SUBSURFACE PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN ASPECTS

Starting from a brief outline for a typology of subsurface space, design characteristics, what subsurface space provides in the way of public activities, type of activities, design potentials and criteria are discussed. A number of examples ranging from the Stockholm Subway to a study of the ship Wasa in a cave are described and analysed from the point of view of integration with urban structures and interior design. The average European city developed during many centuries is not easily adapted to the demands of modern traffic. The subway which in Stockholm passes some 20 M below ground shows one way of solving the problem. An integrated terminal connecting buses, subways and commuter trains produces problems in the way of surface space. A project for a large bus terminal in direct contact with the centre of subways and trains in Stockholm has been initiated in order to consider an alternative to a scheme for building above the existing railway terminal.(a) for the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 271697.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Subsurface Space. Environment Protection, Low Cost Storage, Energy Savings. Proceedings.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Granit, M
  • Gyllenskoeld, A A
  • Reimers, P
  • Lindblom, S
  • Pallarp, A
  • Samuelsson, U
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 127-136
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Pergamon Press Limited
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus terminals; Buses; City planning; Conferences; Coordination; Design; Freight terminals; Intermodal terminals; Public transit; Subway stations; Subways; Transfer points; Transfers; Transportation modes; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated transportation systems; Terminus; Underground (Geol)
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1195: Change (transp); 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 4372: Subterranean; 8109: Sweden; 1074: Terminus; 354: Town planning; 1191: Underground railway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Finance; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 0-08-026136-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM