This course will introduce students with state-of-the-art City Science modeling techniques, through the lens of Design Thinking and Complex Systems modeling in order to understand how to improve Problem Framing to solve complex urban challenges
Credits: Aretian Urban Analytics and Design LLC
City Science modeling techniques have acquired a high degree of maturity in recent years. Modeling cities as complex systems enable us today to better understand different urban development patterns and anticipate the impact of different urban design strategies on the quality of life of citizens. By modeling cities both aesthetically and mathematically, we can address problems in the realm of urban design, city planning, mobility systems, managing urban systems, activity zoning and placemaking, regional planning, and economic development, among others.
This course will introduce students with state-of-the-art City Science modeling techniques, through the lens of Design Thinking and Complex Systems modeling. Student teams will select a theme/challenge and city or set of cities and develop a Problem Framing and Project Management Strategy, by means of design thinking, complex systems modeling, storytelling, and geospatial data science and data visualization methodology selection.
Furthermore, every student team will present at the end of the course their City Science problem framing strategy and Project Management methodology. Such an academic exercise could potentially lead to further developments in the context of the academic program.
Learning Objectives
At course completion the student will:
India is one of the fastest developing countries with many metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. Migration from villages and small towns to metropolitan areas has increased tremendously in India and led to the degradation of urban environmental quality and sustainable development especially in the metropolitan cities. The problems faced by the people living … Read more
Austin, a Lonely City Context Over the last decade, Austin’s status as a state-of-art technology hub along with its high concentration of venture apital, warm climate and vibrant cultural offerings has set the Texan city as the 2nd faster-growing U.S. city in 2022, only after San Francisco. But paradoxically , urban loneliness reflects as one … Read more
The task required to pick up an urban challenge and develop a City Science Problem Framing Proposal in a few days workshop. The topic of localized food systems was chosen PROBLEM FRAMING “In order to feed a population expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, the world will have to double its current … Read more
Nowadays, almost every city has a metro network. But what does the presence of the metro or subway bring to the city’s fabric?What can be offered to calm the pace of the metro area or to maintain the dynamics of the city life functioning in non-metro area? Project Key questions : ? What are the … Read more
Adaptation districts towards prioritized urban interventions in cities with limited green spaces. The case study of the metropolitan area of Athens, Greece Athens, during the four last decades, has been extremely urbanized while changing the environment dramatically. By reclassifying open spaces and networks of urban mobility, this model aims to suggest strategies for prioritized urban … Read more
Buildings are an intrinsic part of our lives, where we spend most of our time and unfold as human beings. However, through its different forms, the built environment is responsible for the majority of our energy consumption (around 40 %) and a primary source of greenhouse emissions GHG (around 36 %) (Anderson et al., 2015). … Read more
