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Deyan Sudjic

Research in Progress. The Order of Things. The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (French: Les Mots et les choses: Une archéologie des sciences humaines) is a 1966 book by the French philosopher Michel Foucault.

The Order of Things

It was translated into English and published by Pantheon Books in 1970. (Foucault had preferred L'Ordre des Choses for the original French title, but changed the title because it had been used by two structuralist works published immediately prior to Foucault's). Foucault endeavours to excavate the origins of the human sciences, particularly but not exclusively psychology and sociology. Hunting White Elephants (formerly Geostadia): Christopher Gaffney. I am an academic geographer, investigative journalist, and author living and working in .

Hunting White Elephants (formerly Geostadia): Christopher Gaffney

I have conducted research in since 2004 when I began work on Temples of the Earthbound Gods (, 2008). investigates the history and culture of football stadiums in Rio and , using them as lenses to observe the shifting urban landscape from the late 19th to the early 21st century. Richard Sennett - Sociology Books. Together: The Rituals, Pleasures, and Politics of Cooperation Living with people who differ—racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically—is the most urgent challenge facing civil society today.

Richard Sennett - Sociology Books

We tend socially to avoid engaging with people unlike ourselves, and modern politics encourages the politics of the tribe rather than of the city. In this thought-provoking book, Richard Sennett discusses why this has happened and what might be done about it. Sennett contends that cooperation is a craft, and the foundations for skillful cooperation lie in learning to listen well and discuss rather than debate. Jane Jacobs. David O'Sullivan PhD thesis online. Well... here it is, in all its glory.

David O'Sullivan PhD thesis online

This is no the ideal way to put it online but I haven't got time to do a better job than this. Some of the files are a bit large, I'm afraid. Enjoy(!) Front matter — table of contents, abstract etc. Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He criticized the risk management methods used by the finance industry and warned about financial crises, subsequently profiting from the late-2000s financial crisis.[18] [19] He advocates what he calls a "black swan robust" society, meaning a society that can withstand difficult-to-predict events.[10] He proposes "antifragility" in systems, that is, an ability to benefit and grow from a certain class of random events, errors, and volatility[20][21] as well as "convex tinkering" as a method of scientific discovery, by which he means that option-like experimentation outperforms directed research.[22]

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

ON COMPLEXITY. 1.

ON COMPLEXITY

Why is "What is complexity" a question not so easily answered? For some time we have been being told that there is a "new science" called complexity. Leon Battista Alberti. Leon Battista Alberti[1] (February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man.

Leon Battista Alberti

Although he is often characterized as an "architect" exclusively, as James Beck has observed,[2] "to single out one of Leon Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts.

" Alberti's life was described in Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Life[edit] Leon Battista Alberti was born in 1404 in Genoa to a wealthy Florentine father who had been exiled from his own city, but who was allowed to return in 1428. Alberti was gifted in many directions. His first major architectural commission was in 1446 for the facade of the Rucellai Palace in Florence. Publications[edit] Architectural works[edit] Kevin A. Lynch. Kevin A.

Kevin A. Lynch

Lynch Kevin Andrew Lynch (1918 Chicago, Illinois - 1984 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) was an American urban planner and author. His most influential books include The Image of the City (1960) and What Time is This Place? (1972). Christopher Alexander. Christopher Alexander.

Christopher Alexander

Research Portfolio: Programs. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Jaime Correa. Bonita Springs, Florida Jaime Correa (born September 19, 1957 in Colombia) is an urban planner, architect, and professor at the University of Miami. Correa is a respected authority in the fields of architecture, town design, and sustainable development. He is the founding principal of Jaime Correa and Associates, the Miami-based design firm, as well as a former founding partner of several other New Urbanism firms in the State of Florida. He held the Knight Professorship in Community Building at the University of Miami for seven consecutive years and is responsible for teaching and coordinating the world-renowned graduate program in Suburb and Town Design at the School of Architecture, where he is an Associate Professor in Practice. Publications[edit] Correa is the editor of THE CORREA REPORT, a newsletter developing a new consciousness of traditional sustainability, and the author of "Seven Recipes for the New Urbanism.

" Awards[edit] Correa has been widely recognized. Education[edit] Juval portugali. Dr Jon Cooper — Department of Planning — Oxford Brookes University. Senior Lecturer (part time)Urban DesignerChartered Landscape ArchitectResearch ExaminerDirector of Urban Design and Mediation LtdResearch Associate - OISD:UDG Profile Prior to joining the Dept of Planning and the Joint Centre for Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University in 1997, Jon was principle landscape architect and urban designer with Birmingham Design Services.

Jon is currently a Director of independent consultancy ud+m. KU Leuven who's who. Staff CV. Generative urban design with cellular automata and agent based modelling. Writers « Adriana Navarro-Sertich Adriana holds a dual Master’s degree in Architecture, and City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. Born and raised in Colombia (S.A), she received a BS Arch (Honors) from the University of Virginia in 2004. After working for Rafael Viñoly Architects, and OPX Global in Washington DC, Adriana moved to California to begin her graduate studies in 2007. As a 2010 John K. Swarm Development Group. Recent SwarmFests have been held at a variety of institutions. SwarmFest 2007 was held at DePaul University's School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems,[3] in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

SwarmFest 2008 was held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Swarmfest 2008 had special focus areas on agent based modeling in Systems Biology, and the implementation of agent based models in high-performance computing environments. Between 2009 to 2012, SwarmFest was been held at the Santa Fe Complex in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Swarmfest 2013 will be held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida July 8-9th. [1]

Simon Bussiere. Ball State University, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Researching the intersection of informality and potential applications for new modes of infrastructure along the world's political equator. Teaching a series of courses examining Ecological Urbanism, Design Communication, Professional Practice and Emerging Technologies. Graduate School of Design - Christian Werthmann. Welsh School of Architecture - People. Untitled. William McDonough - Being Less Bad Is Not Being Good. Kevin Kelly. Ruptura Silenciosa. Laurel Johnson - School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management - The University of Queensland, Australia.

Position Associate Lecturer in Planning Contact Room: 516 Qualifications. Carmel Sutcliffe Home Page. Recipient:Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Higher Degree by Research International Travel Grant UniSA 2012Chancellor's Letters of Commendation UniSA 2011Runner-up Five Minute Thesis Presentation ITEE Research Day 2011. Ananya Roy. Vinit mukhija - QUT Library Quick Find. Abstract This dissertation analyzes the slum redevelopment strategy introduced by the state government of Maharashtra (India) in its capital city, Mumbai (Bombay). The strategy involves demolishing the existing slums and building on the same sites at a higher density, new, medium-rise apartment-blocks including entirely cross-subsidized housing for the original slum dwellers.

Slum redevelopment is distinctly different from the two prevalent conventional strategies with respect to slums in developing countries--slum clearance and slum upgrading. Aseem Inam - Associate Professor. Theories of Urban Research and Practice. This research-driven graduate program provides an innovative pathway for students interested in acquiring a critical understanding of the design of cities and the transdisciplinary knowledge required to transform them.

UCLA School of Public Affairs. Dr Sam Griffiths. FREDERICO DE HOLANDA - fredericodeholanda.com.br. Interview with Frederico de Holanda. PROF ROSS KING. UTS: DAB - Adam John Russell - Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building. Tacchi, Professor. Jo. Availability By appointment Key activities As Deputy Dean Research and Innovation my role is to build and support excellent research of international quality across the School. PROF KIM DOVEY. The University of Sydney-Faculty of Architecture-Staff. Peter Aeschbacher.