Miami Concept Design 20100419

Option 1: Uniform Terminal/Ferry Canopy Option with Double Heat Chimney. Vent slits included for the release of back-pressure winds during tropical storms.







Option 2: Divided Terminal/Ferry Canopy Option with Double Heat Chimney and Green Trellis extending above tower mass.





Plan: Main Terminal and Ferry Dock remains unconditioned space while central lobby is climate controlled 100% of the year. Both Main Terminal and Ferry Dock canopy connect to their individual heat trough along the spine of the canopy, leading into their own separate heat towers. Heat towers are oriented along the commercial tower circulation cores to prevent heat transfer into office space.




Option 1 Concept Images:

Miami Concept Design 1

Downtown Miami physical site model



Solar studies



Programmatic massing studies



Solar chimney concept for transit terminal membrane. Do to the high humidity level of South Florida air current must not remain stagnant. The proposal is for the train terminal and ferry dock program components to remain non-conditioned space with a central connecting lobby conditioned.



The solar chimney at it's base will act as the urban connective tissue that will link the motor-vehical drop off entrance, above ground "people-mover" tram system, and high speed rail. The chimney membrane accends the commercial program expeling the rising hot air from the terminal creating a drag current throughout the station.







View of terminal between Biscayne Bay and Biscayne Island

Transbay Transit Center, SOM

We found this transit terminal competition by SOM to be interesting in how the design responded to the dense urban fabric of San Francisco. It demonstrates the ability to be programmatically responsible to the business district through maximizing leasable area.

http://www.som.com/content.cfm/terminal_entrance_high_res

Miami: Climate

Weather Variations:

Miami: Site

We decided to go with Site A.