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Project number:
039
Title:
City Interchange Project
Date
1963
Author:
Warren Chalk, Ron Herron
Project description

Communication interchange – first step to Living City. The knot – node point for static and motivated communication complex.

Rail – public transit interchange – long distance and inter-regional rapid transit using linear induciton motor propelled trains.
Inter-city electric underground ring.
Sub-underground inter-centre links and outer metropolis commuter services.

Road - north/south – east/west communication crossover and interchange for feeder roads off express trunk routes skirting metropolis.

Mass transit express bus turn-about.
Car and bus long and short term underground parking.

Air – heliport and hovercar station connectin to supersonic air travel port on perimeter of outer metropolis.
Services – service line control station for inter-regional distribution.

Pedestrian – high speed vertical lift interchange links within interchange station amenity area.
Horizontal low speed travolator and escalator arteries radiate out to periphery.
Static communications control centre.

Towers – suspended from central masts containing services.
Tower groups contain electronic data transmission, traffic control and administration, radio- telephone tower, communication and news service relay station, inter-commercial closed circuit television hook ups, public television and telstar rediffusion centre.

The original model for this project was made by Warren Chalk and Ron Herron in 1963 based on Ron's elevation and axonometric drawings and Warren's pan. It then was photographed to be used as illustrations in the catalogue for Living City exhibition which was included in the second issue of Living Arts magazine.

The model was made simple materials – various sizes of wooden rods and dowels which were then wrapped in aluminium foil (kitchen baking foil).

The model was never shown in exhibition and was very soon lost or destroyed.

The facsimile of the original model was made in 1993 to accompany the traveling exhibition ARCHIGRAM – Experimental Architecture 1962–1974, using the same materials.

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