URBAN DESIGN STUDIO ROOM

Jacobs Vs Whyte?

2010-07-02T02:00:00.000-07:00

Article that looks at the over-dominance, in the author's opinion, of Jacobs' thought on city development & planning, particularly in the US. Interestingly the author proposes looking at William Whyte's more nuanced work and studies as an alternative way to desig our cities. Read it here.

New York Times

2010-06-29T00:22:00.000-07:00

Article in the New York Times today on Ireland's economic position; the photo essay that accompanies it, interestingly, focuses on property in its various states of development.

Shopping Scale

2010-05-31T08:48:00.000-07:00

An image from Jesse LeCavalier's essay "All Those Numbers" which you can find at Places: Design Observer. LeCavalier is researching retail logistics and urbanism at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and speculates in this essay on the scale of Walmart's endeavours and the physical impact of their logistical operation on our urban environment.

Cartographies of Time

2010-03-31T00:35:00.000-07:00

New book that traces the history of graphic representations of time since 1450. An exploration on how a line can come to mean time...

Digital Urban

2010-03-23T04:42:00.000-07:00

Have a look at this blogspot that explores digital methods of representing cities. Written by Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith, the content relates to much of the work he is involved in with London's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. There are sections on mapping, 3d visualisation & timelapse visualisation, as well as tutorials and lots of useful information to get you started with alternative methods. The image above is part of a London 'Twitter' map and video created using google maps and other data.

Augmented Reality

2010-03-16T10:18:00.000-07:00

New mapping technology developed by Microsoft and Bing maps introduced at a TED talk in February 2010. Interesting to see the detail that they can show, but more so how data from multiple sources is integrated into the one application, meaning that you get overlays of spatial information from different time periods, media and authors all integrated in one location.

See the talk here.

UCD Children and Urban Design Day, Thurs, March 4th 2010

2010-03-05T06:45:00.000-08:00

These are some photos of the walk around Dublin's North Inner City with (and organised by !) Jackie Bourke, PhD student at DIT, and the subsequent Seminar at Dublin City Council Wood Quay Venue

Notational Representation

2010-01-02T12:50:00.000-08:00

Narrative, notational & sequential graphic communication are discussed on this web page, including this graphic from Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard's The View from the Road. This image specifically, tries to represent and express the spatial sequencing as experienced in the built environment.

The Future of Maps?

2009-11-24T07:16:00.000-08:00

Following on from our discussions over the past two weeks, some exploration here on the future of mapping...and its democratisation? (courtesy of Hugh Campbell)

The Infrastructural City

2009-11-24T06:56:00.000-08:00

Also, have a look at this new book that examines the 'infrastructural city' using Los Angeles as a case study. Some interesting methodologies, it seems as well as alternative ways of viewing our city, its infrastucture and nature - and how they work together : Landscape+Urbanism: Reading List: The Infrastructural City

Subnature

2009-11-23T05:16:00.000-08:00

New book that looks at Subnatures, including - dankness, smoke, gas, exhaust, dust, puddles, mud, debris, weeds, insects, pigeons, and crowds - looking at natural processes in a new way. May be interesting for you Carl!

Portland & the Grid

2009-11-16T02:56:00.000-08:00

Article from planetizen about the model of the American grid & its relevance for 'smart growth' (as the authors call it)

More Ruminations on Mapping

2009-11-12T03:55:00.000-08:00

Discussion on Mapping from this 'urban palimpsest' blog

49 Cities

2009-11-12T03:50:00.000-08:00

Check out this publication at these two sites for interesting vsiualisations of the city: Metropolis & Strorefront

Map Making Webiste

2009-11-12T03:35:00.000-08:00

Try this map making website for various ways of thinking about mapping & how to map

Now What in Urban Design Studio

2009-07-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

Just to say the "On Hold" Workshop of "Now What" is sharing our Urban Design Studio with the "Public Space Mapping" Workshop, for the Summer...possibly also to be joined by the "Remaking the Modern Suburb" for meetings...getting busy..so drop in for a look if you are passing !
http://nowwhatrichview.blogspot.com/2009/06/public-space-mapping.html

UCD Urban Design Masters to go Full Time in Sept 2009

2009-05-19T03:13:00.001-07:00

http://www.ucd.ie/arcel/architecture/postgraduate/mscubd.htm

http://www.cityloops.net/Dublin/moving_dublin.html

2009-04-30T03:58:00.000-07:00

The follow on from Emmas suggestion to look at the Moving Dublin Exhibition, great site, loads of mapping, video, etc

49 Cities

2009-04-25T02:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20090420/49-cities - Work AC exhibition on 49 cities, including mapping & interesting graphics

2009-04-21T15:26:00.001-07:00

http://www.itsbeenreal.co.uk/index.php?/project/sentence-drawings/

Research Papers search engine

2009-04-14T02:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/public-places-urban-spaces-pdf.html

Mapping Texts

2009-04-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Hugh Campbell a link to a visual text map http://www.itsbeenreal.co.uk/index.php?/project/sentence-drawings/

Is this really happening ?

2009-04-02T07:33:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Aoibheann, its great !

Landscape Architecture & Civic Well-Being

2009-04-01T05:07:00.000-07:00

A public talk will be hosted by the ILI next Tuesday 7th April entitled "Landscape Architecture & Civic Well-Being" at the National Gallery of Ireland beginning at 6.30. Anna Bengsston from the Swedish University of Agicultural Science will talking about the impacts of landscape design and planning on public health. More details available at www.irishlandscapeinstitute.com