Mit senseable city lab. The past years have seen a rising interest for quality grown, fresh and local produce distributed through farmer's markets, on-site-purchases or mobile vendors.
Food markets and street vendors have existed since the earliest town settlements were formed and mobility was once a critical feature for adapting to seasonal changes and city dynamics. Today’s farmer’s markets operate around fixed schedules and locations, which limit their exposure and rarely reflect supply and demand fluctuations. As cities continue to grow in size and complexity with urban populations increasingly connected and mobile, there arises an opportunity to re-examine food distribution strategies and design the farmer’s market in a way that improves efficiency by enhancing communication between producers and consumers.
MIT SENSEable City Lab. Virtual Brisbane for neighborhood planning and other applications. Let's say that you're a builder and that you're going before your local city council to propose a new building.
The city council members are obviously going to be concerned about what the building will look like in relation to other buildings in the area. So you haul out a big picture, done in the finest colored pencils, showing what the building will look like. Councilman Jones speaks up.