantaleone Arcuri & Spinelli (1895) and its labor village (1910) at Juiz de Fora; the Companhia de Fiação e Tecelagem Industrial Mineira (1885) at Juiz de Fora; the Companhia Fiação e Tecelagem Santa Cruz (1914) at Juiz de Fora; the Fábrica de Tecidos São João Evangelista (1924) and its company town at Juiz de Fora. The rail station architecture and industrial architecture were studied in terms of architectonic language, considering the implantation of the industrial buildings, rail stations and labor villages, the spatial organization and their configuration aspects. They were also studied in terms of urban insert, considering impacts that these buildings provoked in these cities at the time of their installation, as well as the analysis of their role in the current context. The presence of some tendencies was verified among the studied typologies, in terms of architectonic language and space organization, and also the predominance of the eclecticism language as architectural reference in these enterprises. The results clearly demonstrated the need of a more profound look on the questions that involve practices and politics of industrial heritage preservation in the cities of São João del-Rei and Juiz de Fora, emphasizing the incipient aspect of the researches about this subject in Minas Gerais.

During the 1960’s, the urban infrastructure prioritized the car. With today’s view of what is essential, regarding public accessibility, human activity and sustainability, I discovered a gap between the site and these principles. As over 35% of the population uses their bike as a primary vehicle, it’s time for a change. My project is a search for a functional and vibrant Södra Station, created for the individual. A resurrection of a dull and inactive spot in an urban area. A resurrection aligned with the peoples will.
Under 1960-talet prioriterades bilen i den urbana stadsplaneringen. Med dagens syn på vad som är essentiellt angående hållbarhet, allmänhetens tillgänglighet, och mänsklig aktivitet så upptäckte jag ett gap mellan min site i Örebro och dessa principer. Idag använder över 35% av befolkningen i Örebro sin cykel som primärt färdmedel, det är dags för en förändring. Mitt projekt är ett sökande för ett funktionellt och vitalt Södra Station, skapat för individen.   En återupplivning av en matt och inaktiv plats i ett urbant område. En återupplivning i linje med folkets vilja.

This thesis shows the advantages of simple models for analysis of railway operation. It presents two tools for infrastructure and timetable planning. It shows how the infrastructure can be analysed through fictive line designs, how the timetable can be treated as a variable and how delays can be used as performance measures. The thesis also gives examples of analyses of complex traffic situations through simulation experiments. Infrastructure configuration, timetable design and delays play important roles in the competitiveness of railway transportation. This is especially true on single-track lines where the run times and other timetable related parameters are severely restricted by crossings (train meetings). The first half of this thesis focuses on the crossing time, i.e. the time loss that occurs in crossing situations. A simplified analytical model, SAMFOST, has been developed to calculate the crossing time as a function of infrastructure configuration, vehicle properties, timetable and delays for two crossing trains. Three measures of timetable flexibility are proposed and they can be used to evaluate how infrastructure configuration, vehicle properties, punctuality etc affect possibilities to alter the timetable. Double-track lines operated with mixed traffic show properties similar to those of single-tracks. In this case overtakings imply scheduled delays as well as risk of delay propagation. Two different methods are applied for analysis of double-tracks: a combinatorial, mathematical model (TVEM) and simulation experiments. TVEM, Timetable Variant Evaluation Model, is a generic model that systematically generates and evaluates timetable variants. This method is especially useful for mixed traffic operation where the impact of the timetable is considerable. TVEM may also be used for evaluation of different infrastructure designs. Analyses performed in TVEM show that the impact on capacity from the infrastructure increases with speed differences and frequency of service for the passenger trains, whereas the impact of the timetable is strongest when the speed differences are low and/or the frequency of passenger services is low. Simulation experiments were performed to take delays and perturbations into account. A simulation model was set up in the micro simulation tool RailSys and calibrated against real operational data. The calibrated model was used for multi-factor analysis through experiments where infrastructure, timetable and perturbation factors were varied according to an experimental design and evaluated through response surface methods. The additional delay was used as response variable. Timetable factors, such as frequency of high-speed services and freight train speed, turned out to be of great importance for the additional delay, whereas some of the perturbation factors, i.e. entry delays, only showed a minor impact. The infrastructure factor, distance between overtaking stations, showed complex relationships with several interactions, principally with timetable factors.
QC20100622
Framtida infrastruktur och kvalitet i tågföring

La construction d'une grande infrastructure ferroviaire peut-elle devenir une occasion pour (re)structurer le territoire traversé ? Cette question est à la base de la réflexion menée dans ce travail. Plus précisément, la thèse défendue peut être ainsi formulée : une grande infrastructure (dans ce cas le projet et la construction de la ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse entre Lyon, Turin et Milan), sous certaines conditions (analysées dans la thèse), peut représenter une occasion pour redonner une structure plus cohérente à un territoire par le biais de l'articulation interscalaire et interdisciplinaire des réflexions sur la planification et des actions de projet sur le territoire même. L'état des lieux autour de la thématique de la grande vitesse ferroviaire et de son possible contexte territorial met en avant les domaines principaux de la littérature scientifique qui se sont occupés de cet argument (économie, géographie, sciences sociales et humaines). Cette thèse essaye de croiser plusieurs disciplines, mais en abordant la question d'un point de vue différent, celui de la planification territoriale et urbaine, puisque les thématiques traitées par la géographie des transports (accessibilité, rugosité, vitesse, nodalité, reticularité, etc.) ne semblent pas expliquer suffisamment les interactions à différentes échelles entre infrastructure et territoire. En interrogeant plans et projets, ainsi que des " expérimentations projectuelles " élaborées dans une démarche de research by design, cette thèse analyse les points de convergence entre le domaine des transports ferroviaires et celui de la planification durable du territoire et de la ville.

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Esta tese consiste no empenho de construir sociologicamente uma anÃlise e interpretaÃÃo da arquitetura como expressÃo simbÃlica do Estado Nacional. Investiga a gÃnese e caracterÃsticas do estilo Art DÃco e seu uso como forma estÃtica adequada à modelagem da fisionomia da mÃquina estatal. O Art DÃco foi predominante em edifÃcios construÃdos para abrigar a administraÃÃo pÃblica, reorganizada e ampliada, entre os anos 1930 e 1945, no Brasil. A pesquisa propÃe, em especial, uma interpretaÃÃo sociolÃgica do imponente edifÃcio da EstaÃÃo FerroviÃria Central do Brasil, erguido na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, entre os anos de 1936 e 1943, concebido consoante aquele estilo. Esse marco arquitetÃnico à analisado como obra referencial do ideÃrio modernizante do Estado centralizador e autoritÃrio que entÃo emergia.
The purpose of this thesis is to sociologically construct an analysis and interpretation of architecture as a symbolic expression of the Nation State. The genesis and characteristics of the Art Deco style are investigated, as well as its use as an aesthetic form suited to modelling the physiognomy of the machine of state. Art Deco predominated in buildings constructed to house the public administration, which had been reorganised and extended between 1930 and 1945 in Brazil. In particular, this research proposes to formulate a sociological interpretation of the imposing edifice of the Central do Brasil Railway Station, constructed in the city of Rio de Janeiro between 1936 and 1943, which was designed in the Art Deco style. This architectural landmark is analyzed as a reference work of the modernizing thinking of the centralizing and authoritarian state that was emerging at the time.

Depuis son apparition au milieu du XIXe siècle, la gare ferroviaire n'a cessé de se métamorphoser et de se complexifier. Ce long processus a conduit à une " labyrinthification " spatiale, temporelle et fonctionnelle de ces grands équipements métropolitains. Ce phénomène pose un problème de lisibilité des espaces et se traduit notamment par la complexification des cheminements et la désorientation des usagers. Depuis quelques années, ces questions deviennent des préoccupations majeures pour les concepteurs et les gestionnaires, qui n'arrivent pas toujours à y répondre de manière efficace. La recherche propose une approche à la fois théorique et méthodologique des questions de " lisibilité " et d' " accessibilité " des espaces de la grande gare contemporaine autour du concept de " wayfinding ". On cherche à identifier les facteurs qui influencent les expériences de passage en gare et génèrent ou accompagnent les situations de désorientation et de confusion en s'appuyant notamment sur l'analyse des commentaires verbaux et des parcours filmés de volontaires à l'intérieur de la gare de la Part-Dieu à Lyon. Les travaux ont permis de mettre en évidence la complexité des facteurs à prendre en compte dans l'analyse de la lisibilité des espaces de la gare et des cheminements piétons : caractéristiques physiques et sensibles des lieux, degré d'efficacité de la signalétique, caractéristiques individuelles voyageur, compétences cognitives et perceptives, profil émotionnel, habilités spatiales et personnalité. Ils permettent d'imaginer une nouvelle approche de la conception des grandes gares contemporaines.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.
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La gare est une charnière entre les techniques liées aux transports et les lieux qu'elle dessert. Elle profite aujourd'hui de son image pour marquer des nouveaux symboles dans la ville tout en assurant la qualité et l'originalité de ses espaces pour s'adapter à l'évolution des modes de vie, des temporalités et des mobilités urbaines. Les villes européennes sont à nouveau perçues à partir de leur gare. Compte-tenu de leur taille et de leur organisation spatiale, ainsi que de la complexité des rapports qu'elles instaurent avec les quartiers environnants, les gares européennes d'aujourd'hui sont a considérer comme des lieux à fort potentiel expérimental qui reflètent à la fois les avancées techniques et leur traduction dans des espaces de qualité. Cette étude se centralise autour de la question de I' « Europe de la grande vitesse » et des exemples innovants et intéressants des nouveaux bâtiments qui la symbolisent. Elle vise à comprendre les programmes les plus innovants en termes d'interaction entre technique, image et usage. Quelles sont donc les leçons de leur histoire et comment les gares sont-elles intégrées dans leurs contextes urbains ? Et aussi quelles techniques et programmes architecturaux pourraient être les plus adaptés à la prochaine évolution des transports pour les pays qui n'ont pas encore investi dans les réseaux ferrés ?
The railway station is a hinge between the techniques related to transport and the places it serves. Today, it benefits from its image to mark new symbols in the city while ensuring the quality and originality of its spaces to adapt to changing lifestyles, temporalities and urban mobility. European cities are again perceived from their train station. Given their size and spatial organization, as well as the complexity of the relationships they establish with the surrounding neighborhoods, today's European railway stations are to be considered as places with high experimental potential which reflect the time technical advances and their translation into spaces of quality.This study is centered around the question of "Europe of high speed" and innovative and interesting examples of new buildings that symbolize it. lt aims to understand the most innovative programs in terms of interaction between technique, image and use. What are the lessons of their history and how are the stations integrated in their urban contexts ? And also what architectural techniques and programs couId be most suitable for the next evolution of transport for countries that have not yet invested in rail networks ?

In a world of increased daily travel, more efficient means of transporting people become all the more relevant as citizens constantly try to bridge time and distance in an effort to get to work and other meeting places. The ability to transport large numbers of people at the same time, establishes the rail transport as one such mode viable for this task. As a result, cities throughout the world constantly revive existing rail networks and introduce new ones to cater for this growing traveling demand of the 21 st century. The most popular forms of transportation in the city of Durban, namely the bus, taxi and private car are the main contributors to the traffic congestion and air pollution problems in the city, hence the need to reconsider the importance of the train. Following international precedent, South Africa is planning to revive its railway services by changing its image and ensuring passenger safety in order to establish it as a major public transport system (Ministry of transport, 2006). In creating the building form of railway station buildings, it is necessary to understand passenger movement and activity within the station as well as the spaces required for such activities. This is vital if the designer has to make a meaningful contribution to society though his building intervention. Railway stations do not function in isolation to other modes of transportation in the city, hence the need for this study to consider the station in a node or interchange context to enforce its role within the city's transportation system as a whole.
Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.

碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
建築系
101
The rapid development of digital technology recent years, parametric tools has been an available design tool not only for researcher but also for architect. Designer has more ability to deal with complex form by using digital technology. During 2009 to 2011, we(ABCD studio) successfully develops process for tectonic free-form surfaces by applying parametric tools into structure design. By using laser cutting machine to mass customize members and then construct through defined structural system, we can realize the virtual complex form into tangible object. A regular architecture design includes site analysis, planning and function, and then architect propose his own opinion through these context. Regarding the forms we built, generally we focus on “construction possibility”, “economical structure” or “Optimization” but forget the purpose and meaning which is brought out by form. It makes parametric product as an installation with few connections to the environment and people either. To keep the advantage of digital fabrication, this research establishes a design method with four steps which includes “Site/Program”, “Concept”, “Form finding” and “Digital fabrication” for designing DongShan railway station. The combination of “Architecture Design” and “Digital Fabrication” can clearly points out the architectural implication to parametric form. It also enlarges the ability of regular architecture design to operate complex modeling. The design is driven by “Write & Read” loop and “practical modeling”. In “Write”, it delivers the design intention by building physical model. In “Read”, the model will be checked if the issues have been replied or discovered with new issues. In “Write & Read” loop, the outcome of every milestone can be continuously accumulated until the final result. The conclusion will discuss if the design intention can be demonstrated by digital techniques. It introduces the possibility of digital technology as a representation of this generation.

The development of station design provided new dimensions to both the sense and sensation of space. This is to be recaptured in the design of the museum, which requires obtaining an understanding of the influence, implications and impact railway stations and their supporting infrastructure had on architecture, the cityscape and the urban fabric, due to their large size, area and enclosed volume. Station design has contributed to modern design through the need to satisfy the uninterrupted, free-space enclosure of large volumes, necessitating progress in the knowledge of the structural application of the new materials discovered during the Industrial Revolution from which the modern architect is still benefiting. The impact of stations in these three mentioned fields furthermore had an indirect impact on society. The determination of all these influences by stations and their design will form the research subject of this dissertation.
Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2008.
Architecture
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The Personality of Josef Fanta and his Art Nouveau works This thesis will deal with the personality and Art Nouveau works of Josef Fanta, who lived from 1856 to 1954. In the first part, the thesis approaches the personality of Josef Fanta and outlines his style of historicism. The main part of the thesis will focus on Fanta's works influenced by Art Nouveau during the period 1897-1932. First, it will deal with his Art Nouveau buildings in Prague and also outside the Capital. Attention will be focused on the Railway Station building of Franz Joseph in Prague, today's main railway station, the Hlahol building and the Cairn of Peace Memorial. This thesis also introduces Fanta's tombs, headstones and memorials. The thesis touch on his rebuilding of old historical buldings and his influence within interior design, particulary his designs in the Austrian pavilion at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris and his decorations for the visit of Franz Joseph to Prague in 1907. Lastly, this thesis will try to define Fanta's motifs in the Art Nouveau style and his interpretation of Art Nouveau. Keywords Art Nouveau, Josef Fanta, architecture, historicism, tombs and headstones

碩士
國立屏東師範學院
視覺藝術教育研究所
91
The Existing Architecture of Wooden Railway Stations in Taiwan during Japanese-Colonial Period Abstract During the Japanese-colonial period, the buildings in Taiwan, which were characterized by richness in architectural styles, including classic European elements, colonial, Japanese and traditional Fukienese styles. And they were more complicated that those in Japan. Traditional Japanese wooden architecture was extensively used in building private houses, Shinto shrines, and temples. The existing architecture of wooden railway stations evolved from Japanese traditional private houses. The architect absorbed the Western elements, as classical European architectural styles were reflected into stations. Architectures that integrated Western styles with traditional Japanese styles, thus, became a distinct feature during Japanese era. This study was aimed at discussing and analyzing the style and form of 14 wooden railway stations during Japanese colonial period. These stations were Sheng-hsing, Tan-wen, Ta-shan, Hsin-pu, Jih-nan, Chui-fen, Hsiang-shan, Pao-an, Ching-tung, Chi-chi, New-Peitou, Chu-tien, Hou-pi, Lin-feng-ying . And the purpose of this study was listed as follows: 1.To discuss the architectural form of wooden railway stations during Japanese colonial period. 2.To compare the difference of style and form of wooden railway stations. 3.To find out the architectural characteristics of wooden railway stations. This research was conducted by History Analysis, Art Sociology and Style Modeling Study. The findings showed as follows: 1. In the aspect of similarities and dissimilarities of architectural form of stations, there are much more similar characteristics with the one which was constructed in the same era. 2. In the aspect of integrating the western architectural vocabulary, most stations were applied by English Weather-Boarding; less were applied by German Weather-Boarding ; and some stations were applied by Free-classic bull eye-like windows style. 3. The designers had already modified the patterns with integrating the western architectural characteristics, which were overall different from the original ones. 4. Many Japanese-style architecture were remained such as Japanese roof, Weather-Boarding, window lattice. 5. There were unsymmetrical architectural forms in flat surface, three- dimensional and space structure due to the demand of the function of transportation. 6. There are various styles with roof and wall. 7. The stations were constructed in the base of Japanese private houses, and there were more friendly humanistic spirit in the display of wooden materials and the style modeling.

碩士
東海大學
建築學系
95
The function of a working drawing is to communicate as a language. Made of drawing movements, it is the result of subjective creation. The destination of a working drawing might be sealed, stored in somewhere, waiting for next use, or forgotten gradually, after its function of communication is fulfilled. A working drawing gains a different meaning when it is unearthed again. Especially when certain type of architecture disappears, it provides the opportunity for the architecture to be reappeared. A working drawing is the records of information. It records the details which can not be perceived from reality, the thought of the author, and the memories of that age as well. The architectural working drawings of the Taiwan railway station (small and medium) buildings built during the Japanese-Colonization are the memories of that age. The purpose of this research is to decoding the memories by sorting, analyzing, and generalizing. First thing is to explore how do the designers of Japanese-Colonization age construct the language of professional communicaiton, the standards of sorting basic, and the syntax of generalizing drawings. The next is to investigate what are the implicit intention and thought, including how the architecture was thought, designed and constructed, the designers were looking for when working drawings were influenced by designers’ subjective creation. At last, the memories of that age, that is, factors that affect the working drawings under the constraints of the social system and regulations at that time, are what is going to examine. By sorting and analyzing fifteen set working drawings, there are three most significant findings in this research. 1. Standardization. – It is the most valuable concept of shaping Taiwan railway station small and medium buildings. 2. Construction materials. – It is the most vital factor that prompted the evolution of Taiwan railway station small and medium buildings. 3. The concept of standardization expands the meaning of working drawings. – It makes working drawings not only play the roles of directive medium and communication, but act as a designing template which incorporates the succeeding meaning of architectural knowledge and experience at the same time.

Orientação: Ana Cristina Santos Bordalo
A presente dissertação desenvolvida no âmbito do Mestrado em Arquitectura apresenta um projecto desenvolvido em duas fases: em primeiro lugar propõe-se a requalificação urbana com uma área aproximada de 4 hectares, que corresponde à envolvente do espaço ferroviário da cidade de Lagos, no Algarve; em segundo propõe-se a reabilitação e reconversão do antigo edifício do terminal de passageiros da Estação Ferroviária (1922) – encerrado desde 20061 – que, desde então, se apresenta num elevado estado de degradação. Pretende-se conhecer as especificidades de projectar sobre uma estrutura de índole ferroviária com valor histórico e cultural, investigar e desenvolver a adaptação de um edifício devoluto para um novo uso, como uma possibilidade para a recuperação e reintegração de testemunhos ferroviários, e como um instrumento para a requalificação urbana e para a salvaguarda patrimonial. O estudo procura, também, conhecer a evolução e a expressão edificada da realidade ferroviária, focando no âmbito português. Como investigação de apoio aos processos de regeneração urbana e reconversão, realiza-se uma análise descritiva e crítica de quatro casos de estudo referentes a edifícios e/ou espaços industriais adaptados para novos usos. Procura-se explorar as consequências da intervenção na pré-existência, na sua envolvente urbana e social; as condicionantes do projecto e o modo como influenciaram a solução final. Posteriormente, determinam-se as condicionantes do projecto em questão.
This thesis was developed in the ambit of the Master of Architecture and presents a project developed in two phases: firstly proposes the regeneration of an urban area with approximately 4 hectares, which corresponds to surrounding the railway area of Lagos, in the Algarve; at second proposes the rehabilitation and conversion of the passenger terminal building in the railway station (1922), closed since 20061, which since then is presented in a high state of degradation. It is intended to know the specifics of this project on a nature railway structure with historical and cultural value; and also research and develop the adaptation of a vacant building – to a new use as a possibility – for the recovery and reintegration of railway testimonies; and as a tool for urban renewal and to safeguard assets. This study also seeks to understand the evolution and the built expression of railway reality, focusing the Portuguese context. This research support a urban regeneration and conversion processes, carried out a descriptive and critical analysis in to four cases studies relating to buildings and/or industrial spaces adapted to new uses in order to explore the consequences of intervention in pre-existence and its urban and social environment, the constraints of the project and how influenced the final solution. Subsequently, it is determined the conditions of the project in question.