A Cycling Bedlam / Christian Georcelin

There are over 540,000 bicycle journeys in London each day, yet cyclists have a very tough time. In the busy Old Street area, this project creates a new social centre where London’s cyclists can meet together to exercise or play cycle hockey on the giant sculpted roof canopy, get their bikes repaired, or contribute to the energy supply for the workshop pods by plugging in special dynamo batteries they have charged up through human-powered flywheels. The building’s structure seeks as far as possible to recycle materials from old bicycles and other sources, offering overall a more collectivised vision for those who choose to cycle around the city.