Resilient Cities of the Future

A Cloud Studio project curated by Skidmore, Owiings and Merill’s (SOM) Chicago office, and further developed as a part of design thesis, explored the potentials of developing a High-Speed Rail network connecting Toronto and Chicago in the Midwest. Acting as a Social Condenser for downtown Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the new City Center Transit Station, is developed as the point of convergence for the community. Catalyzed by the proposed Midwestern high-speed rail line, this project seeks to introduce the hybrid, mixed-use, transit oriented development - featuring retail, hospitality, offices, residential and recreational spaces - to instigate the shift towards Eco-cities. These inter-modal transit infrastructure aims to bring a strategically sustainable change at a neighborhood scale, thus eventually repositioning the suburb into a socially active urban city.

High-Speed Rail in Midwest: Overview
City of Mississauga: Transit Map
City of Mississauga: Growth Pattern
City of Mississauga: Proposed new High-Speed Rail line
The Mississauga Model
City Center: High-Speed Rail as a catalyst of change
The New City Center
City Center: Section through High-Speed Rail Line
City Center: New Land Use Map
City Center: Proposed Transit Map
City Center: Stormwater Management Strategies
City Center: Street Typologies
High-Speed Rail Station: Ground Floor Plan

High-Speed Rail Station: Ground Floor Plan

High-Speed Rail Station Section
Station Facade Axonometric: Luminiscent Layers
Multifaceted Movement
Prismatic Platform
Tired Transit
Public Realm within the recreational green-way

Thesis document as published on Proquest and in hardcover. Available to read at Illinois Institute of Technology's Graham Resource Centre (GRC, Crown Hall) and Galvin Library.

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