1.2 Readings

“A human-scaled GIS: measuring and visualizing social interaction in Barcelona’s Superilles”

1. The combined use of GIS, Rhino, and Grasshopper as well as a creative way of assigning numbers and values to otherwise unquantifiable data led to the success of measuring social qualities of the superilles. 
2. Barcelona’s superilles were found to be an effective urban design strategy to reduce the amount of vehicle traffic within a set of blocks in order to encourage and promote social interaction and occupant health for those who visit and/or reside there. 
3. This new method of data collection and concepts pulled from existing superilla projects can be implemented by architects and urban designers to identify and solve urban issues within their cities.