Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
8-31-1999
Degree Name
Master of Architecture - (M.Arch.)
Department
School of Architecture
First Advisor
Peter Lang
Second Advisor
Craig Konyk
Third Advisor
Donald Wall
Abstract
This thesis studies the nature of place, which is a specific, identified location in space, in the conditions of driving in a car on a highway. This study opposes the common opinion that highways destroy identity of a specific location and they have only utilitarian role. This thesis wants to prove that on Route 280 exist a possibility for an identity of a location and that the highway is a place, but the traditional dimensions of a place are modified by high-speed travel in a car. It will analyze actual observations on Route 280.
Traditionally, space was inhabited at slow speeds that had a traditional means of identifying a specific place. The invention of a car created new high-speed conditions of experiencing space that transformed the nature of a specific location.
The issue is to reconsider the dimensions and arrangement of a place on Route 280, which could be applicable for architecture in the space of high-speed travel and communication.
Recommended Citation
Ratas, Peteris, "Transforming nature of place and Route 280" (1999). Theses. 1899.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1899
