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Building A Better World: Can Architecture Shape Behaviour?
It was a new phrase but the belief system behind it – that buildings shape behaviour – had allowed the heroes of architecture to make all kinds of outlandish claims.
Digital Media is Changing the Face of Buildings, and Urban Policy Needs to Change With Them
Architecture has opportunities that it never had before, and urban policy needs to keep up with these developments.
No Need To Give Up on Crowded Cities - We Can Make Density So Much Better
The more immediate need is to focus on improving conditions in our major cities. Our smaller towns matter, but we can’t neglect the urgent need to get better at doing the bigger ones right.
The Experiences of People with Disabilities Show We Need a New Understanding of Urban Safety
The experiences of people with disabilities offer important insights into the complexities of urban safety, because of the varied encounters with space that impairment can bring. Their experiences show that safety is a fluid concept.
The Problem With Transport Models is Political Abuse, Not Their Use in Planning
On the 50th anniversary of the Melbourne Transportation Plan, we review the role of transport modelling as a planning tool. What are models now telling us about the future of Australian cities?
Temporary Urban Solutions Help Us Deal With Crisis - And Can Lead To Radical Shifts in City Space
Our research into the temporary use of land and buildings shows the ways in which short-term development is deployed during times of crisis.
If More of Us Work From Home After Coronavirus, We'll Need to Rethink City Planning
If, as some expect, people are likely to work from home more often after the pandemic, what will this mean for infrastructure planning? Will cities still need all the multibillion-dollar road, public transport, telecommunications and energy projects, including some already in the pipeline?
Cities Are at the Centre of the Coronavirus Pandemic - Understanding This Can Help Build A Sustainable Equal Future
We can seize this opportunity to improve how we build, organise and use cities. To do this, though, we need to look more closely at the urban spread of coronavirus to understand its impact on existing inequalities.
Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient – but for citizens’ sake they need to slow down
All over the world, governments, institutions and businesses are combining technologies for gathering data, enhancing communications and sharing information, with urban infrastructure, to create smart cities.
The Science of Street Lights: What Makes People Feel Safe at Night
A large review of research found a link between new lighting and reduced crime rates, but improvements were seen in daylight as well as darkness, suggesting that street lighting is not the only factor.
Project Highlight: Permeable Parking
To satisfy the stormwater requirement, the Presto GEOPAVE gravel pavers were chosen to provide a long-term porous surface for half of the parking area.
Urban Planning in 3D: How Creating a Digital Twin Leads to Smarter Cities
The Rennes Metropole planning team uses the 3D virtual twin to envision the potential growth of the region.
Designing greener streets starts with finding room for bicycles and trees
Today there is growing support for bicycling in many U.S. cities for both commuting and recreation. Research is also showing that urban trees provide many benefits, from absorbing air pollutants to cooling neighborhoods.
Community pool projects show how citizens are helping to build cities
The building of a pool can be part of a larger project of building new civic institutions and networks that fall somewhere between market, state and civil society.
Vancouver’s urban conundrum: Let’s design better cities
Design is a problem-solving discipline and one that, like engineering, seeks answers to difficult challenges.
How Cities Work Around Parking Spaces
We demand convenient parking everywhere we go, and then learn not to see the vast, unsightly spaces that result.
How to make smart cities human again
Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. This information can be used by city leaders to create policies, with the aim of making cities “smarter” and more sustainable, but the data only tells half the story.
Supersized cities: residents band together to push back against speculative development pressures
City residents all around the world are getting together to create housing tailored to their needs and budgets, instead of being developed for maximum profit.
Digital Media is Changing the Face of Buildings
Buildings have become animated, almost flickering like diamonds. And we see this across the globe: buildings now seem to compete to be the most mind-boggling in appearance.