Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities

Kenneth W. Griffin

368 pages, parution le 28/05/2004

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Résumé

Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities presents nuts-and-bolts guidelines and inspirational, real-world advice to jump-start superlative design projects for a variety of transit facilities. Award-winning architect Kenneth Griffin, AIA, provides guidelines, cautionary advice, and lessons learned from a variety of actual transit design projects-such as facilities serving heavy- and light-rail trains (including subways), airports, buses, and ships-to steer everyone on a project toward making sound decisions early in the planning cycle. Descriptive illustrations and need-to-know information offer valuable coverage on such essential topics as ridership analysis, station-area development, vertical circulation, and safety and security issues.

This indispensable guide:

Asks and answers twenty questions that frequently arise in the early phases of a project commission
Provides project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details
Includes design guidelines for a variety of transit facilities projects, including some of the most innovative contemporary designs

This conveniently organized quick reference is an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. Like every Building Type Basics book, it provides authoritative, up-to-date information instantly and saves architects and facility planners countless hours of research. Engineering consultants will also find in this volume a wealth of information to help them tackle transit building commissions of every kind and scale.

Sommaire

Predesign with Paul Diez; Howard Gregson
Urban Planning and Station Area Development with Diana Mendez; Sheldon Fialkoff
Station Types and Configurations
Design Concerns and Process
Life Safety, Codes, and ADA
Engineering Considerations with James Francomacaro; Wally DelaBarre; Bruce Dandie
Special Equipment with Matthew Pollack
Materials and Finishes
Acoustics and Vibration (Richard A Carman, Wilson, Ihrig and Associates, Inc)
Lighting (Domingo Gonzales, Domingo Gonzales and Associates, Inc)
Wayfinding (Joseph Erhart, Apple Designs, Inc)
Safety and Security
Transit Stations at Airports: A Case Study (Robert Davidson, Chief Architect Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
Cruise Terminals (Richard Heidrich)
Modernization and Retrofit Issues
Station Operation and Maintenance
Appendix: Case Studies

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Kenneth W. Griffin
Parution	28/05/2004
Nb. de pages	368
Couverture	Broché
Poids	907g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471273394
ISBN13	978-0-471-27339-4