Spatial modelling Category
Augmented reality with Nicco Mele
Posted on October 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
I had an interesting discussion this morning with Nicco Mele, Visiting Edward R Murrow Lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, comparing thoughts about the network of the city and the network of cyberspace – each a network of things. I introduced him to Space Syntax and shared a few thoughts I have had since […]
Harvard Urban Planning Organisation
Posted on September 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Today I gave a short presentation to urban planning students at the Graduate School of Design titled: “Urban sustainability: the social, economic & environmental influence of spatial layout”. Here’s the introduction… “In this presentation I will focus on one particular aspect of sustainability: the patterns of human activity – movement, co-presence and interaction – that […]
The crisis of modelling
Posted on June 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dear [colleague] Are you familiar with the attached. I think there’s a connection with the article on modelling that you sent me. I believe we can present Space Syntax as addressing the “crisis of modelling”, in which: – traditional modelling makes dire predictions about the impact on vehicles of public realm-/public transport-oriented projects are […]
Architecture at the edge of knowledge; space syntax at the heart of design
Posted on June 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
INTRODUCTION Let me begin at the end with a summary of my presentation. The space syntax approach is more than a computer programme. The beauty – and I think it is a beauty – of the approach is that it combines three key aspects of practice: the first two have been dealt with in depth […]
New settlements & urban extensions
Posted on March 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
The physical and spatial form of a settlement structures the potentials for two key outcomes: social interaction and economic trade. These outcomes are cornerstones of sustainability. Movement, on foot and in vehicles, is the fundamental process that underpins these outcomes. Patterns of movement are shaped by the geometry of the street network. Patterns of land […]
Spatial modelling for complex masterplans
Posted on March 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
One of the most significant challenges in modern planning is to deliver new urban development in a resource-effective and energy-efficient way. Considerable efforts have been made to develop energy-saving building materials and technologies, and rightly so. But is this enough? I believe we can do more by controlling and reducing energy demand not only inside […]
The architecture of behaviour
Posted on January 30, 2009 Leave a Comment
I am delighted to have been invited to this important conference on Italian tourism, to share my experience as an architect, working on the design of tourist destinations in the United Kingdom and overseas. I hope to show how this experience might be relevant in planning and designing the relaunch of Italian tourism.
Londoners develop own space craft
Posted on April 17, 1998 Leave a Comment
As reported in the Times Higher Education Supplement on 17 April 1998 Julia Hinde reports on UCL’s novel architectural consultancy that aims to make money from the spaces between buildings. How is it that some company coffee machines become the focus of office life, where deals are struck and ideas take shape, while others are […]
The power of the network 