Can the city think? How to design for resilience? How to design for the responsive city? Today we have the knowledge and means to realize whatever we imagine, witnessing advancements in production technology not only in the architecture field but, in biology, ecology, virtual…
Can we define a new transversal approach to the city? Looking for adaptive cities UN-habitat promotes socially and environmentally sustainable cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. Population is growing exponentially every year and city are the centres of massively production…
Can we anticipate, adapt, integrate and operate cities? The greatest revolution of information Interact and interactive information in between people, space, complexities is the big revolution of our era and this new knowledge of thinking. The last few decades have confirmed the consequences of…
How do we re-learn our urban environment? Adhocracy in contemporary city Adhocracy is the system of flexible and informal organization and management in place of rigid bureaucracy. The first edition of adhocracy was based on the use of digital tools. In 2012 for Istanbul…
How can data help us in representing city’s methabolism? City’s call for new representation 300000kms is a group of architect and planning based in Barcelona defining the new approaches to the city as a multiple scale system, from neighbourhoods to the larger dimension,…
Great places come from understanding and responding to the needs of their people. Traditional consultation can be manual, time intensive and a one-off snapshot. Commonplace tools aim to provide an ongoing channel of understanding and collaboration. Customers use Commonplace to reveal…
Streetlights are a vital part of every city, providing citizens and business with safety and security. But what if we could use our street lighting network in a more intelligent way rather than the simple on-off system that currently exists.Through…
An example of real time information is Glasgow's Active Travel Demonstrator. App that aims to show how technology can help make the city friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians - encouraging people to get active as they go about their daily…
An example of a digital cultural installation is the Hello Lamp Post, an experimental, city-wide platform for play; an opportunity to rediscover your local environment, share your memories of the city and uncover the stories that other people leave behind.Hello…
An example of mapping (real time) is the London City Dashboard on microclimate – air quality, temperature http://citydashboard.org/london/ Information provided by Judith Sykes at the 8th Symposium Métropoles du Sud – ENSAM (January 2016)