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Foster + Partners’ SkyCycle and the technological sublime
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 09:49 authored by Roberts, LS, Fleming, SThis paper investigates the proposal for the SkyCycle bicycle network in London and its relationship to how we think about cities and transportation today. We draw upon the concept of the technological sublime as a way of analyzing city form and the role of contemporary urban cycling. The continued fascination with the technological sublime, and the intertwined social and economic systems that valorize it, influence how we see cycling today, and how we expect cyclists to behave. We attempt to uncover the unspoken values that underlie the SkyCycle proposal in order to understand the range of reactions to the proposal.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Design ConferenceEditors
C AxisaPagination
108-120ISBN
978-1-922232-20-5Department/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
Association for Sustainability in Business IncPlace of publication
Adelaide, South AustraliaEvent title
Designing Productive Cities: 7th International Urban Design ConferenceEvent Venue
Adelaide, South AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2014-09-01Date of Event (End Date)
2014-09-03Rights statement
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