Assignment: Urban Analysis and Design Project, Due Thursday

Assignment: Urban Analysis and Design Project, Due Thursday

January 27, 2015 · by · in

Please do the following work as a basis to begin your projects and so we can get into teams of two students.

SPREAD I (11″ x 17″, landscape)

Page 1 (left page, 8.5″ x 8.5″) Title and Author

  • Title: two words
  • Author

Page 2 (right page) INTRODUCTION: Purpose to Problem (thesis),

  • Title: two words (ex. operation + context)
  • Purpose Sentences as typed Paragraph: What is the problem, how applied to Superillas   and social interaction?; who (be as specific as possible); Why important including social value ; (highlight key words)
  • Choose 1 each Primary Level social indicator (Social, Demographic and Infrastructure) Is each an urban characteristic or a an urban phenomena (human or natural)?
  • Consider 1 indicator for each.
  • Choose 1-2 geometry inputs? (parcel area, height, sidewalk width, rail, bike, waterway) Hint: see OSM/ELK
  • optional: small thumbnail or narrow texture of swatch of qualitative image/material perhaps hinting at final output.
    • graphic hints: set the tone for the unit and highlight color here

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SPREAD II

Page 3 (left page)  BACKGROUND: Context 

  • Outline: Purpose / Urban Design Criteria / Indicators (ways to measure)
  • Literature Review: Theory of Urban Analysis Tools and Urban Design related to thesis (citations/quotes)
  • Research 22@ / Barcelona problems: 1- 3 recent articles as quote or informational statistics (El Periodico, El Pais, other) (citations)
  • UO Case Studies (optional), relevant with operations, workflow diagram, their purpose and plugins (citation as one image)
  • Comparative Statistics: Infographics begin here and continue to next page
  • graphic hints: set quantitative baseline big picture to small picture indicators to follow

Page 4  (right page) BACKGROUND: Quantitative and Qualitative Baseline (statistics and info-graphics)

  • Qualitative media: swatches of your urban design characteristics (criteria)
  • Abstract scientific data: measurement of basic relationships, statistics related to measure quality (ex. 6:1 water to urban farming recommendation). Abstract and Baseline models.
  • Context: Catalan/Barcelona/ 22@ 10/10/10, BCNecologia_Presentacio Superilles,  Patrimonio (Generalitat/Ajuntament) vs comparative city such as Portland, Madrid, EU. Can you find relevant law or ordinances in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain or the EU?
  • Timeline: Identify time relevance in periods (hours, day, week, year, years) Corner Collage / Minard
  • Audit: What existing projects existing around your idea? What plugins would be helpful (show their icon)? What are the inputs and outputs (list as words).