Group Assignment: Urban Analysis and Design Project, Due Tuesday

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 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)
• Social Interaction Qualities, Choose 1-2  (Social, Demographic and Infrastructure). Is each an urban characteristic or a an urban phenomena (human or natural)?
• Indicators, choose one for each quality.
• Geometry Inputs, Choose 1-2 (parcel area, height, sidewalk width, rail, bike, waterway) Hint: see OSM/ELK
• Not optional: small thumbnail or narrow texture of swatch of qualitative image/material perhaps hinting at final output.
•  Visual Language, quantitative method, develop visual language of the qualities to measure and compare parametric variations
  • 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).

SPREAD III

Page 5 (left page)  Visual Language and Dataset: Organization and Geometry

• Unit, series of 1″ x 1″ abstract block (later real-world) (block, right-of-way or both): describe the block unit, parcel unit, etc.  (plan or 3D) (Quantitative method, develop visual language of the qualities to measure and compare parametric variations) **Rhino and Grasshopper
• • Real-World Block Study- Choose a block in the proscribed 22@ area. Review selection with me. More typical blocks are in the center. Diagram it. Document- one relationship at a time- the differences within the block. Methods: Axonometric, plan and section. **later: Real-World 3×3 Block Area Study
• Parameters: show parameters individually over the same unit background (relate or restate context of 10/10/10 historic)
• Parametric Urban Characteristics (Criteria) and or Indicator Evolution Diagram:  (Identify 6-7 parameters, later refined to 4-5)
• External Force of New Dataset Information source: (citations perhaps with * # legend):
  •      New Off-site virtual from Google Maps, Google Street View, Bing, Yelp, and other virtual sources off-site observation)
  •      Existing Off-site Datasets (OpenStreetMap.org, Resources – 22@ PDFs for zoning use and open space, GIS Shape files)
  •      On-site Dataset Master CSV from Summer 2014 (see AAA Course Server)

Page 6 (right page)  Analog Parametric Tool, 1-2 pages

• Location Plan : location your test areas in 22@ or Barcelona (see Guallart drawings)
• Outline: Purpose / Urban Design Criteria / Indicators…Measurement translations (number, types and or rating systems)
• Parametric Method: Outline or list any GH plugins, Identify possible plugins to learn (HUMAN, ELK, GALAPAGOS, DIVA)

SPREAD IV-V

Parameters  (some of you may be able to combine two parameters in a page, etc.)

Page 7 (left page)

• Parameter 1

Page 8 (right page)

• Parameter 2

Page 9 (left page)

• Parameter 3

Page 10 (right page)

• Parameter 4

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SPREAD VI-VII

Page 11 (left page)  ANALYSIS and FINDINGS

• GH Output: Findings, Emergent patterns
• GH Parametric Formula Diagram: Diagram of your Grasshopper Definition