Abstract

The Living Travel project surges from a desire to better the specialty option of aerial traveling. While traveling is commodity individuals enjoy, the negative impacts and carbon footprint it causes are alarming. Currently airport’s usage and passenger flow are high in capacity, making airports overpopulated and cramped. Living Travel aims to better the infrastructure of terminal building by creating condensed options that improve the traveling demand for passenger flow, yet not necessarily by building bigger airports. Living Travel is an initiative that promotes regenerative building performance, sustainability, and community interaction.

The project also acts as a community outreach option intended to solve the lack of housing issues within Butte County. Before Camp Fire 2018, Oroville, CA, was an undeveloped city with limited housing options. After Camp Fire, a massive migration of people have settled into the area with hopes to stay close to jobs and the rebuilding process of the adjacent town of Paradise. The city fears if the housing development does not occur soon enough, the economy will deplete and lose people and the opportunity of serving Butte County’s community needs. Living Travel proposes investing in the idea of helping the town’s economy and attracting housing developers who want to build in raw land. Therefore the project offers to attach an Aerospace Engineering Research Center to the terminal project. The research center is a new enhanced concept that will create more jobs and attract university usage. Consequently, it will increase the demand for single and multi-unit housing that attracts investors. The proposed site is in 2015 Challenger Ave. Oroville, CA. About 3 miles from the center of the town and 20 mins away from the City of Chico. Currently, the airport runways are adjacent to this building but do not have direct passage. The project will use the 41,900 SQ Flex type building to expand and enhance the current airport facilities, add a terminal and an aerospace engineering research center. The site currently does not have bus line access; further research is imperative to solve this issue and facilitate transportation to the community. It is essential to conceptualize a design that promotes safety, is family-friendly, personalized, represents technological advancements, and respects nature.