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Kristian Fosholt

Kristian Fosholt

San Francisco, CA, US

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Site Plan of the 405 and 105 Freeway Interchange
Site Plan of the 405 and 105 Freeway Interchange
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Death of the Freeway

Thesis project from 5th year at Cal Poly.  This project won 3rd place is the National ACSA/AISC Steel Design Competition.  The concept was based on a theoretical future where petroleum costs are too high, so a low-impact solution is to convert part of the existing freeway infrastructure in LA into conduits for mass transit.  This would allow people to simply drive to the nearest interchange and take transit from there.  Each interchange would then become an integrated transit hub.  The design is case study of a transit hub designed within the interchange of the 405 and 105 freeways in Los Angeles near LAX.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Los Angeles, CA, US
Additional Credits: Guidance from Professor Jonathan Reich

 
Aerial View of the Transit Hub from the northeast
Aerial View of the Transit Hub from the northeast
Aerial view of the Transit Hub from the southwest
Aerial view of the Transit Hub from the southwest
Grand Terminal
Grand Terminal
Green Line coming through the Grand Terminal
Green Line coming through the Grand Terminal
Northwest corner from the neighborhood
Northwest corner from the neighborhood
Portion of the old 105 freeway converted into a pedestrian throughway
Portion of the old 105 freeway converted into a pedestrian throughway
Southbound on the 405 Freeway
Southbound on the 405 Freeway
Structural Steel Truss and Structural Trees with concrete post and beam base
Structural Steel Truss and Structural Trees with concrete post and beam base
Transverse and Longitudinal Sections
Transverse and Longitudinal Sections