T 12 Urban Markers

ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic Park

Daniel Bosia, Arup

Kathryn Findlay

I don't like the red spiral, and listening to the design process made it no better.

However, as Kathryn Findlay pointed out, we can't predict how it might take on a life of it's own, when it comes into existence.

The Euston Arch

Alan Baxtor

The London Gate in Aldgate

Fernando Donis

The Ebsfleet Horse

Mark Darley

Brett Steele described in the introduction that when the Romans founded cities, they placed a stake in the ground, which marked the point around which it was formed. At odd with city of iphones, and other orientation devices. Orientation of space is urgent as more space then ever, more complex and and changing on an hourly basis.

the twentieth century is deeply antagonistic to markers, eg corbs city

Flicker city clusters, show particular parts of the city dominating our understanding of the city

Return to an almost classical experience of, a classical form of space.

A mapping of what becomes a spatial structure

Medium generic city, undifferentiated, generic, efficient, unmarked, Starbucks on every corner

The value of the wonderful illogicality of humans, veryu different form teenage mess and muddle.

Are buildings not markers?

Where does de cluttering come into it

The chair ended the discussion because it started to 'degenerate into a debate about our planning system'.