ideasSPACE

ideasSPACE with Prof Iain Borden, Architecture + Urban Culture

in conversation with Christopher Martin

 

“All skateboarding is, is putting ideas into action.”

Marc Johnson

The urban skateboarding culture arguably takes the everyday, the municipal, the ill-conceived and forgotten parts of a city, and transforms them into active, culturally rich, and fun parts of the city. Why then - when we pay some people to transform the dreary into the engaging - do we not extend this respect to the skateboarding community?

We speak with Iain about the history, virtues and benefits of urban skateboarding to society and establish what cities need to do in order to welcome and design for this creative, political and urban act.

 

 

ideasSPACE is a series of in depth conversations hosted by Christopher Martin (UDG Exec, co-founder of Urban Movement) and produced in collaboration with our media partner, UrbanNous.

Urban Design Group Article - ideasSPACE with Prof Iain Borden, Architecture + Urban Culture by in conversation with Christopher Martin

Iain Borden is an architectural historian, Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bartlett (UCL), author of Skateboarding and the City and urban commentator regularly contributing to discussions about urban skateboarding and its value.