GALE: UDSU awarded £1M EPSRC grant

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 …

The Prince’s Foundation and UDSU: collaborative agreement for a mutually invested future of education

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 …

Ombretta and Sergio at Dortmund Lectures on Civic Art

Ombretta and Sergio are invited speakers at the prestigious Dortmund Lectures on Civic Art in Dortmund, DE, on Friday 9th of December 2011. Both will give a lecture entitled “Plot-Based Urbanism” among distinguished scholars such as: John Norquist, Harald Bodenschatz, Ben Bolgar, Matthew Carmona, and Michael Hebbert. All our grateful thanks to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sonne of …

Sergio invited speaker in Paris: Les rencontres de la Ville

Sergio has been invited to speak at the “Les rencontres de la Ville” seminar in Paris, organized by the Secrétariat Général du Comité Interministériel des Villes  on September 29th 2011 (download the Programme). His lecture, entitled “Comment penser la place des services dans le fonctionnement de l’espace urbain?” has been …

Students’ feedback 2011

We made it. It seemed impossible, but we made it. Doing it better than last year looked really difficult, as the students’ feedback was excellent after our Govan course in 2009-2010. And here we go, This is our students’ feedback 2010-2011, which refers to our course at the Barras. After all, …

Sustainable Urban Form Lecture by Michael Mehaffy

Michael Mehaffy will lecture on “SUSTAINABLE URBAN FORM: The Modern Structure of Walkable Cities”. The lecture will take place at Department of Architecture of University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, on Tuesday May 10th at 6.00pm. The event, partnered by Glasgow City Council and the Sustainable Glasgow Initiative, will be opened by …