Re: [microsound] City of the future

["s'agita recordings" <mothra@xxxxxxxxx>]

did anyone read " the intuitionist " by colson whitehead ?
it's a novel about an elevator inspector, constantly on about the city of
the future and the intercourse between verticalization and urbanism ...
has some nice points, though ...

bye,
paolo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yates, Paul" <paul.r.yates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'microsound'" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:06 AM
Subject: [microsound] City of the future

>
> > "fugadeserebros" <fugadeserebros@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > ok, i'm an architect and urbanist and this project touched me in a =
> > special way. i'm inviting you to investigate the philosophy of =
> > contemporary urbanism> the cities we see in most sci-fi movies from =
> > metropolis to blade runner are representations of a culture of =
> > accumulation, while other approaches corresponding to a culture of =
> > fluxes, for instance, don't have a representation in any movie i know so
=
> > far.
>
> The piece that I am contemplating for this project, is not set too far
into
> the future. The UK government has recently outlined their plans for future
> housing growth management. One of there plans is for the creation of the
> "Linear City". The plan being to build new housing developments within the
> Thames Gateway, spreading down from London, between each of the major
towns
> along the Thames "river banks", to the Medway Towns, making a 40 mile long
> "Linear City". I live in the Medway towns so would be at the edge of this
> new development. I am considering the environmental impact this would have
> on the river side habitat, and also the effect good or bad on improved
links
> with London and population growth in the South East of england.
>
> regards
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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