Elevator as a mediating technology of organization
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This chapter examines the rise of the elevator from the mid-nineteenth century onwards and its ramifications for the organization, perception, and imagination of multi-storey buildings. The early history of the elevator is of particular interest because it resides, as it were, in the gap between an old and a new organization of space, and registers its very points of transition. To reconstruct the elevator’s medial and organizational power, four main problem areas are identified: ‘breaches’, ‘hierarchies’, ‘controls’, and ‘interiors’. These areas address the specific verticality of the elevator building, the new hierarchical order of the storeys, the development of control elements, and the hermetic space of the elevator cabin.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Oxford Handbook of Media, Technology and Organization Studies |
Editors | Timon Beyes, Robin Holt, Claus Pias |
Number of pages | 11 |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 12.12.2019 |
Pages | 214-224 |
ISBN (print) | 9780198809913 |
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Publication status | Published - 12.12.2019 |
- Digital media
- Media and communication studies