DESA1002 'Continuous City' Pramod Kumaran Thirunavukarasu

Abstract

The main drive into my whole design process was to be able to find a unique and innovative way of helping people commuting around New York City, because we all know the city of New York is well know for its chaotic and busy traffic grid system. Seeing that my site is facing the main land access way I thought it would be ideal to take advantage of this seeing as though the land access cannot be accessed by any vehicles what’s so ever. It occurred to me that around all the busy tall high rise buildings there is so much vertical space that surrounds these tall majestic skyscrapers of New York. I then came up with the idea of using a shuttle that is powered by small hover jets that will glide through the air avoiding and leaving behind all the congestion and mayhem, which lies within all the roads of this city. The building that these shuttle crafts will be entering and exiting will not only house these crafts but will also have a 5 level museum dedicated to transport and how it has evolved from its early years to our present time. The museum is not only to just display all these triumphs in modern ingenuity but is also to allow people to truly appreciate the significance of transport and how it has made all of our lives much more easier. The building also has a small restaurant for people wishing to have a meal. When it came to the design of the façade of my building I tried to use 2 main elements which I thought would firmly describes the traffic system in New York which is Chaotic and fluent and used these terms to try and convey that in the design of my façade. I thought that this was important and vital to show in the building because it would show what it like on the roads of the city and also showing how this will change once the shuttle service starts.