"A revolutionary reimagining of the cities we live in, the air above us, and what goes on in the earth beneath our feet Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical strata that reach from the satellites that encircle our planet to the tunnels deep within the ground. In Vertical, Stephen Graham rewrites the city at every level: how the geography of inequality, politics, and identity is determined in terms of above and below. Starting at the edge of earth’s atmosphere and, in a series of riveting studies, descending through each layer, Graham explores the world of drones, the city from the viewpoint of an aerial bomber, the design of sidewalks and the hidden depths of underground bunkers. He asks: why was Dubai built to be seen from Google Earth? How do the super-rich in São Paulo live in their penthouses far above the street? Why do London billionaires build vast subterranean basements? And how do the technology of elevators and subversive urban explorers shape life on the surface and subsurface of the earth? Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world." See https://www.versobooks.com/books/2237-vertical

1. VERTICAL
The
City
From
Satellites
to
Bunkers
Stephen
Graham

2. 1.
Urban
Studies
and
Geography
are
Far
Too
Flat!

3.
Why
does
virtually
every
household
have
a
tradi:onal
‘flat’
atlas
when
cross-­‐sec:ons
going
from
orbital
space
through
the
atmosphere
and
fast-­‐ver:calising
ci:es
to
the
subterranean
and
deep
ocean
worlds
are
virtually
unknown?

8. “What
would
happen
if
you
took
geographic
thinking
and
instead
of
puFng
it
on
a
horizontal
axis,
you
added
a
ver:cal
axis?”
Trevor
Paglen

9. 2.
Origins

13. 3.
Satellite:
Enigma:c
Presence

17. Raúl
Zurita:
Ni
pena
ni
miedo
(“No
Pain,
no
Fear”)

18. Google
Earth
and
the
Bahraini
Uprisings,
2011
by
Majority
Shias

19. 4.
Helicopter:
Direct
Arrival

26. 5.
Lia:
Going
Up

30. 6.
Skyscraper:
Vanity
and
Violence

33. 4.
Above
and
Below:
The
PoliIcs
of
Looking
7.
Housing:
Luxury
Skies
and
the
‘Logic
of
Luxury’

38. ‘Mythology
of
tallness’:
“Greater
height
is
naturally
equal
to
power
and
dominance”
Laura
Butera

39. Um
Lugar
Ao
Sol
(A
Place
in
the
Sun)
Gabriel
Mascaro

40. 8.
Science
Fic:on:
Ver:cal
Noir

41. Wizard
of
Oz
and
the
Burj
Khalifa:
Adrian
Smith,
SOM
“I
just
remembered
the
glassy,
crystalline
structure
coming
up
in
the
middle
of
what
seemed
like
nowhere,”

42. 9.
Air:
Lethal
Domes

44. 10.
Ground:
Making
Geology

48. 11.
Mine
:
Deep
FronIer

52. Thank
You!