Category Archives: Spatial modelling

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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Urban Process Diagram

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

 

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Quality Streetscapes Conference notes

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

My slides This first part of this presentation introduces a new approach to valuing urban design – one which allows design decisions to be embedded in real estate valuation calculations. The approach connects design to the rateable value of retail, … Continue reading →

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Future Cities_Cities of Transaction

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Thinking about the future of cities is not a new challenge. From Christopher Wren’s plan for the post-fire rebuilding of London in 1666 to Ebenezer Howards’s Garden City concept, to Le Corbusier, to Bladerunner, human ingenuity has been tasked with … Continue reading →

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Notes for AGI Conference talk: Measure, map, model, make

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

My slides Great placemaking is a process combining art and science. There is a place for both and indeed a need for both. Two problems. First, urban planning is largely an analogue discipline. Too many diagrams and watercolours. Not enough … Continue reading →

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AoU Landscape Urbanism notes & questions

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

These notes accompany a PowerPoint presentation Fragmented urbanism: the rise of Landscape Urbanism & the threat it poses to the continuously connected city TS intro This is a crucial moment for urbanism. In the UK, The Portas Review, highlighting the … Continue reading →

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London Riots discussion at #lonconf

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Darah Singh Groups of rioters: 1. Motivators – of rioting 2. Aggressors – towards police 3. Late night shoppers Simeon Riots gave people unusual opportunities for power and control. Abnormal empowerment. David Lammy MP The risks of social & economic … Continue reading →

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London Policy Conference – don’t turn your back on housing

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

These notes accompany a PowerPoint presentation. Good morning. 1. Connectivity is an issue that has come up several times already at this London Policy Conference. As an architect and town planner, my interest is in the influence of physical connectivity … Continue reading →

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Animation – London’s Spatial Accessibility

Posted on December 11, 2011 by
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Spatial accessibility in London

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Two areas of central London (Camden top and Whitechapel bottom), showing the spatial accessibility of the vehicle network from high (red then orange) to low (green then blue).

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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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London’s spatial layout

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

 

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London Riots location analysis – first findings

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

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Measuring & modelling cities

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

11th May 2011 2011 Urban Systems Symposium NYU Shack Institute of Real Estate, New York Download presentation

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Spatial layout, urban movement & human transaction

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Download my presentation “Designing mobility for democracy: the role of cities“ #demobility Thursday, 14th April 2011 from 1pm to 5pm NYU, Kimmel Center, Eisner & Lubin Auditorium 60 Washington Square South, New York Summary Given the title of this event: … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Carbon emissions & spatial connections

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

I spoke today to Dr Joyce Rosenthal’s “Environmental Planning & Sustainable Development” class at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. My presentation “Carbon emissions & spatial connections” can be viewed on Slideboom.

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Spatial transformation – Berlin

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

The following images of Berlin have been prepared by Anna Rose and Christian Schwander at Space Syntax Limited as part of a wider study of the city. They show the pattern of “spatial integration” in Berlin at three key periods in … Continue reading →

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Giving it all away? Space Syntax & the future of urban planning software

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Notes for a lecture to be given at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 23rd March 2011   Themes With notable exceptions, the current use of technology in planning and, especially, urban design/architecture practice is medieval. More visual than analytic. … Continue reading →

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