C3 SPECIAL -INFRASTRUCTURE (ALTYAPI)

Infrastructure
Road Kill. On the Violence and Pacification of Infrastructures

Road Kill. On the Violence and Pacification of Infrastructures _ Richard Ingersoll
Toward a Bright Future of Urban Infrastructure _ Phil Roberts
– Aalto University Metro Station _ ALA Architects + Esa Piironen Architects
– Pioneer Village Station _ aLL Design
– Princeton Transit Hall and Market _ Rick Joy Architects
– Lahti Travel Centre _ JKMM Architects
– Nørreport Station _ Gottlieb Paludan Architects + COBE
– Lorient – Bretagne South Railway Station _ AREP
– Napoli – Afragola High Speed Train Station _ Zaha Hadid Architects
– Hong Kong West Kowloon Station _ Andrew Bromberg at Aedas
– Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza _ Brooks + Scarpa
– Parking Houses + Konditaget Lüders _ JAJA Architects
– Underground Parking in Katwijk aan Zee _ Royal HaskoningDHV + OKRA Landscape Architects
– Lisbon Cruise Terminal _ Carrilho da Graça Arquitectos
– Porto Cruise Terminal _ Luís Pedro Silva, Arquitecto, Lda.
– West Terminal 2 _ PES-Architects
– Croton Water Filtration Plant _ Grimshaw Architects

Infrastructure
Road Kill. On the Violence and Pacification of Infrastructures _ Richard Ingersoll

While various forms of infrastructure have existed since the earliest human settlements, one thinks of the impressive sluices in ancient Harappa, the broad avenues lined with drainage ditches in Han Dynasty Chang-An, or the majestic Roman aqueduct in Segovia, the word did not come into common usage until the mid 19th century, coincident with the increasingly violent practices of building railroads, sewers, and highways. "Road kill” was coined as a euphemistic expression referring to the carcasses of helpless animals inadvertently slaughtered by speeding cars. To use the same moniker for the social and natural life that has been endangered through building infrastructures – consider for instance the average of 100 human deaths per day by automobile accident during the past 80 years in the US – may sound slightly cynical, yet it perfectly conveys the cycle of violence that goes into the production and use of infrastructure.

Toward a Bright Future of Urban Infrastructure _ Phil Roberts

For too long, urban infrastructure blighted our cities, as their utilitarian purposes monopolized their reason for existing. As a result, with the exception of airport terminals, our urban infrastructure borrowed from the aesthetics of bunkers, tombs, sheds, and any enclosure in which light was not permitted in, nor emitted out. …… In this article, 15 urban architecture projects were subdivided based on function, looking at how each project is enhanced by light. Similarities and differences were found across all projects in how each benefitted from more light. In certain projects, light is used as a tool for warmth and safety. In one instance, light is used to enliven spirits, and in another, used to infuse a space with energy. In other projects, light is enhanced by the lightness of structure. In every case, light is used to raise the appeal of urban infrastructure, with the architects describing the desired outcomes.