The City of Marvelous Disorder is a study was conducted during the ‘CaaS studio (City as a Service): The future of cities’ services in the AI times’, that aims to built a methodology on mapping the creative sector and high education ecosystem of Barcelona, with a particular focus on social creative industry that works within … Read more
Harvesting water and sunlight Imagine if we could solve both a water and energy crisis using urban installations. Take a funnel to collect water and merge this with an umbrella. What do you get? A fumbrella of course! In this module we created a custom web app using JavaScript and Vue components. This web application … Read more
Introduction For the BIMSC studio project, the class designed a human colony initially capable of accommodating 50 inhabitants, with the potential to expand to 300 inhabitants. Working together, the class settled on the Jezero Crater as the site for the colony and developed a masterplan consisting of thirteen distinct zones. Each group selected one zone … Read more
The project focuses on promoting the physical, mental, and social well-being of older adults in the city of Barcelona through various initiatives, the goal is to empower older adults to remain active and engaged in their communities, and to promote healthy ageing and independence. Projected population aged 65+ What is Ageing? Health in the older … Read more
El proyecto se encuentra localizado en la ciudad de Chiclayo, en la costa norte del Perú. Chiclayo se caracteriza por ser una cuidad de intenso intercambio comercial debido a su ubicación geográfica estratégica que hace que sea la puerta de ingreso y salida a la selva y sierra central del país. Uno de los grandes … Read more
The New York City Taxi Trip Duration competition is a challenge to develop a model that predicts the total ride time of taxi trips in New York City. Yellow medallion taxicabs, which number 12,779 in New York City, generate a substantial revenue of $1.8 billion per year by providing transportation services to around 240 million … Read more
THE FUTURE OF PARKING In this one-term seminar of Decarbonise built environment the main goal was to develop carbon-capturing strategies and study how can we shift to renewable energies. In this particular project, Barcelona city was taken as a built environment, and based on that we developed urban planning strategies and parking design strategies. COSMOGRAM … Read more
Machine learning has been applied to a wide range of domains, including transportation, to improve the accuracy of predictions and optimize systems. In the context of taxi services, predicting the trip duration is an essential task to optimize route planning and estimate arrival times. In this post, we present a machine learning approach using Python … Read more
In the field of architecture, verticality is often considered the ultimate achievement, the culmination of various attempts, experiments, conceptual speculations, and styles. Architects such as Yona friedman, Rem Koolhaas, Peter Cook have investigated this concept resulting in questionable outcomes. Our analysis explores their work, examining its pure geometry with speculative experimentation. This concept is exemplified … Read more
This project was designed embarking on a vision to create a city that embodies sustainability, organic density, decentralization, multipolarity, complexity, transversality, liveliness, resilience, inclusivity, diversity, mixed-use, beauty, biodiversity, cohesion, safety, health, accessibility, and support for an active life and a city of care – all with people at the centre rather than technology or economics. … Read more
The design began with the process of understanding the culture, the climate and the people of Accra, Ghana. The design is based in a tropical climate where the temperatures and the humidity are high. This design was then set in a Metaversal city that was a culmination of 6 sites from different regions of the … Read more
Github Link https://github.com/jamesmcbennettIAAC Week 1: Weaving in Hops Our first assignment was to familiarize ourselves with how to prepare Grasshopper files for Hops. I created a weaving definition that could change between Tabby, Twill, and Satin weaving patterns with parameters to increase or decrease the density of the model, the thickness of the thread, the … Read more
Brief Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information System (GIS) have different focuses and interpret 3D models differently. BIM manages detailed building components, project information, cost, and schedule from an architectural and construction point of view, while GIS manages the geographical information of buildings and their components from geographical viewpoints, which helps to manage the … Read more
Perus, São Paulo La propuesta estudia la posibilidad de una planificación territorial centrada en el desarrollo urbano integrado con el entorno natural , siendo las preexistencias (infraestructuras verde-azul y obsolescencias tangibles e intangibles) el medio articulador principal y estratégico de las propuestas venideras. La trayectoria Los acontecimientos en la cronología de Perus consolidan una historia de … Read more
This blog is a review of the book “Delirious New York” written by Rem Koolhaas. “The future is no longer about power, but about bandwidth.” Rem Koolhas Rem Koolhaas wrote a novel titled “Delirious New York” that outlines the evolution and background of Manhattan’s design and urbanism. Koolhaas wrote this book because he desired to … Read more
El proceso que se viene desarrollando con el titulo de Paisajes Anfibios se acotó en una porción del territorio de la Ciudad de Cartagena más delimitada, cuya circunscripción viene dada por unos puntos de prolongación de las áreas de inundación y de unas infraestructuras que requieren transformación. Es sabido que mientras van pasando los años … Read more
Mi lugar de trabajo es la Ciudad Vieja de Montevideo, el casco histórico de la ciudad, Aquí residen aproximadamente 12.500 personas y cuenta con una población flotante de 40.000, en un área aproximada de 140 hectáreas. Es uno de los barrios financieros, así como el barrio turístico y cultural por excelencia de la ciudad. ¿PORQUE … Read more
Ciudades urbana y humanamente digeribles Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. C.A Anteriormente el tema se aborda desde la perspectiva de ecología y cambio climático, donde se expone la situación actual de la ciudad de Quetzaltenango y donde se identifican los procesos alimentarios a traves de la industria y como estas dinámicas crean ciudades enfermas y obviamente ciudadanos enfermos, … Read more
REPROGRAMANDO EL BORDE ¿Como seria el mundo si fuéramos un solo país? ¿Como imaginarnos un lugar en donde no existen fronteras, ni limites imaginarios que separen culturas? Antes del periodo de colonización en América no existían fronteras, barreras imaginarias que empiezan a tejerse con la llegada de los colonos, es por ello que a través … Read more
INTRODUCTION Urban planning decisions have a significant impact on the development of cities, and using machine learning can provide decision-makers with valuable insights to make informed decisions. By clustering urban areas based on various factors such as population density, built density, POI density, green cover, and build diversity, we can reveal spatial patterns that can … Read more
The Core challenges of urban childhood As cities grow and develop, there is often a lack of safe and child-friendly spaces for children to play, walk or bike alone. The increase in traffic and air pollution makes it challenging and unsafe for children to travel on foot or by bicycle. Crime and social fear also … Read more
MODELO DE CIUDAD BASADO EN INTERACCIÓN CON LA HIDROGRAFÍA LOCAL Las ciudades pueden transformar su estructura, transporte, fuentes de energía o gobernanzas, sin embargo, no pueden existir sin agua. El agua es la fuente de toda la vida, y teniendo en cuenta que es un recurso extremadamente escaso, las ciudades tienen una responsabilidad por preservar … Read more
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, and cities like Mumbai with a population of over 12 million people, is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In fact, studies have shown that Mumbai is one of the cities most at risk from rising sea levels more intense floods, … Read more
