A proposal by Scott Badham (in close collaboration with Ian Fisher) reconceiving London's transport arteries as key elements in the city's Green Infrastructure, has been shortlisted for the LI's Green Infrastructure Competition.
[RE] Structure
We have opened a toolbox whose contents fix the separation of anthropocentric and biocentric (Infra) structures, by fusing what at first appear to be divergent conditions of operational activity.
Utilising the key public transport arteries, which define London as a city, these are (re)envisioned both as mobile and grounded elements, which provide direct ecological connectivity throughout the urban structure.
Biocentric “mats” and “sleeves” define this approach. In this example these have been layered on to existing formal elements of public transport infrastructure (bus and the DLR) but are potentially extendable to all public utilities.
In particular the mobility of the bus, with its “mat” of vegetation, specially selected to maximize surface area and absorb particulate (PM10”s) and gaseous pollution, acts as a local and urban infrastructural conditioner.
The “sleeve” is staged as a medium for algal growth, which acts as a biocentric engine, cleansing run off and producing a rich array of by-products, which are looped in to the infrastructure as an unseen element to support further ecological connectivity.
The universal nature of this toolbox reinforces London’s position as a centre of innovation, but at the same time through its application to the local transport infrastructure, provides a unique identity to the city.
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