This strategy group based their recommendations on the tunnelling of the M8 and connecting Clydeside Expressway. By tunneling the M8 but retaining it’s original route, the beneficial network connections that the motorway has with the City are retained while countless new benefits are obtained as the Urban Tissue at ground …
What is the least intrusive method of mending the harm caused by large- scale infrastructure? Leave it as it is! The minimal change group explored the ways in which Glasgow’s Urban Fabric and the City as a whole could prosper without intervention on the motorway. This group explored noise reduction …
Following the example of cities like San Francisco and Seoul, this group explored the options of converting the M8 into an Urban Boulevard. Running the same course as the existing M8, the new boulevard is an option that maintains and improves on the existing connectivity benefits of the M8, but …
Glasgow @ Hand – Jacob Dibble & Alessandra Feliciotti This foundation masterplan is based on the combination of several different strategies. By tunneling the M8, space will be created to create vital North/ South and East/ West connections which were not previously possible. The Clydeside Expressway will be converted into …
As our society continues pushing into the future, the adverse effects of the use of the motor vehicle are becoming consistently more evident. Around 60 years ago, in the years after WWII, the world saw a surge of construction of large scale transportation infrastructure: highways and motorways. As the personal …
The overall scope of the strategic phase is the generation of strategic programmes for the development and management of transformation in the study area within its immediate territorial context. This module aims to assist students in developing realistic urban regeneration programmes for the transformation of the immediate areas along the …
While the Planning Framework analytical group analyzed the goverment’s perceptions and reactions to the study area, the Experiencing & Comparing places group studies how the City perceives and reacts to this area. This group focused on the way in which the City users perceive the City, use the City and …
The MCA (Multiple Centrality Assessment) is a way to better understand the connections in a City. This assessment simplifies the street network of the city to edges and nodes and analyzes the connections between and along them, to show the connectivity and betweenness at both the Global and Local levels. …
Before further design may be convened, it is essential to have a highly detailed, working map of the study area. This group’s task was to make the most current mapping of the study area with an extremely high level of detail. From street markings to parking meters, this information is …
This group’s purpose was to investigate the current plans for the study area, and what plans the City Council has for its future. The goal was to achieve a full understanding of the current demographics of the area and all existing, proposed, completed and failed plans. Moreover, this group sought …
