Skyscrapers and the redrawing of the London skyline: a case of territorialisation through landscape control

Appert, Manuel; Montès, Christian

doi:10.4000/articulo.2784

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“…However, the recent rise of exceptional skyscrapers in the City of London and Manhattan, for example, does not necessarily reflect just the desire to secure and enhance the global economic position of cities. Rather, it epitomizes the conjunction of political, economic, and cultural agendas (Appert and Montes, 2015;Charney, 2014;Kaika, 2010), thus making "… tall buildings sites as a nexus of power made visible…" (McNeill, 2005: 53).…”

Section: Ordinary Urban Geopoliticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interventions in urban geopolitics

Rokem

Fregonese²,

Ramadan³

et al. 2017

Political Geography

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Section: Ordinary Urban Geopoliticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fregonese²,

Ramadan³

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Political Geography

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“…2002 m. dokumente "Londono planas: erdvinės plėtros strategija didesniam Londonui" (City of London... 2002) tuometinis miesto meras išreiškė poziciją, kad mieste kuo labiau būtų įsisavinami aukštybiniai pastatai, kurie yra itin patrauklus orientyras, tarnaujantis kaip miesto simbolis, didinantis jo patrauklumą. Nors miesto darbo grupė, bendruomeniniai rūmai, architektūros ir miesto plėtros komisija ir anglų paveldo organizacija tvirtino, kad aukštybiniai pastatai yra nebūtini miesto tankinimui ir nebūtinai garantuoja didesnę biurų pasiūlą, bet visgi jie sutiko, kad aukštybinis užstatymas vaidina svarbią rolę regeneruojant miestą, taip pat kuria globalaus pasaulio miesto vaizdą (Appert, Montes 2015). Politinis aukštybinės statybos palaikymas nulėmė didelį kiekį statybos pasiūlymų.…”

Section: Londonas Anglijaunclassified

Appearance Principles of High Rise Buildings in the City Center: Visual Efect to Historical Heritage, Regulation Proposals / Aukštybinių Pastatų Miesto Centre Atsiradimo Principai: Vizualinis Poveikis Istoriniam Paveldui, Reglamentavimo Siūlymai

Panavaitė¹

2016

Mokslas – Lietuvos Ateitis

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High rise buildings is the phenomenon of XXI century, the expression of city’s economic and political power. This is the reflection of contemporary, modern and attractive city. Very often high rise buildings, who are characterized by a unique morphology, the parameters of high, density and intensity, are built near the historic center areas and cause irreversible visual impact on the historic sites, fundamentally altering the silhouette of the city. As a result, new problems and challenges appear. In this article the evolution of high rise buildings according to London, Jerusalem, Ottawa, Vilnius cities examples is analysed, the latest methodological principles which are applicable to control the development of high-rise buildings in the central parts of the city, while providing preservation and representation of cultural heritage are discussed. The latest computer technologies which are applied in urban regulations are presented. In case of Lithuania, high-rise building spatial development, general, spatial planning documents, urban design concepts, and monitoring of virtual city panoramas are reviewed. Comparative analysis in order to find out the essential methodological differences between cities regulation systems is done. Aukštybiniai pastatai – XXI a. fenomenas, miestų ekonominės, politinės galios išraiška. Tai šiuolaikinio, modernaus ir patrauklaus miesto atspindys. Labai dažnai aukštybinis užstatymas, pasižymintis savita morfologija, aukščio ir tūrio parametrais, dideliu užstatymo tankiu ir intensyvumu, atsiranda istorinių centrų prieigose, sukeldamas negrįžtamą vizualinį poveikį istoriniam paveldui, iš esmės pakeisdamas miesto siluetą. Dėl to atsiranda naujų problemų ir uždavinių. Straipsnyje nagrinėjama aukštybinių pastatų reglamentavimo evoliucija pagal Londono, Jeruzalės, Otavos ir Vilniaus miestų pavyzdį. Norint suvaldyti aukštybinių pastatų plėtrą šių miestų centrinėse dalyse, taikomi naujausi metodologiniai principai, numatant išsaugoti ir reprezentuoti ir kultūros paveldo objektus. Aptariamos naujausių kompiuterinių technologijų taikymo galimybės reglamentuojant miestus. Lietuvos atveju apžvelgiama Vilniaus miesto aukštybinių pastatų statybos raida, bendrojo, specialiojo planavimo dokumentai, parengtos koncepcijos, virtualių miesto panoramų monitoringas. Atliekama lyginamoji analizė, norint išsiaiškinti esminius metodologijų ir reglamentavimo skirtumus miestuose.

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“…This paper centres on the experiences of residents living in recently built high‐rise housing and specifically residents' experience of disorientations within these vertical homes. Our research focuses on Melbourne and London as cities that have witnessed considerable growth in the number of residential high‐rise buildings, especially following the global financial crisis (Appert & Montes, 2015; Craggs, 2018; Nethercote, 2019). Our approach builds on emergent literature on home‐unmaking (Baxter & Brickell, 2014) and understandings that verticality shapes distinct experiences of home (Baxter, 2017).…”

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Disorientation in the unmaking of high‐rise homes

Dorignon

Nethercote

2021

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper expands our understanding of vertical urbanism, and specifically the experience of home in high-rise housing, by assessing and mobilising a "disorientated geographies" approach. It follows Bissell and Gorman-Murray's recent call for researchers to better account for the logics of disconnection and undoing in geographical inquiry. Building on their exploration of "disorientated geographies," this paper examines the lived experience of three single men living in high-rise housing to revisit the high-rise as home. It aims to advance prevailing understandings of urban vertical living and more specifically of the processes through which these homes are made and unmade. Drawing on in-depth interviews with apartment dwellers in new high-rise housing in London and Melbourne, we explore residents' loss of orienting relations through their feelings of frustration, restlessness, and disappointment. We consider how these emotional states contribute to destabilise their homes as these three men struggle to comprehend and orient themselves within the sociospatial environment of the high-rise, and specifically an environment compromised by design and build quality issues. We argue that disorientation provides a useful but undervalued vantage point from which to understand the making and unmaking of vertical homes. In so doing, we foreground and sharpen understandings of the role of verticality, in particular, in these processes of home-unmaking. The contribution of the paper is two-fold. Conceptually, it both expands the application of disorientated geographies into a novel urban setting and broadens its frames of reference by examining other bodily experiences and emotions. Empirically, we advance understandings of the lived experience of vertical urbanisms by drawing new and productive links between verticality and disorientation that move us beyond consideration of purely physiological responses, such as vertigo or dizziness, to high-rise living, to better account for a fuller range of bodily, emotional, and social practices.

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Skyscrapers and the redrawing of the London skyline: a case of territorialisation through landscape control

Cited by 30 publications

References 46 publications

Interventions in urban geopolitics

Interventions in urban geopolitics

Appearance Principles of High Rise Buildings in the City Center: Visual Efect to Historical Heritage, Regulation Proposals / Aukštybinių Pastatų Miesto Centre Atsiradimo Principai: Vizualinis Poveikis Istoriniam Paveldui, Reglamentavimo Siūlymai

Disorientation in the unmaking of high‐rise homes

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