Everyday ups and downs: experiences of vertical mobility in London

电梯极大地改变了移动网络的速度和垂直行驶的距离；如果没有电梯，就不会有今天城市景观中建筑的高度、深度和体量。然而，探索垂直流动性的研究非常有限，这归因于对水平流动性的压倒性强调，以及对电梯和自动扶梯只是普通基础设施的广泛理解（Thill et al, 2011）。该项目将通过对垂直交通的跨学科研究来解决这一问题，借鉴我们在伦敦日常垂直空间中使用和体验垂直交通的特殊方式。从垂直的大规模住宅，到再生住宅项目、办公开发、酒店和消费空间，伦敦已经见证了垂直形式的转变，以及城市高层建筑数量的急剧增加。在此背景下，研究将通过城市的五个垂直断面来强调不同类型的垂直运输的社会空间特殊性：住宅电梯（在社会住宅街区和“精英”私人住宅中），办公电梯，苍鹭大厦的玻璃电梯和建筑维护缆车，垂直运输高层建筑的窗户清洁工。通过这些类型学，将关注互动、破坏和脆弱性的概念，同时更重要的是关注如何在特定环境中导航垂直空间。该项目的相关性源于其在住房、工作和建筑空间特定方面的服务/维护的背景下对交通和流动性的关注。拟议的项目将以定性为基础，结合民族志/参与者观察，对电梯用户的采访，对建筑/工程领域的专业人士的采访，以及高层窗户清洁工的采访。这样，它将跨越专业界限，从而创造知识交流，最大限度地发挥经济和社会影响。

The lift has dramatically altered mobility networks in the speed and distance that can be travelledvertically; without the lift, there would not be the height, depth, and volume of buildings in today's urbanlandscapes. Yet, research exploring vertical mobility is highly limited, which is attributable to anoverwhelming emphasis on horizontal mobility, and the widespread understanding of lifts and escalatorsas only mundane infrastructures (Thill et al, 2011). This project will address this lack of research bydeveloping an interdisciplinary investigation of vertical mobility, drawing on the particular ways we useand experience vertical transport in the everyday vertical spaces of London. From vertical mass housing,to regeneration housing projects, office developments, hotels and spaces of consumption, London hasseen a shift in forms of verticality, as well as a dramatic increase in the number of high-rise buildings inthe city. Within this context, the research will highlight the socio-spatial particularities of verticalisedtransport across different typologies by taking five vertical transects of the city: residential lifts (in socialhousing blocks and "elite" private residential dwellings), office lifts, Heron Tower's glass lift, and buildingmaintenance gondolas, which vertically transport window cleaners of high-rise buildings. Through thesetypologies, attention will be paid to ideas of interaction, disruption, and vulnerability, whilst morefundamentally looking at how vertical space is navigated in particular contexts. The project's relevanceemerges from its commitment to looking at transport and mobility within the context of housing, work,and the service/maintenance of particular aspects of architectural space. The proposed project will bequalitatively based, incorporating ethnography/participant observation, interviews with lift users, andinterviews with professionals in the fields of architecture/engineering, alongside high-rise windowcleaners. In so doing, it will work across professional boundaries, thus creating knowledge exchange tomaximise economic and social impact.