Design Journal Entry - Module 3

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Module 3 - Project Goals Targets & Strategies

Designing a transit center in an urban megapolis. Maybe a future cal-train, MUNI, AC transit, BART, connection? (what salesforce could have been?)

Goal 1: Spatial Navigation

  • Measure: Wayfinding
    • Transit Orientated Design
  • Targets:
    • In a transit center people must be able to smoothly and efficiently find their destination (platform, exit, etcetera) however speed is not a priority in this project rather than accessibility and ease (this will allow folks that are able to speed through a space to do so).
    • My project will incorporate the 5 principles of way finding: create an identity at a location, use landmarks to provide orientation cues, create well-structured paths, create regions of differing visual characteristics, dont give the user too many navigational choices.
    • Ideally my project should have all 5 principals, I will minimally accept 3 out of 5.
    • Demand Flexibility
  • Strategies:
    • A center room (think the main hall at Grand Central Station) that easily shows each platform. Perhaps colored by mode of transit or destination region? One floor.
    • A donut room that has off branches for each mode of transit that lead into other rooms. Underground? Center is elevator to outside to exit.

Goal 2: Grid Resiliency and Electrification

  • Measure: Demand Flexibility
  • Targets:
    • Electrification does hand in hand with building grid interactions. To be a pinnacle of sustainability the building must adapt and respond to demand response events.
    • Building should lower electric load at-least 5% during DR event.
    • Minimally accepted 2% load shed.
  • Strategies:
    • Office for facility manager to monitor grid conditions and lower electric load if needed.
    • Need to determine how to allow this with electrification of systems and transit—> perhaps outside scope of project
    • Ample daylighting and passive heating/cooling to minimize electric load to avoid excess load shed needs.

Goal 3: Decarbonization

  • Measure: GHG emissions
  • Targets:
    • Exceed GHG building performance standard by 5 years
      • in NYC buildings must perform at or under a certain amount of carbon emissions. My building should be at the 2030 performance standard by 2025.
      • Minimally accepting surpassing 2025 if not at 2030
  • Strategies:
    • On-site renewables to minimize in-direct emissions
    • Fully electrified to minimize direct emissions