Category Archives: Public talk

Anna Rose presents “CityScans” at the Harvard GSD

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

View and download Anna Rose’s presentation On Tuesday, 5th April, Space Syntax director Anna Rose gave a talk at the Harvard GSD on the use of Space Syntax in planning and urban design. She began by describing Berlin’s spatial transformation … Continue reading →

Posted in Harvard, Historical events, Lecture, Loeb Fellowship, Planning, Public talk, Space Syntax, Spatial modelling, Sustainability, Transportation, Urbanism | 1 Comment

“Loeb Fellows invite…” seminar on Food Systems

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

Wednesday, 6th April 2011 at 6:30pm Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Posted in Ecological, Food, Harvard, Health, Public talk, Sustainability, Urbanism | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Architecture, Digital phenomena, Education, Innovation, Landscape Urbanism, Lecture, Lincoln Institute, Loeb Fellowship, New Urbanism, Planning, Public talk, Space Syntax, Spatial modelling, Sustainability, Transportation, Unplanned & informal settlement, Urbanism | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Architecture, Digital phenomena, Innovation, Planning, Public talk, Spatial modelling, Urbanism | 3 Comments

From landscapes of extraction to creative industries of organic matter & waste

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

​​Monday, 14th February 2011 at 6pm Stubbins Room, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Participants Pablo Rey, Basurama Manolo Mansylla, Trashpatch Robin Nagle, anthropologist of material culture (waste) Scientist doing research in biomaterials (Wyss Institute … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Development, Ecological, Ecology, Economic, Food, Health, Landscape, Loeb Fellowship, Planning, Public talk, Sustainability | 1 Comment

Upcoming talk: “From highways to handshakes – taming roads for people”

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Monday, 24th January at 6:00pm Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW Tenth Ave., Portland OR A conversation with Tim Stonor of the renowned London-based planning firm Space Syntax When it comes to transportation, planners use “science” for cars but more often “intuition” … Continue reading →

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Upcoming talk: “Planning the unplanned: An evidence-based approach to design in informal settlements”

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 18th January 2011, 6:30pm With the world population of slum dwellers set to increase to 2 billion over the next 30 years, the need to provide adequate living conditions for the urban poor is recognised … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Development, Economic, Planning, Public talk, Space Syntax, Spatial modelling, Sustainability, Unplanned & informal settlement, Urbanism | 1 Comment