Linear megastructures. An eccentric pursuit in tackling urban sustainability challenges
Autor
Tufek-Memisevic, Tijana
Stachura, Ewa
Opublikowane w
Środowisko Mieszkaniowe = Housing Environment
Numeracja
nr 29
Strony
54-59
Data wydania
2019
Miejsce wydania
Kraków
Wydawca
Wydawnictwo Katedry Kształtowania Środowiska Mieszkaniowego. Wydział Architektury Politechniki Krakowskiej
Język
angielski
ISSN
1731-2442
eISSN
2543-8700
DOI
10.4467/25438700SM.19.041.11672
Słowa kluczowe
linear, megastructure, utopia, transit-oriented
Abstrakt
Linear megastructures, apart from megastructures in general, are one of several types of concepts in context of linear urban development. The term refers to various compact architectural, infrastructural and transportation plans in linear form. With their daunting massive scale these concepts are often attributed to utopian attempts of pursuing an ideal city and therefore doomed to remain unrealized. This paper examines several models created throughout the course of history in terms of their emergence motivation, socio-economic circumstances and relation to urban sustainability. Through the analysis, it is argued that linear megastructures are often unjustly rejected without acknowledgement of their underlying beneficial features in terms of mitigating challenges to sustainable urban development.
