The network of public spaces in central London between Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square is the heart of national government and, for many, the heart of London. A masterplan for the area was commissioned in 1996 by Westminster City Council…
It's part of a research project at the London School of Economics. Mappiness maps happiness across space in the UK to better understand how people's feelings are affected by features of their current environment—things like air pollution, noise, and green…
During the Workshop each team developed its own vision of the city by targeting specific themes based on specific experiences of the city that everyone would like to share. These thematic appeal to the senses of everyone, a different vision…
The global digital network is not just a delivery system for email, Web pages, and digital television. It is a whole new urban infrastructure -- one that will change the forms of our cities as dramatically as railroads, highways, electric…
In Traffic in Towns, published more than 50 years ago, Sir Colin Buchanan wrote presciently of the negative impacts of increasing traffic levels on towns and cities. Traffic in Towns: The Next 50 Years, is a timely and essential compendium…
An interactive map, coloured, depending on which view you have selected, by standard of living and crime rate. Underneath the colour lies detailed information about each point on the map; you just need to click on it, and read on.…
Think about your nose. Now think about big data. You probably didn’t realize it, but your nose is a big data machine. Humans are able to potentially discriminate more than thousands different odors. On one hand, we have our big…
This video demonstrates how new data and analysis approaches not only transform the way we think about cities in comparison to each other, but also improve our understanding of urban environments at the fine urban design scale.
Connection and fostering of public (people’s) spacesInformationalMultiscalarComputationalEasy spread knowledgeSpatial Justice….
Advanced cities need a strategy to be the inspiration of the future but urban planning needs to be a fluid exercise, a “winding guide” implementation. The strategies need to have an adaptive DNA, if not they will not survive in…