Come one, come all! The Urban Design Representation Course that is normally offered to the Masters students has now been converted into a CPD, a course offered to the larger design and planning community. The course is a four day intensive workshop, offered on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th …
The Prince’s Foundation has announced a Collaborative Agreement with the University of Strathclyde focusing on education and research in architecture and urban design. Collaboration between the two organisations will officially begin in September 2012. The collaboration with Strathclyde will contribute to The Prince’s Foundation’s building skill portfolio and become a …
This package of the analysis convey the experience of what Cumnock is to the person in the place. This is done through both qualitative and quantitative analyses: the mental maps show the general experience of the typical user and also through the eyes of the students observing the place as …
The Planning Framework starts with an examination of the national policy trends, which will have an impact on Cumnock and the surrounding area. A specific look at the national developments in the region shows a lot of development focused on the Ayrshire coast and building up connectivity to Glasgow. Policies …
The History and Stories analysis was focused on the historical changes of Cumnock in specific areaswhich would enlighten people about how and why the town has become what it is today. Theseidentified focus areas which were marked across key periods were the figure ground plan, thetransportation networks, the economic activities …
The work produced is an example of the MCA. The Multiple Centrality Assessment is a tool that measures different types of centrality and outputs the results graphically. Four types of centrality exist: closeness, betweeness, straightness, and local closeness. Through the MCA, the vehicular and pedestrian network of Cumnock were assessed, …
The purpose of this map is to act as a visual aid to allow individuals to orient themselves as they participate in the revitalization Cumnock. Its intention is to serve people with any level of experience or interest in Cumnock by providing them with information such as street names, …
Written by Luca D’Acci in 2010, this article has been referenced by NASA in one of their publications. Abstract The happiness of people is formulized by an Underground Hedonic Theory taking into account several levels. A formal way to think of and measure Underground happiness passes through the idea of …
Thanks to our generous sponsors, Architecture and Design Scotland, there is now online access to the Keynote speeches of the IAPS 22 conference! The links below provide a brief summary of the context of the speeches and have links for both video and audio feeds. Additionally, there is a discussion …
This masterplan focused on the Western Flank of the M8 Motorway, namely the Charing Cross and Anderston areas. While many of the other masterplans produced this year focused on large- scale interventions on the motorway, Maria and Sean focused and better integrating the motorway into the existing Urban Fabric and …
