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When chicago was in the race for the 2012 summer olympics, our studio group broke into groups of three. Each designed either a aquatics center, competitor housing, or a transit center. This transit center is a central stop for public busing and taxi, rail line, and personal vehicles. Taking after the design of the waterloo terminal, this transit center is a light weight structure of glass and sun screens that is not enclosed but instead a shelter where multiple modes of transportation meet. It is a representation of the modern age of travel with the use of modern materials in a stream-like form. Internal lighting is built into the structure to not only highlight the form but it also makes such a structure stand as a beacon at night to help guide people to their next destination.

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floor_2

structure detail

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tube structure

sun screen

final full and sectional modelsperspectives

final full model