Ref: Porta, S., Latora, V., & Strano, E. (2010). Networks in Urban Design: six years of research in Multiple Centrality Assessment. In E. Estrada, M. Fox, D. Higham, & G. L. Oppo (Eds.), Network science: complexity in nature and technology (pp. 107-130). London, UK: Springer. *** *** Multiple Centrality …
Ref: Mehaffy M, Porta S, Rofè Y, Salingaros N, 2010, Urban nuclei and the geometry of streets: The ‘emergent neighborhoods’ model, Urban Design International, 15-1, p.22-46. *** *** A controversy remains among planners and urban designers about the proper location of the non-residential core (nucleus) of a neighborhood in relation …
Ref: Produit T, Lachance N, Strano E, Porta S, Joost S, 2010, A network based Kernel Density Estimator applied to Barcelona economic activities, in Taniar et al. (eds.), ICCSA 2010: Part I. *** *** This paper presents a methodology to compute an innovative density indicator of spatial events. The methodology …
Ref: Wang F, Antipova A, Porta S, 2010, Street centrality and land use intensity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Journal of Transport Geography, In press. *** *** This paper examines the relationship between street centrality and land use intensity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Street centrality is calibrated in terms of …
Ref: Porta S, Strano E, Iacoviello V, Messora R, Latora V, Cardillo V, Wang F, Scellato S, 2009, Street centrality and densities of retail and services in Bologna, Italy, Environment and Planning B, 36, 450-465. *** *** This paper examines the relationship between street centrality and densities of commercial and …
Ref: Morello E, Ratti C, 2009, Sunscapes: ‘Solar envelopes’ and the analysis of urban DEMs, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 33, pp.26-34. *** *** The aim of this paper is twofold: first, it simplifies ‘solar envelope’ calculations, making them easier to carry out over extensive urban areas; second, the proposed …
The RTPI West of Scotland Chapter’s Convener John Walls reviews the Award for Excellence 2010 given to Peter Russell for his Masterplan of the Govan Area in Glasgow realized in our MSc in Urban Design course. In particular, John writes on the August 2010 issue of “ScottishPlanners”: “Peter Russell from …
A version of our presentation at the 17th Congress of New Urbanism in Denver, USA, in 2009, is now available on slideshare. Click here to hop right to it.
We have just processed feed back data from students who attended our MScUD course of year 2009-10. We had monitored the three main learning units: 1. Urban Design Studio (Sergio Porta, Ombretta Romice and tutors); 2. Urban Landscape Design (Rolf Roscher and Felicity Steers); 3. Urban Theory (Sergio Porta and Ombretta …
Have a look at this recent article of Roger Ebert on the Chicago Sun-Times. Interesting enough, Roger’s piece continues a series of writings from non-architects that have the power to reveal what architecture and urbanism is, should be, or is not. The list includes Jane Jacobs (“Death and Life of Great …
