Ref: Strano, E. Nicosia, V. Latora, V. Porta, S. Barthelemy, M. (2012), Elementary processes governing the evolution of road networks, Nature Scientific Report, in print online. Link to the paper on Nature SR. Nature Asia-Pacific. EurekAlert. Urbanisation is a fundamental phenomenon whose quantitative characterisation is still inadequate. We report here the empirical analysis …
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 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 …
The University of Sheffield, The University of Strathclyde and the University of West of Scotland are pleased to announce that the 22nd IAPS Conference entitled, Human Experience in the Natural and Built Environment: Implications for Research Policy and Practice, will take place at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow from the 24th …
Iain Brodie, our MSc UD Student in 2010-11, won the prestigious UDG Award for the best Urban Design student work in the UK. Announced by Urban Update the Urban Design Group Student Award 2012 winners: “Richard Hayward introduced the students awards, announcing the winner: Ian Brodie (University of Strathclyde) for his …
Ref: Porta, S. Latora, V. Wang, F. Rueda, S. Strano, E. Scellato, S. Cardillo, A. Belli, E. Cardenas, F. Cormenzana, B. Latora, L. (2011), Street Centrality and the Location of Economic Activities in Barcelona, «Urban Studies», May 2012; vol. 49, 7: pp. 1471-1488. *** *** Download the paper. The …
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, …
Architecture and urban design students from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow have moved to the community they have been asked to serve. The experiment will last one year and involves a group of 35 students and tutors who set up office in the once famous Barras market in the East …
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 …
This is the final examination work of students Darren Baird and Mark Feeley. This work won the first “LUC” prize, meaning that it was recognized as best work of the year. LUC stands for Local Urban Code, see what that is about here. Pictures of the prize assignation by the …
