Urban regeneration : enabled by mobility centric architecture

The primary goal of this thesis is to develop a new urban architectural prototype to reinvigorate the British New Town. New models of adaptable, sustainable, architecture and urban design are explored with the ultimate goal of enhancing livability through mobility within these established towns. Modernized mobility and information technology networks enmeshed into the current system of over-congested roads and under-utilized yet ubiquitous cycle pathway's, will engage and connect communities that are currently dissociated because of the expired components of original New Town design. The architectural focus will be on creating a networked system of enhanced mobility hubs at strategic locations within a town with the goal of shifting transportation behavior to revive/re-create community centers. The research and scope of this thesis will thus be on revitalizing the British New Town with a novel, sustainable and adaptable model of urban mobility.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Higgins, Wayne Charles

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• William J. Mitchell.

• Architecture.

Statement dc:rights

• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/57518

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/57518