Wong Wai Kit, Yel. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2010-2011, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / chapter 1 / Chapter - --- statement / Chapter - --- thesis / chapter 2 / Chapter - --- theoretical issue / chapter 3 / Chapter - --- analysis / chapter 4 / Chapter - --- case studies / Chapter 5 / Chapter - --- Cinemotic experience / chapter 6 / Chapter - --- Site / Chapter 7 / Chapter - --- Design

Cheung Nga Wun, Mimi. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2010-2011, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT / Aim / To experiment an alternative model to accommodate residential and commercial programme in Hong Kong dense district / BACKGROUND INFORMATION / Existing Scenerio / Chapter I. --- Shopping Centre as Public Place / Chapter II. --- Segregation of Public and Private Programme / Chapter III. --- Intimacy of Public Space / Definition of Podium Structure / Reflection on Precedent Study --- p.P.8-P.13 / Chapter 1. --- Shinonome Canal Court / Chapter 2. --- Linked Hybrid / RESEARCH / Theory on In-between Space --- p.P. 16- P. 17 / Review on Sejima's theory on in-between space as a medium to connect inside and outside; different programmes. / General View of Podium in North Point --- p.P. 18 - P.25 / A brief history of podium strcuture in Hong Kong and study how different quality of space evoluted with time. / Urban In-between Study --- p.P.28 - P.39 / Road Junction / Building In-between Study --- p.P42 - P.57 / Understanding formal Creation of In-between Space AND Definition of Boundary of In-between Space / EARLY DESIGN TRIAL / Site Analysis / North Point is selected as potential site. / Design Strategy --- p.P.61 - P.63 / Breaking down existing podium-type massing to formulate new model of commercial and residential. New in-between spatial quality is the main focus to accommodate social life within the building.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Urban Design / Master / Master of Urban Design

published_or_final_version / Urban Design / Master / Master of Urban Design

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Traffic simulation has become an invaluable part of the traffic engineering toolbox. However, the majority of driver models are designed to recreate traffic performance based on interactions among vehicles. In keeping with this pursuit, most are fundamentally built to avoid collisions. This limits the applicability of using these models for addressing safety concerns, especially those regarding pedestrian safety performance. However, by explicitly including some of the sources of human error, these limitations can, in theory, be overcome. While much work has been done toward including these human factors in simulation platforms, one key aspect of human behavior has been largely ignored: driver distraction. This work presents a novel approach to inclusion of driver distraction in a microsimulation or agent-based model. Distributions of distraction events and inter-distraction periods are derived from eye-glance data collected during naturalistic driving studies. The developed model of distraction is implemented -- along with perception errors, visual obstructions, and driver reaction times -- in a simulated mid-block pedestrian crossing. The results of this simulation demonstrate that excluding any of these human factors from the implemented driver model significantly alters conflict rates observed in the simulation. This finding suggests that inclusion of human factors is important in any microsimulation platforms used to analyze pedestrian safety performance.

This thesis explores the relationship between crime, transportation network connectivity, and engineered facilities built to increase walkability through a case study of twenty-five sites within the city of Spokane, Washington. Using data spanning between 2008 and 2010, the author developed a GIS model representing conditions of the built environment, social and economic demographics, and crime rates within the randomly chosen sites. A partial F-test revealed little to no evidence that the transportation network connectivity affected crime rates within the study sites. Using permutation tests, the author found that specific pedestrian facility infrastructure correlated to higher crime rates as defined for the specific study sites. In all, this research provided patterns between crime rates and transportation networks which may be further explored in future research. / Graduation date: 2012

The aim of this thesis was to identify the characteristics of path segments and routes that are associated with where older residents choose to walk for recreation or for getting to destinations in retirement communities. The goal was to use the findings from this study to help formulate criteria and strategic choices that can be used to design retirement communities that support walking among elderly residents. Case studies were conducted at three Continuing Care Retirement Communities. The study shows that route choice for walking to destinations is shaped by practical considerations of distance and convenience and largely determined by the relative location of destination and origin. On the other hand, route choice for recreational walking is more complex and is determined by local, relational and structural environmental characteristics of the path segments that comprise the routes as well as characteristics of the residents themselves. Residents chose routes of different difficulty level for walking based on their physical abilities and health. This study also found that many residents chose to walk indoors for recreation, especially along corridors between resident apartments. Understanding how the different factors together shape route choice leads to the clarification of design alternatives. This study suggests that designing campuses to support walking involves not only a careful consideration of individual local path segment characteristics but also an understanding how path segments and routes fit within the larger network of path segments on campus. Further, it is important to design routes with a range of characteristics and a range of challenge so that residents have many options to choose from and they have the option to move from a lower level of challenge to a higher one when they feel ready.