Walk Through Time: London 1890

By Ken Goulding posted on Thu, 2010-08-26 22:52 , 197 reads, 0 comments

Walking Through Time is a mobile phone app that allows users to see themselves at their current GPS location on historic maps of London. This gives them a sense of how the place has changed over time. Its interesting to think how urban planners could use a similar application to show master plans and how a place will change in the future. This would be particularly interesting if tied to 3D vision diagrams of future spaces.

City One and "serious gaming"

By Chris Hodges posted on Tue, 2010-05-04 15:37 , 759 reads, 2 comments

A new city simulation game being released by IBM. It's apparently part of a growing interest in "serious gaming." May be a fun way to disperse hard questions to many people to find innovative solution. Could be especially useful in a university environment.

 

Maybe Sasaki can create games and release them on campuses and wait a few weeks for solutions to planning and design problems to roll in?

Back of the Envelope Calculator

By Shraddha Marathe posted on Thu, 2010-01-28 15:52 , 1290 reads, 2 comments

Created by Energy Center of Wisconsin

 

You might be pondering these questions:

- What happens to cooling costs if I double my roof insulation?

- Does lighting efficiency also affect heating energy?

- Does it cost a lot to keep my building open longer?

- What if my building was made of glass?

- How much CO2 will this building produce annually?

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Taxes on Student Tuition - Good or Bad Policy?

By Chris Hodges posted on Wed, 2009-12-16 13:07 , 254 reads, 0 comments

The City of Pittsburgh is planning to add a 1% tax to student tuitions to pay for employee pensions. There are about 10 reasons why this is a bad idea, and 10 why it's a good idea. And about 50 unintended consequences.

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