O'hare to Wicker Park Storyboard
From the perspective of a resident who is traveling back from O'hare International Airport to his home near the Wicker Park community. Highlighting the absence of freedom to safely take his bike to and from the airport efficiently, rather than being forced to currently pay and take the long train ride home.
Global Chicago Transport Deficit
Chicago is a hub for travel and urban innovation, but current infrastructure forces conditions of segregation and underserved communities. Found through the analysis of transportation methods to a central circulation point such as O'Hare International Airport on the Northwest side of Chicago. Through this sequence of diagrams, it is seen that certain areas become more separated from the surrounding area due to the availability of affordable and efficient transportation.
Bike Highway Touchdown Points
Utilizing existing infrastructure and a proposed elevated bike and pedestrian highway, a series of touchdown points are seamlessly connected throughout Chicago neighborhoods.
DAMEN BLUE LINE STOP
606 TRAIL
CALIFORNIA BLUE LINE STOP
TYPES OF PEDESTRIAN & BIKE INCLINES
SITE ACCESSIBILITY
BIKE RAMP BARRIER DESIGN
BIKE & PEDESTRIAN PATH BARRIER DESIGNS
Bike & Pedestrian Circulation Study
In high pace environments, it is important to separate those who must go fast and those who wish to move slower. Inspired by downhill mountain biking, the separated bike ramps have an adjusted side slope angle based on the speed cyclists will be going at that p. While the pedestrians are protected and given built-in leisure and program spaces that make circulation something more than a dormant path.
Ground Floor
CTA Train Floor
Bike Path Floor
Floor 4
Floor 5
East Elevation
East & North Sections
GROUND LVL
TRAIN LVL
BIKE HIGHWAY LVL
LVL 4
LVL 5
