readings

Research area: geospatial understanding of small-scale social and natural phenomena.

Atmosphere InFormed: Design Awareness of Small-scale Differences of Atmosphere in Architecture and Urban Design, EDRA Best Paper Award 2018

A Human Scaled GIS: Measuring and Visualizing Social Interaction in Barcelona’s SuperillesJournal of Urbanism accepted publication, by Philip Speranza

“Parametric Methods and Place’, Journal of Urban Design, by Philip Speranza

New Ecological Interaction, 18th International Conference on Advanced Urban Designing and Transportation 2016, by Philip Speranza  (ICAUDT Presentation)

Social Interaction and Cohesion Tool: Integrating Socio-Computational Design in Urban Ecology for Barcelona’s Superilles,” ACSA Conference 2016, by Philip Speranza

Social Interaction Cohesion Tool_ACADIA 2015

01 Readings, Introduction to Parametric Urbanism
“‘Attachment’ as Agency in Off-Site and On-Site Indicators”, ACADIA Conference LA 2014, by Philip Speranza
“Parametric Methods and Place’, Journal of Urban Design, by Philip Speranza
Give Me a Gun and I Will Make All Buildings Move  by Bruno Latour and Albena Yaneva
.      supplemental foundational Design readings

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02 Readings, Urban Design

Ten Lessons on Barcelona_Ch 05, Manuel Sola-Morales

22@10 years, Manuel Bailo

Towards-a-self-sufficient-habitat, Vicente Guallart

.    supplemental readings,  urban design

 03 Readings, Barcelona Urban Design and Sustainability

Data dimension: accessing urbandata and making it accessible (Carlo Ratti, MIT SENSEable Cities Lab),

Sustainable Urban Expansions: the Legacy of the Cerdà Plan by Salvador Rueda,

Cities from the Bottom Up: 22@ Planning, A System Attached to Change, by Philip Speranza

.   supplemental Barcelona urban design readings

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04 Readings, Phenomenology

Phenomenon of Place_Introduction

Phenomenon of Place by Christian Norberg-Schulz

Envelope, Pidgen Seven by Alejandro Zaera-Polo

The Difference is in the Detail by Vitello, Willcocks

.   supplemental readings on phenomenology

.   supplemental readings on Place Branding

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05 Readings, Data and Politics

Data in cities counterpoint (politics)

“Open City” video, by Morozov

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