Transportation Portfolio
“Our transportation spaces are designed keeping the users in mind. Be it reducing the morning commute time by a couple of minutes, making the spaces more accessible or even designing them to be more aesthetically pleasing, the community using it is always the centre of our focus.”
Effective transportation networks are the life blood of our world’s urban development and economic prosperity. Transportation systems impact the flow of goods and raw materials, the accessibility of talent and human resources to work places, and the quality and sustainability of our urban, suburban and rural environments.
Architecture49’s transportation practice specializes in multi-use corridors, gathering places and intersections that accommodate everyone, from pedestrians and motorists to buses, ferries, planes and freight. We integrate high-technology systems and environmental sustainability with architecture and urban planning, taking a holistic view of infrastructure and flow to make communities more vibrant.
“Well-designed transportation systems not only deliver people and products efficiently to their desired destinations, but they enhance and enrich the journeys. We have a passion for and core belief in sustainable cities and living environments and are committed to careful, responsive and creative design of the transportation systems which serve them and their inhabitants.”
transportation video
AIR
Airport terminal facilities, whether they are for international airports, airline operations, fixed base of operations or airside support, are one of the world’s most complex projects types. Successful airport terminal design also embraces the essence of place, the moments of arrival and discovery, the points of departure and goodbyes. As such, they are as much people places with significant civic design character as they are goods and passenger processing facilities. Our airport experts thrive on designing these experiential features as well as the technological complexities of airports. We work closely with our aviation planning and engineering partners to ensure that the long list of requirements and advanced security and technology are met, resulting in functional facilities as well as memorable destinations.
Vanouver Transit Centre video feature
LAND - RAPID TRANSIT, LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT, BUS TRANSIT
Ground transit and road systems shape our towns and cities and provide the opportunity for growth and improved environments. Passenger stations provide simple to navigate routes and safe, comfortable waiting areas which encourage ridership and system usage. Stations, terminals and other fixed facilities are design opportunities for positive community markers and civic identification.
We are committed to well-designed rapid transit - its effective and non-intrusive integration into streetscapes and neighbourhoods, and its ability to fundamentally support the reduction of air pollution and vehicular congestion.
WATER - PORTS & FERRY TERMINALS
We understand the critical nature of marine site functional planning, vehicular circulation, security and control, and the often around-the-clock operations of ports and ferry terminals. The network of pedestrian routes, service vehicles, transport trucks and rail cars, passenger vehicles combined with the efficient loading and unloading of people and goods, is critical to port and ferry operations.
