Town of Airfield : creating a prototype for suburban development at the Naval Air Station site in South Weymouth

Town of Airfield : creating a prototype for suburban development at the Naval Air Station site in South Weymouth

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Panfil, J. Christoph
Other Authors:	Gary A. Hack.The extension improves access to the important business centers of Boston and Cambridge, where a large portion of the area's workforce is currently employed. The commuter train provides an additional mode choice to support the ultimate objective of the new prototype: to create land use strategies in suburban environments that promote travel modes other than the single-occupancy automobile. The proposed Town of Airfield houses up to 10,000 people in a compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented environment that features a variety of housing options at higher net densities than is typical of the majority of suburban locations. An expansion of the site's existing industrial facilities area accommodates office- as well as research and development buildings. Retail and additional office space are located in the vicinity of the train station, forming the town center of Airfield. To maximize access potential without compromising the design objectives, the spatial organization of the town center caters to both the automobile and to the pedestrian. This is achieved through site planning strategies that assemble traditional suburban building types in unconventional ways. The contemporary metropolitan region will retain its current form in the near futur. Large-scale changes in transportation and land use policies are unlikely to materialize any time soon. The new prototype suggested here makes no claim to dramatically improve sprawl conditions at the metropolitan level. This stud; however podiy that change at the local level will improve local condItIons and that collectively, these local improvements may bring about changes in development patterns throughout the metropolitan area, and thus ultimately change settlement policies.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
Subjects:	Architecture. Urban Studies and Planning.
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69354

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69354