Parametric Urbanism Is Based On Parametric Design Systems

First, “Identifying Conservation Areas”, using natural land features to zone building areas. Second, “Locating House Sites”, placing approximate buildings to achieve the desired density. Third, “Aligning Streets and Trails”, tracing a logical footpath to provide easy access to buildings. Finally, “Drawing in the Lot Lines”, tying all elements together to finalize the plan. From there, the subdivisions that are distinct from the urban sprawls because of the “creating value-enhancing open space network” in the

Rowe in Collage City wrote a very condensed summary of the ideas developed within the Urban Design studio he taught at Cornell. He wrote about an autonomous apparatus containing formal strategies of typology,

These new design concepts for these new neighbourhoods may be aesthetically pleasing, but aesthetics alone do not create community or urbanity. The New Urbanism and Fused Grid design concepts still follow segregate zoning. These neighbourhoods follow the standard planning principle of the past fifty years, a zoning principles that practice separate zones according to use. The zoning segregation keeps these new neighbourhoods communities from resembling the small towns and urban feeling they strive to become. These new concept plans of New Urbanism and Fused Grid try to obtain the old traditional urban design, but these old urban design were not planned and further more they were not zoned, they just happen.

Genes are major contributors to many psychiatric diseases. “The intermediate phenotype concept represents a strategy for characterizing the neural systems affected by risk gene variants to elucidate quantitative, mechanistic aspects of brain function implicated in psychiatric disease.” An example would be using imaging genetics to illustrate recent advances, challenges and implications of linking genes. Urbanicity exposure is associated with corresponding changes in schizophrenia going in to adulthood. “However, an element necessary for making the step from association to cause is lacking: that of a plausible mechanism detailing the pathway from impact of the exposure to onset of psychotic symptoms.” Urbanicity is a description for some underlying environmental factor or factors in urban areas. “Consistent with an inherited "phobia proneness" but not a "social learning" model of

Schindler makes use of the geographic landscape to explain how it contributes to discrimination; not only discrimination by race, but discrimination by socio-economic class too. Through his discussion, it is discernable that because of the physical outline of our municipalities, these factors promote discrimination. Not only is discrimination apparent in the layout of our municipalities, but this also affects the political philosophies that are instilled in their citizens, shaping them into unique individuals.

This week’s readings focused on urban design and also began student presentations. Sydney’s presentation on Serenbe correlated perfectly with the topic. A wealthy businessman decided to create a new community based on new urbanism. There were 2 (soon to be 3) neighborhoods based around a central farm. The houses were single-family, near amenities to encourage walking. Unfortunately, this is not a sustainable idea in terms of affordability. The average house price in Serenbe is around $700,000, with townhouses not being much cheaper. With prices that high, it is assumed that the home owners would have to commute for a job, which counteracts the idea of promoting walking. The community seemed to be an exclusive country club (with a farm instead of a golf course) rather than a sustainable option for all.

Urban planning is a very important part of Urban growth. A lack of urban planning can lead to cutting of trees and decreased greenspace

Akin to the concept of body language, The Authored Object proposes to utilize technological advancements in engineering to make an architecture with the ability to physically alter its volume and orientation to provoke a new behavioural complexity. Such that

Talen has been trying hard to build them a theory and has written many articles and books on the subject. But their lack of theory leads to a malleability within New Urbanism, that helps suspend their stated principles of diversity and affordability when they are not feasible, and perpetuates a dogma about the effects of the built environment.

Global Entities such as the US democracy, have been using Architecture, more specifically urban landscape design, to portrait transparency and a united front between the government and its public. The choice of delving into this subject is due to the intriguing different aspects that have been changing as more embassies were designed/built. The two latest embassies in London , the one by the Grovesnor Square and the yet to be built embassy in the Nine Elms, show these changes very clearly, also they allow me to analyse how these changes affected/will affect the surrounding context and public.

Iwamoto clearly demonstrates in a wide array of project examples in her book Digital Fabrications Architectural and Material Techniques. Iwamoto, an Architect and Structural Engineer, delves into how it is now possible to fluidly transition from computer-based designs to computer-controlled machinery to manifest custom building components. The chapters on Tessellation and Contouring are an attempt to demonstrate how CAD/CAM facilitate the work flow from the 3d modeling and creation of projects with added complexity, especially those that incorporate complex double-curved geometries.

Integrated urban planning is key to achieving economic, environmental and social sustainability of cities. However, as already noted a number of health problems are a direct result of the policies of the central and local government. In the case of Skopje, most often the governments have put short-term economic benefits before the public health of the citizens and the long-term sustainable development goals.

A city is a Socio-Ecological system which means the city’s form and structure can be changed gradually.

The problems with BIM and GIS are hardly few and far between, but interoperability between the two has huge potential to produce benefits to the industry in areas such as security and urban planning. The introduction of Cloud computing has the possibility to vastly expand our ability to create such highly technical models. Furthermore, the importance of real-time analysis on buildings and cities can undoubtedly lead to more sophisticated, time-saving processes that ease our understanding of BIM and help invigorate smarter engineering methods. But the question we may ask is, how can this assimilation between BIM and GIS, as well as countless new technology trends, lead to better, more advanced city models in the future?

Architecture can be viewed with two different types of properties. Properties that can be seen like shapes, their composition, the spaces they create and, the colours and textures that make up their appearance. These properties are considered to be visual while other properties are considered to be abstract. These properties can only be described using words; the meanings behind the architecture and the stories that can be told about it. The context, its cultural background and its function also affects how we view architecture. The question is, what