Our student have something exceptional, we already knew that, but it is always good to have it reminded! After the golden medal awarded to our student Ian Brody for the UDG award in 2012 (click here and here to find out more) and the first prize at the International Urban Design …
The Urban Design Studies Unit is excited to host the first Summit on Plot-based Urbanism to be held at the Department of Architecture on 27 October. The aim of the Summit is to come together to publicly present the current theories and ideas surrounding Plot-based Urbanism and work to address key …
UDSU is honoured to host a two-day summit at the University of Strathclyde from 27-28 October to bring together leading ideas on Plot-Based Urbanism. Keynotes, workshops, round-table discussions and fantastic new opportunities to advance research, policy and practice. With an increasing trend towards single-use, suburban developments on large plots, we are …
Ref: Porta, S. Romice, S. Maxwell, A. J. Russell, P. Baird, D. (2014), Alterations in scale: Patterns of change in main street networks across time and space, Urban Studies, in print. Pre-print available online at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/07/0042098013519833. Link to paper on Urban Studies Links to press coverage: Planetizen, LSE …
Ref: Porta, S, Strano, E, Venerandi, A, Adam, R, Romice, O, Pasino, P & Bianchi, G., 2013, Centrality and Place-Making: Understanding and Designing Mixed Use Streets in Professional Masterplanning in Urban Design, no. 125, pp. 12-14. Download the paper Non-residential economic activities are the heart of mixed use streets. That makes …
UDSU (Prof. Sergio Porta) in partnership with University of Cambridge (PI) (Computer Lab, Dr. Cecilia Mascolo) and Queen Mary University of London (School of Mathematical Sciences – Complex Systems, Prof. Vito Latora) has been awarded almost £1M by EPSRC for a project named GALE: Global Accessibility to Local Experience. The project has …
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 …
What happens when it’s not the right time to address the problems normally associated with large scale infrastructure? While the other groups analyze more intrusive options for intervention, the Minimal Change group analyses the best ways to manipulate the City without majorly changing the M8. The group focused on noise …
