Agreed. Architects are woefully absent in designing the new staging facilities that autonomous TNCs would need, transit centers for autonomous buses, or in suggesting designs for pick up and delivery spots on city blocks or figuring out what could go on first floors of buildings once it won't be retail anymore. But then, we have to work for clients whose banks don't seem to care for those future trends. That leaves design competitions and idea challenges, things that thrive in a recession.
Meanwhile, couldn't your Institute include studying design aspects beyond the vehicle technology?
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[Klaus] Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-25-2019 17:32
From: Nicolas Larco
Subject: Impacts of New Mobility (Uber, Scooters, etc) on Building Design
I run the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon (Urbanism Next) where we look at the impacts of emerging technology --- Autonomous vehicles, new mobility, e-commerce --- on cities and communities.
In the work we have been doing, we see a lot of engagement from planners and developers, but much less from designers. Wanted to reach out to this network to hear people who are doing projects and/or research on this topic. Some examples of what I am thinking of are:
- How is reduced parking needs (due to Uber/Lyft and eventually AVs) impacting building and site design? Are you incorporating this into phased projects?
- How is e-commerce impacting building design - particularly organization of ground floors?
- How is e-commerce impacting amount of retail that is going into projects?
- How is pick-up and drop-off (for Uber/Lyft) impacting project design?
Would love to hear from members of this community.
Best,
-Nico
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Nicolas Larco AIA
nlarco@uoregon.edu
Professor
Director - Urbanism Next Center
University of Oregon
Portland OR
http://urbanismnext.com
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