Category Archives: Innovation

Smart Cities World Expo – speaking notes

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Spatial layout influences Human behaviour: 1. Movement 2. Awareness 3. Interaction 4. Transaction. Spatial layout benefits 1. Economy - productivity - innovation – building & campus performance 2. Health – active travel – access to healthcare – building & campus performance 3. … Continue reading →

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Going to “work” is actually going to “interact”

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Why is people movement important in buildings? In a knowledge economy, the key role of buildings is the production and dissemination of new knowledge to drive innovation. Awareness leads to interaction leads to transaction. Spatial layout works with management style … Continue reading →

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Urban Process Diagram

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

 

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EPSRC Innovate 11: Working with universities

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

London, 11th October 2011 Tim Stonor Opportunities & barriers Intro Space Syntax Limited an SME working in the Creative Industries, specifically architecture and urban planning. A consulting company. Engaging in projects from high value real estate developments in the City … Continue reading →

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Ed Glaeser at the American Planning Association

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Notes from Prof Ed Glaeser’s keynote at the 2011 American Planning Association Conference in Boston, 12th April 2011 A city’s “innovative density” is provided by its urban connections. Historical urban growth and decline Historically, cities grew by water. As transport … Continue reading →

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Space Syntax & the future of urban planning software

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Notes from a lecture given at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 23rd March 2011 View a summary of the presentation on YouTube Opening comments Good afternoon. I am delighted to have this opportunity to report on my progress as this … Continue reading →

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Architecting the unexpected

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

“Serendipity”: it’s what cities have always provided but online environments only sometimes produce. Why “search” isn’t enough, hackers need to think like urbanists and the internet needs urban design. It’s the start of a new semester at Harvard and there’s a … Continue reading →

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Good ideas come from crowds & liquid networks

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

An article on the BBC Business website neatly summarises Steven Johnson’s research findings on the origins of innovations: “Go for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down; but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple … Continue reading →

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Don’t fight fire…

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

World Bank data suggest an urban population in 2050 of approximately 7 billion, of which close to half will be living in unplanned settlements: favelas, barrios, slums. Delegates at this weekend’s Loeb Fellowship 40th Anniversary Reunion are necessarily concerned. When … Continue reading →

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“If we can get to flexible wood, I am totally going to cut my own leg off.”

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

Ashley Vance’s article in last week’s New York Times paints an enticing picture of a future in which 3d printing can conjure objects before us at the press of a button. A 3d Hewlett Packard in every home will spray … Continue reading →

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Londoners develop own space craft

Posted on April 17, 1998 by

As reported in the Times Higher Education Supplement on 17 April 1998 Julia Hinde reports on UCL’s novel architectural consultancy that aims to make money from the spaces between buildings. How is it that some company coffee machines become the … Continue reading →

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