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Richard Ernest J Mohler
ARCH 506
Seattle Campus
Advanced experimental studies dealing with significant architectural relationships that involve scholarly investigation, development, and presentation of results.
Class description
METROpolis 2030/Capitalizing on Bus Rapid Transit to Build Community - King County Metro Transit is planning a new transit oriented development at Echo Lake along the proposed Rapid Ride Bus line in Shoreline and needs your creativity and ingenuity to help make it a reality. The site is the existing Metro Echo Lake Transit Center at 192nd and Aurora Avenue. The Rapid Ride 'E' line from downtown Seattle to Aurora Village will be up and running in 2013.
A goal of the project, and of the studio, will be to transform what is currently an exclusively automobile oriented corridor into a forward looking urban environment in which bus, bicycle and pedestrian modes of transportation are more dominant. The scope of the project will include housing, commercial and retail uses and a bus transit station as an integrated urban experience.
The studio will build upon work completed to date by KC Metro Transit. Once an understanding of the Aurora Corridor and the Rapid Ride plan is established, the studio will divide into smaller teams and/or individuals to tackle individual components of the plan while working closely together to maintain and enhance connections and continuity.
The studio will work closely with a number of stakeholders and professionals including King County Metro Transit and the City of Shoreline as well as architects and planners and community stakeholders with a vested interest in the project.
Student learning goals
An understanding of the relationship between land use and transit.
An understanding of the relationship between large scale urban design planning and its implications for small scale architectural and landscape intervention.
The integration of transit, automobile and pedestrian movement.
Advance ones' ability to evaluate and understand complex urban conditions and respond to them by way of a clear design proposal.
To present complex urban design, architectural and landscape design solutions in an effective way both graphically and verbally.
An understanding of the technical, social and political complexities of a project of this scale.
General method of instruction
Students will work collectively and individually with the instructor to develop a scope of work and methodology for the project.
Recommended preparation
Some design studio (architecture/planning/landscape), an interest in the subject and a willingness to work.
Class assignments and grading
Students will work collectively and individually with the instructor to develop a scope of work and methodology for the project.
Effort and design performance. Grading will be adjusted to reflect students' level within the program and prior studio experience.
