Jeff is a Principal and leader of Perkins & Will’s global Transportation design practice with over 15 years of experience. Through his commitment to design excellence, Jeff’s passion is to create buildings that are more than just a transit exchange, but rather landmarks and multi-use community hubs that support ridership and benefit the greater urban environment.
Jeff’s leadership ensures a dynamic cross-pollination of design innovation and lessons learned between global project teams. His project experience includes multiple SkyTrain stations in Vancouver, and currently leading the design and delivery of Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain (REM) and Ottawa’s Stage 2 LRT stations.
Jeff has provided local and international design and advisory services to transit authorities contemplating P3/DB procurements including GO Transit’s Design Excellence Guidelines, station designs for Ottawa’s Confederation Line, prototypes for Riyadh’s Metro and BRT, and providing design excellence compliance evaluation for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Sessions
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June 05: Bright Light of the City: Lighting the way for our passengers’ experience
Like Moths to a Flame
In order to provide the highest level of customer service, and maximize our investment in transit infrastructure, rail stations must act as beacons within our cities – attracting passengers like moths to a flame. This analogy references the warm, welcoming, and magnetic effect lighting can have on living things. As we consider rail station design in this context, we begin to understand the importance of stations as cherished civic buildings situated at the heart of our communities. This presentation will touch on examples of lighting and materiality that transform the often cold and brutal environments of infrastructure into human spaces. We will delve into how rail stations become the warm hearth at the heart of our communities, providing an comfortable, safe, and delightful experience for travelers and the neighbourhoods they serve.
