Rethinking Flyovers: culture and design

Dr Steve Millington Manchester Metropolitan University

January 2012

I gazed down at this immense motion

sculpture, whose deck seemed almost

higher than the balcony rail against which I

leaned. I began to orientate myself again

around its reassuring bulk, its familiar

perspectives of speed, purpose and

direction (Ballard, Crash 1995: 48)

Flyover, Flyover

Sing! Flyover, Flyover

Chance! Flyover, Flyover

Step on the gas get down in the accelerator,

Sing! Flyover, Flyover

Don't wanna get back don't wanna get

captured,

Chance! Flyover, Flyover

Step on the gas get down in the accelerator,

Sing! Flyover, Flyover

Flyover

Asian Dub Foundation

From the 2005 album Tank

http://www.granterskinearchitects.com/page_tesseract_competition.html

RECLAIM THE STREETS Ruhr Valley, 2010

THE HIGH LINE PARK, NEW YORK http://rafaelsoldi.blogspot.com

New York

The Highline Park

LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL

LYON FÊTE DES LUMIÈRES

FREEMONT STREET, LAS VEGAS

CLEVELAND INNER-BELT PROJECT

http://www.gcbl.org/planning/innerbelt/urban-design-land-development-and-the-innerbelt/aesthetics-of-innerbelt-plan

MY TURN, SIMON CRUBELLIER http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon-crubellier/

Westway

WESTWAY, URBAN EYE http://www.urbaneye.org.uk/pages/showcase_acklam.htm

SAN ANTONIO http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?p=406175

KRALINGEN-CROOSWIJK UNDERPASS, ROTTERDAM

http://www.enterthemothership.com/index.php?mact=Album,cntnt01,default,0&cntnt01albumid=261&cntnt01returnid=76&hl=usa

LENI SCHWENDINGER LIGHT PROJECTS

Kingston Bridge, Glasgow

Rhode Island

Times Square Port Authority underpass concept

JACK LACEY / CORBIS http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/42-18627662.html

Festive Freeway Underpass, Birmingham

DEVIANT ART http://d0ub7.deviantart.com/art/in-a-h-u-r-r-y-4178862

In a Hurry

OLSSON AND LINDER LIGHT DESIGN http://www.olssonlinder.se/

http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/vagverket/

http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/stockholms-stad-trafikkontoret-belysning/

http://www.olssonlinder.se/projects/partillebo-ab/

GUERRILLA LIGHTING http://guerrillalighting.net/gallery/manchester-november-2006/

EARTH HOUR – THE POWER OF DARKNESS

Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/

Source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/