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Infrastructural Exploration


10 Apr 2019, 10:30am - 12:30pm

West Croydon Station (exit of Overground)

Event overview

Cost Free
Department Centre for Urban & Community Research
Contact l.rondel(@gold.ac.uk)

Desire Lines in Croydon

Join us on this walking event to explore the impact of infrastructure on the urban landscape. This month we will be led by Sara Wall and Jon Vidler (residents of Zone 5, Greater London) on an exploration of Desire Lines in Croydon. We will meet on Wednesday 10th April at 10.30am at West Croydon station (the exit from the Overground) and base our exploration around the south London tram routes.

The Exploration will mix taking the tram and walking on pavements so please bring an Oyster Card or Travel Card and wear weather-appropriate clothing. If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in contact.

Sara and Jon have suggested that in preparation we read this article on defensive architecture:

Smith, N. and Walters, P. (2018) 'Desire lines and defensive architecture in modern urban environments', Urban Studies 55:13, 2980-2995.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0042098017732690

And that we watch this short YouTube video for some history of the tram:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOS2KUmLcNc

Here is a sneak preview of one of Croydon's desire lines:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3755522,-0.1064747,3a,75y,218.84h,79.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skGn32_YmKWHXcod7IpuvMA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Louise Rondel - l.rondel@gold.ac.uk and Laura Henneke - l.henneke@gold.ac.uk

Dates & times

Date Time Add to calendar
10 Apr 2019 10:30am - 12:30pm
please bring a (public transport) card to use the tram
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