ARCH 4_523_FALL 2020_SYLLABUS
Scales of Time
METHODS
Class is about time-based urban visualization experimentation.
Basis is GIS VIZ TOOL (Elephant) Elk. Data gathering plugins: Galapagos, Mosquito, Leafcutter, etc.
Everyone should have immersive presentations: animations, axon GIFs, timelines/Gant charts, sound. Premiere 1m. Enscape.
Visualization makes obvious the problem + strategies for change: behaviors as blur, glow, color.
Organize scales of time across: day, week, year. By perspective / demographic groups
How to research problem, measure qualities and indicators, Google maps and analyze spreadsheet.
CONTENT / MEDIA OBJECTIVE
Granular visualization of underrepresentation. Fine Grained Urbanism: 1) Housing and 2) Jobs
Fun spaces of play, diverse social interaction, local nuanced culture near students: EUG, PDX, etc
Presentations on: Measuring and Visualizing Urban Public Spaces; Shared Streets: Fine Grained Urbanism and work spaces (Ben Prager)
Onsite is important (test with google street view, yelp, location based social media, real estate
ORGANIZATION
Grading basis criteria (average grade is historically an A-)
- Visual Communication- neatness, lineweight, meaningfully color, time / gifs
- Outline of Logic
- Effort / complexity / ambition
Short presentations. Workshops in breakout rooms. Group’s findings. Comments on blog posts.
KEY READING
Food Cart book chapter
MIT Senseable Cities Lab
Reading List
Nabian, N., Offenhuber, D., Vanky A., and Ratti, C. (2013) “Data dimension: accessing urban data and making it accessible.” Proceedings of the ICE – Urban Design and Planning 166, no. 1: 60-75.
Franck, K and Speranza, P, (2015) “Food, Time and Space: Mobile Cuisine in New York and Portland,” Ethno-Architecture and the Politics of Migration Edited by Mirjana Lozanovska, London: Routledge Press, pp 181-198.
Speranza, P. and Maher, S. (2017) “Social ‘Coding:’ Urban Processes and Socio-Computational Workflow,” Proceedings of the Environmental Design Research Association Annual Meeting 2017, EDRA, May 31-June 3, 2017, Madison: Wisconsin.
Speranza, P. (2017) “A human-scaled GIS: Measuring and visualizing social interaction in Barcelona’s Superilles” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability”
Speranza, P. and Prager, B (2016), “Business fabric and Place, a Methodology to Measure Business Identity in Barcelona’s New Superilles” Strategic Place Branding Methodologies and Theory for Tourist Attraction, Co-Edited by Can Usley and Ahmet Bayraktar, Pennsylvania: Hershey, IGI Global, pp. 157-180,
ATTENDANCE
The class will meet remotely at the designated times via Zoom, and at other times and remote “locations” with prior arrangement and approval. Participation in all remote classes is appreciated, expected and will be monitored via Canvas.
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS / STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The University of Oregon is committed to providing inclusive learning environments. Please notify your instructor if any aspects of this course result in barriers to your participation. You may also contact UO Disability Services in 164 Oregon Hall, 346-1155 or disabsrv@uoregon.edu. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please inform the instructor by forwarding your notification letter.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Students should be familiar with University policies related to academic integrity and consequences for dishonest conduct. All work submitted should be your own and all sources should be cited. Questions about how specific assignments should be handled with regard to collaborative work, citations, or other issues raised in class. Principles of academic honesty and professional ethics also apply to any use of computers associated with the studio. This includes observing all software licensing requirements and respecting copyrights of intellectual property published on the Internet.
PROJECT OWNERSHIP, PUBLICATION, AND PUBLICITY
Work created for credit and/or using the facilities of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts belongs jointly to the school and the student. The AAA reserves the right to document and display all original work for the purpose of documenting student performance as mandated by the National Architecture Accrediting Board [NAAB]. Furthermore, the school reserves the non-exclusive right to use images or likenesses of the work for publicity and display in print and electronic media as well as to submit such work for competitively reviewed exhibitions or to various award programs, The School and its representatives [including faculty and teaching staff] have the non-exclusive right to use such work as illustrations in scholarly and/or technical publications and presentations.