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Ken Goulding's picture

SmartPlan Intro

By Ken Goulding posted on Tue, 2009-06-30 11:22 , 1159 reads, 0 comments

Building Information Systems have transformed the way architects develop options, make decisions and share information with clients, developers and contractors. This has been made possible by software that links many key decisions to dynamic variables that can be reconsidered or tweaked at any point in the design and documentation process. Sasaki Associates has developed an urban planning tool with a similar objective: as planning and design options are developed, keep variables flexible and avoid lock-in to create a change-friendly, dynamic design environment.

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Chris Hodges's picture

City One and "serious gaming"

By Chris Hodges posted on Tue, 2010-05-04 15:37 , 759 reads, 2 comments
http://www.fastcompany.com/1636325/ibms-cityone-is...

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?


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Steven Wilson's picture

"Fitting In" - a Sasaki discussion on contextualism

By Steven Wilson posted on Fri, 2009-10-09 16:43 , 3341 reads, 0 comments

This in-house Sasaki discussion/debate looked at contextualism from perspective of the individual architectural intervention (the tree), and the perspective of the district and the city (the forest).   Brie Hensold and Caitlyn Clauson led the first discussion on the forces shaping form and context including program, economics, taste and memory.read more

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fitting in-part 1.ppt
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fitting in_ part 2.ppt

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Stephen Gray's picture

Factbook eXplorer

By Stephen Gray posted on Thu, 2009-07-09 08:52 , 300 reads, 1 comment
http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/

Very interactive - Create graphs and stories over time with Census data in a graphically sophisticated and user-friendly/intuative platform. The data sets (indicators) seem to be limited for now, but the idea is strong.


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Philip Parsons's picture

For Ever-Expanding Colleges, Space Is the Final Frontier

By Philip Parsons posted on Wed, 2009-07-01 09:32 , 159 reads, 0 comments
http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/2741/for-e...

Gregory Janks and I are quoted in this brief article about space utilization in the Chronicle of Higher Education.


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Ken Goulding's picture

Want Parcels? Slice a site using roads

By Ken Goulding posted on Fri, 2009-06-19 10:18 , 223 reads, 0 comments

A new tool in SmartPlan lets you create open space and development parcels by slicing a site with roads. One can then assign landuse and density assumptions to the resulting parcels for fast and accurate area take-offs. Roads can be added and edited as the design evolves for up to the minute program info.

 

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