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WAITING ROOMS
WAITING ROOMS
MARIETTA STREET ARTERY AT MEANS STREET ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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SEPT. - NOV. 2018
CRITIC // BRIAN BELL
COURSE // M.ARCH ADVANCED STUDIO I
A train station along Georgia’s proposed Brain Train route connecting universities from Athens, GA to the planned Multimodal Transit Hub in downtown Atlanta.
A connection point for the Atlanta Beltline over the condemned Bankhead Avenue Bridge, now infamous as Atlanta’s “bridge to nowhere.”
An attempt to realize principles of design starting from a formgenerative statement, as outlined in Valerio Olgiati and Markus Breitschmind’s Non-Referential Architecture [Simonett & Baer, 2018].
What captures our attention while we wait?
A mass that expresses gravity, structured by a void that expresses weightlessness.
Study model looking from Carraige Works complex to the Bankhead Avenue bridge showing sectional relationships across paths.
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BRIDGE LEVEL PLAN
1 Ticketing 2 Cafe 3 Waiting Room (below) 4 Platform 5 Public Square
THE MASS + THE VOID
1 The mass as shown above grade (black) and below grade (red). 2 The void as a circulation system of two nested interior (red) and exterior (blue) loops.
LOCATION PLAN
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The station differentiates itself from overpass conditions along the Marietta Street Artery by connecting directly into the street network from the Bankhead Avenue bridge.
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EXISTING BELTLINE TRAIL
PROPOSED BELTLINE TRAIL EXTENSION
GEORGIA TECH
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1 Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center 2 Carriage Works historic offi ce retrofi t 3 Grinnell Warehouse 4 North Avenue Research Area substation 5 Carriage Works offi ce area 6 Student housing (under construction) 7 Post Offi ce 8 Flatiron Building 9 Offi ce Building
LOCAL PLAN
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The station occupies the site in a way that reconnects and activates the Means Street corridor.
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
1 Pick-up + drop-off area 2 Main entry + ticketing 3 Public square
4 Cafe 5 Vertical access to waiting room 6 Refl ecting pool
7 Platform entry + turnstiles 8 Platform
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INTEGRATED BRIDGE CONNECTION
The Bankhead Avenue bridge diffuses foot traffi c into the public square as a way of connecting the bridge directly to the site.
Section axonometric cuts through circulation sequence from main entry and ticketing to the waiting room
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LOWER LEVEL PLAN
1 Access to entry + ticketing (above) 2 Interior ramp down to waiting room 3 Outdoor ramp down to waiting room
4 Transitional room 5 Main waiting room
6 Ramp up to platform 7 Parking
Ramps and waiting areas on the lower level create smooth transitions and an environment that celebrates a monumental slowness.
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PASSAGES + THRESHOLD
1 Stair between the transition room and the cafe 3 Passage between the transition and waiting rooms
2 Curved wall fl ows from the ramp into the waiting room 4 Ramp leading up to the platform
MATERIAL + DETAIL
An acrylic-bottomed pool and ceiling structure provides strength, seamlessness, and transparency.
A continuous reveal along the edge of the fl oor is fi lled with crushed stone, giving the wall the appearance of plunging into the earth.
This detachment also allows the fl oor to appear as a fl oating plate.
Thin granite fi ns introduce a material contradiction with their impression of transparency.
WORM’S EYEBIRD’S EYE
Solid granite benches arrayed in a grid promote wandering and act as rooms within the room
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THE ROOM
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PARALLEL EXPERIENCES
The transition room acts as a preview of the experience of the main waiting room. The main waiting room, situated beneath the refl ecting pool, evokes feelings of weightlessness while you wait.
SECTION A-A Cuts parallel to the path of the ramps provide opportunities to bring in daylight and elongate the experience of slowness.
SECTION B-B Vertical connections at the waiting areas allow quicker access to the cafe and platform
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