Vertical: The City from Satellites to Tunnels
28 February 2017, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
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Event Information
Open to
- All
Location
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Pyramid Room, 4th floor, King's Building, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS
Urban Salon hosts the book launch of Vertical: The City from Satellites to Tunnels (Verso, 2017), the new publication by Professor Stephen Graham (Newcastle University).
In this event the author will explore the reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet. He examines how the geography of urban inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above and below starting at the edge of earth's atmosphere and descending through each vertical layer to the design of sidewalks and underground bunkers.
In the book, Graham explores the world of
drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of
sidewalks and the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was
Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in São
Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London
billionaires build vast subterranean basements? And how do the
technology of elevators and subversive urban explorers shape life on the
surface and subsurface of the earth?
Discussants:
- Professor Phil Hubbard (King's College London)
- Dr Hyun Shin (London School of Economics)
No booking neccessary.