Passengers, 2018

There is a varying pace in which people travel between spaces. The movement between two separates spaces is defined by the travelling experience. Some choose to speed up while others choose to slow down depending on various factors along the programmatic path. A slower pace is not necessarily inefficient, and a faster pace is not always rushed. Toronto of the future will have the technology to develop more efficient and enjoyable means of commute which will transform the relationship between transportation and city infrastructure. Autonomous cars, faster rail transit, and flying transports will influence city structures. Hyperloop technology will allow people to travel at airline speeds across land and will connect people faster and farther. Surface technologies, like magnetic fields, will allow individuals to walk comfortably on slopes as they do on a flat surface. This technology will give opportunities for new types of infrastructures. City roads will no longer be occupied by cars and will become walkable pathways for pedestrians. “Transparent transportation”, separating advanced technological modes of transportation from ground level, allows pedestrians to populate the streets with other activities and landscape. This thesis explores the balance of pace in dialogue with a technologically advanced speculative urban landscape.