May 2013
49 posts
1 tag
WatchSmart citizens make smart cities
Talk by Dan Hill, Fabrica - Speaker at NEXT13
1 tag
Studio-X NYC: The always-smart Courtney Humphries... →
studiox-nyc:
The always-smart Courtney Humphries has written an interesting Boston Globe article on the potential downsides of smart cities (citing Anthony Townsend, who, with Greg Lindsay, curated our 2012 X-Cities series on the promise and pitfalls of smart cities). She explores privacy issues,…
2 tags
2 tags
Urban Class Warfare: Are Cities Built for the... →
Today’s class struggles are increasingly taking place in cities, says Marxist and social theorist David Harvey. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, he discusses how urbanization will play a key role in social conflicts to come.
1 tag
Top 20 Flickr Groups for Infographics →
visualoop:
http://bit.ly/10MmFAV
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
The too-smart city →
The smart city has become a buzzword in urban planning and university engineering departments, and a topic of breathless coverage in science and business magazines. But as political leaders, engineers, and environmentalists join the smart-city bandwagon, a growing chorus of thinkers from social sciences, architecture, urban planning, and design are starting to sound a note of caution. Though they...
5 tags
2 tags
5 tags
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
4 tags
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
3 tags
Community engagement: keep one foot in cyberspace... →
2 tags
4 tags
Ciudades a escala humana: Member of the Advisory... →
I am happy to share I have joined the Advisory Board of UrbanIxD, a EU funded project “that will build a research network around the domain of data-rich urban environments,focusing on human activities, experiences and behaviours”.
This means an amazing chance to contribute to its objectives and to interact with a great lineup of professionals with much more experience and background than me on...
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
4 tags
Ciudades a escala humana: Urbanismo adaptativo en... →
Como comenté, la semana pasada tuvo lugar el seminario Perspectivas y oportunidades de la ciudad construida en la sede de Valencia de la UIMP.
Ha sido un encuentro bien interesante centrado en cómo sacar partido al máximo de la ciudad que ya tenemos. Ante el fin del modelo expansivo, toca volver la mirada de una vez a los espacios, edificios y equipamientos que en la ciudad consolidada están...
1 tag
Work update - May 2013
Some quick notes on recent news.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Confirmed agenda within the next months
SAN SEBASTIÁN. Workshop: How to create efficient structures to manage knowledge cities (May 28th ). Know Cities european project final conference
ROME. Human Smart Cities. Round table: Co-design for Social Creativity (May 29th). Forum PA/PERIPHÈRIA final conference
Latest talks:
New trends in urban...
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
2 tags
Week picks #17 →
http://Week picks #17
EUROPAN 12: THE ADAPTABLE CITY
MiLES – MADE IN LOWER EAST SIDE
TEMPORIUSO
Week picks series features every Friday some initiatives and projects I found or want to highlight on this blog. It will help me to track new findings from community groups, startups or local governments working and delivering solutions relevant to the issues of this blog. I...
2 tags
3 tags
WatchMy latest presentation on adaptive urbanism (Valencia, May 8th)
More info
1 tag
7 tags
3 tags
3 tags
1 tag
5 tags
1 tag
4 tags
8 tags
6 tags
3 tags
3 tags
r.: Perspectivas y oportunidades de la ciudad... →
ramonmarrades:
NSDM Wharf
Mediante un proceso de selección abierto, la autoridad municipal deja en manos de una alianza entre artistas y arquitectos una antigua área de astilleros para su recuperación urbana. Con el tiempo, la zona se ha convertido en uno de los principales centros de creación artística de…
¡Nos vemos allí, Ramón! :-)
10 tags
WatchEl urbanismo como instrumento real para la transformación social y creador de ciudad
1 tag
4 tags
April 2013
29 posts
2 tags
