Skycar city : a pre-emptive history /
Skycar city : a pre-emptive history /
edited by Winy Maas and Grace La ; with Ryan O'Connor [and others].
- 237 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
"A compilation of the design work produced by the inaugural Marcus Prize Studio held at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning."--Page 4 of cover
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Robert Greenstreet -- Skycar city / Winy Maas -- Urban change -- From car to skycar -- Catalog: the skycar collection -- The making of skycar city : Program : The 5M city ; Programmatic volume estimates ; Program arrangement -- Pathways : Application ; Proximity ; Pathway configuration ; Origin of nodes and their formation ; Origin of polyps and their formation -- Parking : Parking structure development ; Parking typologies: prong, skip-stop ; Hanging rack, Rolodex ; Honeycomb, scallop ; Passage, theater ; Skyquarium, multi-modal, stadium -- City typologies : Neighborhood location ; Type 1: Tower city ; Type 2. Swiss cheese city ; Type 3: Coral city ; Type 4: Garden city -- From car(city) to skycar(city) -- Case: Tianjin, China -- On boids and beauty / Grace La
"Welcome to skycar city. A city with "streets" at any level, or perhaps empty of streets as we know them. In this new type of metropolis, traffic lights are replaced with a car's on-board navigational system, with parking garages in any location, with a revolutionized address system, the repercussions are endless."--Jacket
9788496540583
Twenty-first century --Forecasts.
Experimental automobiles.
City planning.
Experimental design.
Visionary architecture.
Research Design
711 SKY / 022669
"A compilation of the design work produced by the inaugural Marcus Prize Studio held at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning."--Page 4 of cover
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Robert Greenstreet -- Skycar city / Winy Maas -- Urban change -- From car to skycar -- Catalog: the skycar collection -- The making of skycar city : Program : The 5M city ; Programmatic volume estimates ; Program arrangement -- Pathways : Application ; Proximity ; Pathway configuration ; Origin of nodes and their formation ; Origin of polyps and their formation -- Parking : Parking structure development ; Parking typologies: prong, skip-stop ; Hanging rack, Rolodex ; Honeycomb, scallop ; Passage, theater ; Skyquarium, multi-modal, stadium -- City typologies : Neighborhood location ; Type 1: Tower city ; Type 2. Swiss cheese city ; Type 3: Coral city ; Type 4: Garden city -- From car(city) to skycar(city) -- Case: Tianjin, China -- On boids and beauty / Grace La
"Welcome to skycar city. A city with "streets" at any level, or perhaps empty of streets as we know them. In this new type of metropolis, traffic lights are replaced with a car's on-board navigational system, with parking garages in any location, with a revolutionized address system, the repercussions are endless."--Jacket
9788496540583
Twenty-first century --Forecasts.
Experimental automobiles.
City planning.
Experimental design.
Visionary architecture.
Research Design
711 SKY / 022669