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Designing with data: Shaping our cities
Posted on: 8 November 2013
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This report provides a starting point to smart architecture and planning, but there is further work to be done to roll this approach out. Three recommendations are made for the UK Government to take place making into the digital age, and to extend the economic, social and environmental benefits of big data to the spatial disciplines of planning and design. This paper identifies four main approaches to working with data for architects, urban designers and planners: using data to help designers meet user needs; experimentation and modelling using data; analysing data to improve local and national policy making and implementation; and using data to improve transparency to speed up development processes.
Places in the making: How placemaking builds places and communities
Posted on: 29 October 2013
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Public places play a key role in building community and placemaking can empower local communities to create a sense of “belonging” through place. A new report from researchers at the Massachusetts Instiute of Technology examines the interactions between placemaking, community participation, and the expanding ways communities are collaborating to make great public places.
Urban Street Design Guide
Posted on: 21 October 2013
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This guide is a product of an unprecedented collaboration between major city transportation departments across the United States It uses a dynamic visual interface to showcase how streets can be redesigned to be safe, livable, and supportive of economic activity and development.
Cities recreated
Posted on: 18 October 2013
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An international blog by young academics covering urban planning and design, city economics, human geography and city photography.
Msheireb heart of Doha: An alternative approach to urbanism in the Gulf Region
Posted on: 16 October 2013
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The objective of this article is to highlight some of the challenges faced by emerging Gulf nation states in modernizing their cities. The Msheireb Heart of Doha Masterplan is used as an exemplar project to offer an alternative approach in urban planning and regeneration in the region. The article describes how the challenges of land ownership, privatization, climate, social diversity and cultural relevance are dealt with in the masterplan, which seeks to create a modern Qatari homeland that is rooted in its local traditions and heritage. Towards the end of the article, reflections and evaluations are examined to prompt further thoughts and discussions.
Design South-East
Posted on: 8 October 2013
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Reflecting increasing demand for its services across the South of England, the Kent Architecture Centre has announced it has changed its name to Design South East. This change reinforces the centre’s role as the South East’s leading source of design support for local authorities, developers and communities. ‘Design South East’ appropriately reflects the current work of the organisation and its range. Through partnerships with other organisations Design South East is also working nationally. Design South East is one of 8 members of the Design Network, a new national network developed to enable the delivery of high quality design support across England.
Insights into townhouse development in Helsinki and Stockholm
Posted on: 25 September 2013
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Town houses are new concepts for urban living in Helsinki and Stockholm. In this article, the author presents some research findings and thoughts of his on the topic.
How to design a city for women
Posted on: 20 September 2013
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Vienna’s two-decade-old quest to better balance access to city resources for men and women, called gender mainstreaming, has resulted in more than sixty pilot projects that are reshaping the Austrian capital. This article examines the outcomes.
Taking the next step: Paris leads with innovation in the streets
Posted on: 20 September 2013
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This guest post by Stephane Kirkland, author of Paris Reborn, and an expert on the history of the French capital, considers the proactive approach that Paris is taking, in building on its huge successes so far with projects like the Paris Plages, as fundamental to the future of cities.
City leaders are in love with density but most city dwellers disagree
Posted on: 19 September 2013
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This article from New Geography considers whether measures to increase urban density are accepted by the local population.
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