This thesis presents proposals for the transformation of highway service areas to respond to the upcoming era of new energy vehicles. The research begins with a study of the history of the development of Italian motorways. Then focuses on the emergence of the bridge-type service area as a typology of buildings in the history of Italian motorways. It further analyses the history of the transformation of the bridge from a purely traffic function to a bridge-type building that can contain complex functions. After researching electric cars, highways, and the architecture above them, this thesis critiques the homogenization of the existing functions of highways, the spatial fragmentation of highways from the surrounding villages, the fragility of highways, and the challenges faced by highway space in the upcoming EV era. Strategies are then proposed and applied to the design project for the Campora service area on the A7 motorway to present the practicality of these design strategies. The design project gives specific ideas at different scales, from the overall planing of the site to the spatial design of the building to the design of the construction details. The primary aim is to change the space and enhance its quality to accommodate the upcoming era of electric vehicles, as well as to solve the problem of crossing the human and vehicular traffic flow in the highway service area and to enhance the openness of the highway service station to strengthen the communication with the neighboring villages. In summary,, this thesis provides a vision based on the near future, a vision that transforms highway service areas into oases where drivers can stay comfortably while waiting for their cars to recharge and brings new infrastructure and opportunities for communication with the outside world to the surrounding villages.
Questa tesi presenta proposte di trasformazione delle aree di servizio autostradali per rispondere all’imminente era dei veicoli a nuova energia. La ricerca inizia con uno studio della storia dello sviluppo delle autostrade italiane. Si concentra poi sull’emergere dell’area di servizio a ponte come tipologia di edifici nella storia delle autostrade italiane. Analizza poi la storia della trasformazione del ponte da una funzione puramente di traffico a un edificio di tipo ponte che può contenere funzioni complesse. Dopo aver studiato le auto elettriche, le autostrade e l’architettura che le sovrasta, questa tesi critica l’omogeneizzazione delle funzioni esistenti delle autostrade, la frammentazione spaziale delle autostrade rispetto ai paesi circostanti, la fragilità delle autostrade e le sfide che lo spazio autostradale dovrà affrontare nell’imminente era dei veicoli elettrici. Vengono quindi proposte delle strategie e applicate al progetto di design dell’area di servizio di Campora sull’autostrada A7 per presentare la praticabilità di queste strategie di design. Il progetto di design fornisce idee specifiche a diverse scale, dalla pianificazione generale del sito alla progettazione spaziale dell’edificio, fino alla progettazione dei dettagli costruttivi. L’obiettivo primario è quello di modificare lo spazio e migliorarne la qualità per accogliere l’imminente era dei veicoli elettrici, nonché di risolvere il problema dell’incrocio dei flussi di traffico umano e veicolare nell’area di servizio dell’autostrada e di migliorare l’apertura della stazione di servizio dell’autostrada per rafforzare la comunicazione con i villaggi vicini. In sintesi, questa tesi fornisce una visione basata sul futuro prossimo, una visione che trasforma le aree di servizio autostradali in oasi in cui gli automobilisti possono soggiornare comodamente in attesa che le loro auto si ricarichino e porta ai villaggi circostanti nuove infrastrutture e opportunità di comunicazione con il mondo esterno.
Highway design in the electric vehicle era
Wang, Yuchu
2023/2024
Abstract
This thesis presents proposals for the transformation of highway service areas to respond to the upcoming era of new energy vehicles. The research begins with a study of the history of the development of Italian motorways. Then focuses on the emergence of the bridge-type service area as a typology of buildings in the history of Italian motorways. It further analyses the history of the transformation of the bridge from a purely traffic function to a bridge-type building that can contain complex functions. After researching electric cars, highways, and the architecture above them, this thesis critiques the homogenization of the existing functions of highways, the spatial fragmentation of highways from the surrounding villages, the fragility of highways, and the challenges faced by highway space in the upcoming EV era. Strategies are then proposed and applied to the design project for the Campora service area on the A7 motorway to present the practicality of these design strategies. The design project gives specific ideas at different scales, from the overall planing of the site to the spatial design of the building to the design of the construction details. The primary aim is to change the space and enhance its quality to accommodate the upcoming era of electric vehicles, as well as to solve the problem of crossing the human and vehicular traffic flow in the highway service area and to enhance the openness of the highway service station to strengthen the communication with the neighboring villages. In summary,, this thesis provides a vision based on the near future, a vision that transforms highway service areas into oases where drivers can stay comfortably while waiting for their cars to recharge and brings new infrastructure and opportunities for communication with the outside world to the surrounding villages.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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