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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, S
This 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 Conference

Editors

C Axisa

Pagination

108-120

ISBN

978-1-922232-20-5

Department/School

School of Architecture and Design

Publisher

Association for Sustainability in Business Inc

Place of publication

Adelaide, South Australia

Event title

Designing Productive Cities: 7th International Urban Design Conference

Event Venue

Adelaide, South Australia

Date of Event (Start Date)

2014-09-01

Date of Event (End Date)

2014-09-03

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Copyright unknown

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Environmentally sustainable transport activities not elsewhere classified

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