MIT School of Architecture + Planning·May 24The Consumed CityRethinking urban tourism in Venice through big data By Carmelo Ignaccolo Once the heart of a powerful maritime republic, Venice’s historic city has lost more than 120,000 residents since the early 1950s, driven away by myriad issues, including, more recently, 21st-century mass tourism. …Urbanismo4 min readUrbanismo4 min read
MIT School of Architecture + Planning·Apr 21Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhereOpen-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab, in the School of Architecture and Planning, lets people check air quality, cheaply. Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always…Urbanismo4 min readUrbanismo4 min read
MIT School of Architecture + Planning·Mar 24Where the sidewalk endsMost cities don’t map their own pedestrian networks. Now, researchers have built the first open-source tool to let planners do just that. It’s easier than ever to view maps of any place you’d like to go — by car, that is. By foot is another matter. Most cities and towns…Urbanismo4 min readUrbanismo4 min read
MIT School of Architecture + Planning·Mar 17, 2022New Industrial Urbanism: Designing Places for ProductionExcerpts from a new book by Eran Ben-Joseph and Tali Hatuka Since the Industrial Revolution, cities and industry have grown together; towns and metropolitan regions have evolved around factories and expanding industries. “New Industrial Urbanism” explores the evolving and future relationships between cities and places of production, focusing on the…Urbanismo5 min readUrbanismo5 min read
MIT School of Architecture + Planning·Oct 14, 2021Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reachA long-term study of Melbourne, Australia, shows how urban development and change affects pedestrians, not just automobiles. When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed…Urbanismo5 min readUrbanismo5 min read
MIT School of Architecture + Planning·Sep 8, 2021Five Steps to LeadershipBy Jeff Levine Lecturer of Economic Development and Planning/MIT Excerpt from “Leadership in Planning: How to Communicate Ideas and Effect Positive Change” Why do you want to be a planner? This is one of my favorite job interview questions. It is also one of the best things that graduate school advisors and professors can ask their students. Unfortunately…Urbanismo17 min readUrbanismo17 min read
Maria PeronainPost-Quarantine Urbanism·May 29, 2020MADRID. COVID MAIN SCENARIOSpain is its bars. The sun, the beach, the tapas and the people. This is true, you just have to walk around Madrid, my city, at any time of the day to realize it. Now let’s remove the bars and the beaches, only the people remain. Well, and the sun…Urbanismo5 min readUrbanismo5 min read
Bruno GomesinQuao Relevante·Jun 26, 2017BIBLIOGRAFIADetalhes sobre a bibliografia do projeto Quão Relevante. GIANNECCHINI, Ana Clara. Técnica e estética no concreto armado: um estudo sobre edifícios do MASP e da FAUUSP. Dissertação (Mestrado em História e Fundamentos da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo). São Paulo: 2009. CONTIER, Felipe de Araújo. O edifício da FAUUSP e os…Urbanismo2 min readUrbanismo2 min read
Fiyin Kolawole·Dec 21, 20166 Lessons from Urban Colombia 2[Read Part 1 here] “On the Night of their arrival, we all sit at the dining table after a dinner of soft amala and delicious efo riro…” It is true what World Economic Forum pointed out- that the future of work will be based on things relating to skill, knowledge…Urbanismo5 min readUrbanismo5 min read
