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SKYCAR CITY A PRE-EMPTIVE HISTORY
Utopias and other spaces Aleksandrs Fetins 17.12.2010
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Is it Utopia?
Urbanisation problems as a starting point
Although primitive, partial utopia
Dutch approach as a «loose utopia»
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Is it Utopia?
Urbanisation problems as a starting point
³The notion of upward, or vertical movement offers significant possibilities for densification, a prerequisite for increasing the city's efficiency and enhancing its response to population growth´
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Is it Utopia?
Although it is primitive, «incomplete» Utopia
³The absence of site, either «cleared» or «constructed» proved both challenging and liberating as the studio faced the Herculesian task of constructing these parameters. Though themagnitude of this effort left little time to ponder
socio±cultural factors or the politics of the new
world, the research provided a limited set of variables for the Petri dish ´
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Is it Utopia?
Dutch working method as a «loose utopianvision»
³ the architects project a loose fit between programme and form, leaving enough play» toaccommodate the tactical improvisation of users.The structure is left incomplete´ [Allen S. Artificail Ecology. R eading MVRDV. R otterdam: 2003]
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[liter ature] devices
Skycar features
Diagram: the making of Skycar City
Radical pragmatism and deviations
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Skycar features
³When the qualities of land±based and air±
based vehicle merge, fueled by alternativeenergy sources , the skycar is born´
³[skycars] , their exact characteristics based entirely in existing technology´
Transit regulated by central server; smart collision prevention and swarming as a base for the traffic regulation in Sk ycar City
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Diagram: the making of Skycar City
³The designer of the skycar city considered the
relevancy of various data (velocity, turning radii, buffer zone)in order to designmeaningful program (often describing non±
spatial condition). From this diagram, the
designer then extracted a spatial construction for the city.´
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[liter ature] devices
From radical pragmatism to deviations
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Effects on an existing city: Tianjin, China
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