scholarly journals PERSISTÊNCIA NO ESPAÇO URBANO DOS EDIFÍCIOS DA DÉCADA DE 1940 EM PRESIDENTE PRUDENTE-SP - A ESTAÇÃO FERROVIÁRIA: INVENTÁRIO E SALVAGUARDA

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-125
Author(s):  
Aviter Bordinhon Ribeira
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Art Deco ◽  
The City ◽  
Modern Building

The objective of this study is to conduct an investigation about architectural heritage of Presidente Prudente. The study approaches about the building of the railway station from the 1940s, features art-deco and protomoderno, which still remains in the city space.The first building was inaugurated in 1926 and it had to be demolished, because, a newstation, bigger and more modern building would be built at the same place; it was inaugurated in 1944. Disabling the railway in Brazil generated the abandonment and/or changed the functionality of the railway stations.;in the case of Presidente Prudente it has housed the Procon Foundation and SEMST, whose building has undergone modifications and changes to accord new uses. Therefore, the research developed the inventory of the Railway Station ranging from historical documentation, photographic surveys, architectural-metric and also the diagnosis of their current condition.

scholarly journals PRESERVED STATION COMPLEXES OF THE RAIL NETWORK OF THE VOLHYNIAN GOVERNORATE AS OBJECTS OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Mykola Nazaruk
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Rail Network

The relevance of the research topic is determined by the problems connected with preserving the authenticity of the historical environment of Volhynia. Preserved railway stations, as well as buildings that are part of the railway station complexes, that were built in the Volhynian Governorate in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries, are valuable architectural objects. Many of preserved station complexes have the features of ensemble unity. For some reason, most of these unique buildings do not have official monument status. Therefore, the author proposes to include in the register of architectural monuments those passenger buildings, as well as buildings of station complexes, that are part of the architectural ensemble, that do not have status of monument and about that is written in this article. Some railway station complexes are in decline due to the closure and need immediate measures to preserve them. There are recommendations for the rehabilitation and protection of the preserved of railway station complexes, that were built in the Volhynian Governorate. The research methodology is based on general, interdisciplinary and disciplinary, that include architectural and town-planning research methods. This publication aims to substantiate the architectural value of the buildings of  railway station complexes, that were built in the Volhynian Governorate in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries and have been preserved to this day. The task is also to substantiate the proposal to include in the register of architectural monuments those passenger buildings that do not have status of monument and about that is written in this article. The article deals with the volume-spatial structure and stylistics of the of the buildings of  railway station complexes, that were built in the Volhynian Governorate in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries and have been preserved to this day. Considerable attention is paid to the architectural value of these passenger buildings. The author substantiates the proposal to include in the register of architectural monuments those passenger buildings, as well as buildings of station complexes, that are part of the architectural ensemble, that do not have status of monument and about that is written in this article.

Simulating Passenger Evacuation in Railway Station under Fire Emergency using Safe Zone Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 2674 (11) ◽  
pp. 806-812
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Salarian ◽  
Aida Mashhadizadeh ◽  
Morteza Bagheri
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Evacuation ◽  
Safe Zone ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Evacuation Time ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The City ◽  
Safe Zones

Railway stations are usually considered to be one of the main gathering centers of the city; thus, in the event of any incident, there will be significant casualties. The purpose of this study is to simulate strategies for reducing the evacuation time of the railway station in the event of fire using a safe zone approach with simulation software. To reduce the evacuation time, 18 scenarios were introduced and simulated according to (1) number of gates and exit doors, (2) width of the gates, (3) obstacles, (4) priority of the exit doors, and (5) safe zone. The results show that the best evacuation time occurs by increasing the number of exit doors from two to four and considering a safe zone simultaneously; the evacuation time is reduced by 7 min and 19 s. Using safe zones for emergency evacuation has a significant role in reducing evacuation time and improving service levels. Interestingly, the removal of gates and obstacles would increase the evacuation time of passengers. The proposed model could be used for renovating existing railway stations to decrease the consequences of accidents such as fire.

scholarly journals Russian Metropolitan Railway Stations as Historical Architectural Masterpieces

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 132-148
Author(s):  
D. Yu. Levin
Keyword(s):  
Human Relations ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

According to the author of the article, the appearance of the first railway stations immediately became the most striking image of the time. The history of the architecture of Russian railway stations begins at the same time when the first railway in Russia was built connecting St. Petersburg to Pavlovsk. Previously existing post stations and the so-called road imperial palaces served prototypes for railway stations.The railway station is, first, a story in which both the most interesting architectural and social plots collide. The railway station offers passengers the most vivid images of our time. The architects who designed the first railway stations had to solve problems that no one had ever encountered before: to cover train sheds by a roof, to design platforms, lighting, ventilation, acoustics... All this made the railway station the most technically enriched architectural genre of its time. And in this sense, the railway station architecture is a very interesting plot, in which everything changes very quickly and where all human relations are very aggravated. Therefore, the railway station is a condensed replica of society. Therefore, at the railway station, you can always very clearly see how society is organised. For example, at imperial railway stations, division of passengers per travel classes was obvious and inherent in the architectural program itself. The imperial pavilions, the imperial rooms also make part of the story... The railway station is, first, an image of modernity, mobility and a history of boundaries between the country and the city. This is especially interesting in the case of metropolitan railway stations. 

scholarly journals Railway and railway station as urbanistic concepts in works of S. Zhadan

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Study ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
Urban Place ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
New Associations ◽  
Special Place ◽  
The City

The article is devoted to the important subject of modern cultural study – to the studying of meanings of the urban terms «railway» and «railway station» in fiction. The research is interdisciplinary, because it’s based on the idea of the death of author by famous literary critic and thorist roland barthes. Moreover, the article engages in discussion of the problem historians, philosophers and other humanities. Such approach allows overflow the traditional biographical analyze and interline the works of the author in wider context. The resources of the article are the fiction by famous ukrainian writer serhiy zhadan, which was written during last 25 years. For the analyze were used not only prose, but poems and even songs. Fiction by s. Zhadan was chosen for research because the narrative created by him can be called popular among the different groups of peoples, and then it can be called the depository of collective meanings. Besides this, we need to stress, that in the article the research of the meanings articulated by author was analyzed not through his biography but through the general discourse, which – according to r. Barthes – is described in the fiction of writer. That is why the author’s narrative, which is conditioned by discourse, transformed into the vocabulary of common meanings of society, who create this discourse. During the work on the article the next meanings of the concept «railway» was stressed: the point of the begin and the end, the place of transit, the special place as «the city in the city», the element, which changes urban place around it and gives it new associations. The «railway station» as a concept is understanding in literature as the process of travelling, it symbolized the moving and transferring states of subject (as individual, and as collective). The meanings which were find were comparable with the architectural view of the ukrainian railway stations and with this how the appearance of railway and railway station changed the urban logic of city. Due to this comparable the several practice ideas about the place of railway in urban space were found.

scholarly journals 15-Min Station: A Case Study in North Italy City to Evaluate the Livability of an Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10246
Author(s):  
Fabio Borghetti ◽  
Cristian Giovanni Colombo ◽  
Michela Longo ◽  
Renato Mazzoncini ◽  
Leonardo Cesarini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Lombardy Region ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Railway System ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

The goal of this work is to apply the idea of the city in 15 min to railway stations that can become the starting point of the analysis as they represent the “gateway”, where users start their last mile of travel after getting off the train. Within the research, 11 railway stations located in the Lombardy Region in Italy were identified and analyzed. To perform the analysis, an analytical index was implemented and determined for each station: this index summarizes the main features of the station itself in relation to the territory in which it is located. The adopted approach is comparative: it is not important the absolute value of the index of each station, but the comparison between the different indices. In this way it is possible on the one hand to classify the stations and on the other hand to identify and propose possible interventions to improve the role of a railway station in a territory. The proposed model is expandable and replicable: it is possible to add other useful indicators for the calculation of the index of each station and it is also possible to perform the analysis in different territorial contexts. In fact, it is a decision support tool able to provide indications and information for the planning and programming of the railway system and of the city; among the potential users of the proposed model there are railway station managers and administrations.

scholarly journals Hotel design and adaptive reuse: From historic palaces to the city’s dilapidated structures

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Nikolic ◽  
Nadja Kurtovic-Folic ◽  
Aleksandar Milojkovic
Keyword(s):  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Popular Approach ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
Hotel Design ◽  
Historic Structures ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

At the time of changing economic circumstances, adaptation and conversion of historic structures is an increasingly popular approach. Some historical buildings are very suitable for the revitalization into the modern hotels. The paper analyzes the relationship of the hotel, the city and its architectural heritage, as well as some of the factors that led to the eruption of alternative models of hotels, shown through a series of successful solutions. Many challenges of hotel design in historic buildings are listed and corresponding solutions are offered. Some methodological directions are indicated, and certain guidelines and principles for further activities in this field are formulated. In conclusion their applicability in practice is discussed, and certain disadvantages and limitations are listed.

scholarly journals Aktivistinen kielimaisema: pilottitutkimus

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-114
Author(s):  
Sofie Henricson
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
City Official ◽  
Bus Stop ◽  
The People ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Landscape Research ◽  
The City ◽  
Tourist Information

Urban linguistic landscapes consist of various kinds of signs in different languages, together transmitting a myriad of messages to the people living in, visiting or passing through the city. Official authorities are the authors of some signs, e.g. street names and tourist information, while businesses operating on a local or global level are the authors of other signs, e.g. advertisements and information about opening hours. In addition, individual persons or groups of people give their input to the urban linguistic landscapes, e.g. by attaching a sticker to a bus stop or writing a slogan on a park bench. The current article explores this third, unofficial layer of the urban linguistic landscape, and the topics, discourses and ideologies it encompasses. Through a pilot study of the activist linguistic landscapes at two railway stations in Helsinki, the article discusses the methodological underpinnings of this kind of linguistic landscape research.

scholarly journals Car Park House Share: Reclaiming Wellington's Car Parking Buildings

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Luke Dodd
Keyword(s):  
Housing Stock ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Car Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Car Park ◽  
Time Share ◽  
The City ◽  
A Current

<p>This thesis anticipates that inner city car parking buildings will become vacant as new car ownership models, such as car sharing, reduce the number of cars parked in cities. “Collaborative consumption” is changing the way that consumers own goods to a shared method where ownership is outsourced and goods become cheaper and more efficient to use. Car sharing is one such service where technology provides the basis for it to operate. High demand for housing in the Wellington CBD and a current housing stock shortfall provides an opportunity to adaptively re-use this vacant infrastructure for time share housing for transient workers, using the collaborative consumption model.  This research proposes that the conversion of carparking buildings into shared housing schemes is valid, and explores this by investigating what the consequences of car sharing might be on the city and how people interact with this infrastructure at a street scale. The thesis then explores the architectural possibility of how housing can make use of existing infrastructure for a new use. It explores the pedestrian reclamation of the parking building while acknowledging the architectural heritage of the car parking typology.</p>

scholarly journals Perspectives of the contemporary usage of circular locomotive depot buildings

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Irina Vasil’evna Aksenova ◽  
Yuliya Igorevna Naumova ◽  
Vladimir Valentinovich Gridyushko
Keyword(s):  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Basic Direction ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Industrial Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Hotel Chain

Variants of reshaping the objects of the industrial heritage, including the buildings of transport infrastructure located in central districts of historical towns are analyzed in the article. The evolution of the development of depots for maintaining and repairing the locomotives is represented. The uniqueness of the complex of buildings of Nikolaevskaya Railway in Moscow, an integrated historical and architectural ensemble, is noted. At the present moment one of few preserved buildings is a circular depot in the center of Moscow. The loss of this unique specimen of industrial architecture of the middle of 19th century would be an irreplaceable loss for the cultural heritage of the nation. The only way of its rescue from full destruction is its restoration and inclusion in the contemporary life of the city. The method of possible variants of the contemporary usage of historical building-monuments of the industrial heritage is proposed, which secures their safety on the basis of self-repayment. The preferable variants for reshaping the building of circular depot in Moscow are considered on the basis of qualitative criteria. Keeping in mind the location of the depot near railway stations - the sources of the main contingent being in need of short-term rent - the variant of placing a hotel-touristic center in the depot was chosen. This corresponds to the basic direction of the State Program of the City of Moscow for the period of 2012-2016, which provides the development of the hotel chain at the expense of the reconstruction and the creation of the touristic infrastructure. The authors considered in the article the variant of usage of the depot as a multifunctional hotel complex gives the possibility to solve the problem of shortage of two-stars hotels in the center of Moscow and, what is very important, to preserve the monument in an undistorted appearance.

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