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need for empty space in the city housing density traffic management public space
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branding: | "Whose bike is it anyway?" The city functions like a big household. The ownership and use of amenities is undergoing constant shift. It is not important who owns it but rather what can you do with it now. |
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earth: | Mislaid and unused objects clutter the corners of our houses. On urban scale these objects can take a significant space of the city fabric. The unidentified bikes in one of bike depots, in Tokyo - Okachimachi (site 137) can amount to as many as two thousand at any given day. Bikeshare merges the concept of the vending machine as a shared utility of domestic life outside the home and the need to free space in the urban fabric. The unidentified bikes are put in circulation back in the city. Large plots of land are freed on the side of bicycle depots. |
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flow: | The large number of parking spaces, which seem to come as a natural result after the demolition of old houses in the densely populated areas can now be allocated to the new bike vending machine. This reduces the number of spaces available for the parking of cars and in this way affects the number of vehicles entering the city. |
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incorporation: | existing culture of shopping from vending machines is extended to the scale of a new means of public transport |
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