From transfer node to urban node
Integrating multimodal transport hubs in the city fabric
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Abstract
The position of multimodal transfer nodes, on the edge of the city, are of increasing importance in the contemporary daily (city) life. Transfer nodes are a moment of condensated movement in the mobile world, and do have a high potential of human activity and social interaction. The transfer node could functions as an urban node; a place for transfer, work, living, doing grocery, leisure,traveling, meeting and staying. Aside of these potentials multimodal transfer nodes often deal with a low public space quality and an insufficient integration with the (local) nvironment; How to solve problems like the transfer node being a non-place or being a no-go area for the local inhabitants? This Master’s Thesis is a search for strategic spatial design interventions to develop a multimodal transfer hub into an urban sub centre, enhancing a positive exchange between the node and it’s neighboring environment.