Applications of GIS to Logistics and Transportation. Transportation and Urban Planning. Transportation in Urban Planning. Urban Design. Urban Planning and Settlements. Unit 1 ppt. The adg rest area. This year, at the Architecture Biennale in Venice, Patrik Schumacher gave a fascinating introduction to the concept of ‘parametricism’ as a new style, that could be applied to all design tasks including urbanism. As creators of parametric city design software, we feel this is a good time to produce a quick summary of what parametric design is, and to share our view about its possibilities and limitations in the field of city design. What is parametric design? Parametric design is an established concept in CAD. Instead of drawing lines, a design is created by specifying parameters, and the actual geometry is then generated automatically by the software.
In the diagram below, the line on the left is just a line – it is drawn from one end point to another. The parameters in this case are the number, type and width of the elements of the streetscape - the pavements, cycle lanes, trees, vehicle lanes and central reservation, and their relationship to each other. Unit 1 planning c oncepts ppt. Urban Affairs Review.
Alexandria. Ahdaf Soueif Reflects on the City of Cairo. The Collaborative Design of Ancient Cities | urbanvista.net. Urbanvista.net. Old Urbanist. City Blocks: The Spaces In Between. A reader recently emailed me with an interesting question: "While I have a good sense of the design elements of the narrow street and attached housing for the front, I don't see much of what the back looks like. Is it better to only have windows on one side and have a separate residence with another shared wall, This seems the most effective but do people want sunlight from both sides?
Are they using private backyards, an alley, or both together? ... The story of what has taken place in the spaces between blocks is an unexplored chapter of urban history. Lewis Mumford in The City in History described, with disapproval, the process by which rear yards in medieval cities were filled in with houses and apartments as urbanization intensified in the late middle ages. To return to the question that was posed, what is happening to the interior of the blocks during this process?
Due land value gradients, block size in the unplanned city generally shrinks toward the center. DrAwing pArAllels. Cairo: The Multi-Schizophrenic City. Shadow Ministry of Housing. New Urban Forums Online « CairoFromBelow. A growing number of online communities are hosting a rich online debate and sharing of information regarding urban governance and planning in Cairo. Some of our favorites are listed below. We are trying to assemble a list of individuals and groups writing about these issues, especially those on Facebook. Please post links in the comments section here to more platforms.
Update 15 January 2012: (Thanks Ahmad!) Update 11 February 2012: مجاورة Megawra Focus Group Bank Information Center: Egypt. CairoFromBelow.
ETH value lab. Histort and Theory. CairObserver. Workshops. Complexity. This Big City - ideas for our urban world.