New IPad app released for Space Syntax researcher​s

App for building level tracking of people.

People Watcher is NOT another axial analysis tool - its a data collection tool.

Demo here
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcrvY2aDTA

It has been  created specifically for real-time recording of navigational/wayfinding behaviors in buildings and outdoor environments. This is an App to help researchers, environmental psychologists and architects understand how people navigate in complex environments. You can use it to undertake wayfinding or navigation experiments in buildings (airports, hospitals, train stations etc.). With this App you can only observe the behaviour of a single participant at a time. Use your finger or stylus to trace the participant's path through the environment using the "Map Page". Buttons at the bottom of the "Map Page" facilitate the recording of significant wayfinding behaviours or events (such as pausing, looking at signs or consulting maps). Analytic tools on the "Analysis Page" have been provided to allow you to view all participant-paths simultaneously, i.e. overlaid on each other, in order to rapidly detect patterns or clusters of events (by eye). You can upload your own plans from your photo collection, to a maximum of 9 plans (so, for a multi-level building, a maximum of 9 floors). All paths and events are time-stamped and their location noted in a log file which can be exported via iTunes.

You can down load (assuming you have an IPad handy) following this link to iTunes.
        http://bit.ly/NrsWvy

Measuring Urbanity

International Seminar & Workshop

Lisbon, May 7th-12th 2012

FAUTL - Faculty of Architecture
Technical University of Lisbon

Seminar Measuring Urbanity:
Densities, networks and urban fabrics

The seminar aims at re-centering the debate of measuring urban form on the contemporary issues of designing, planning and regulating the extensive city. The objective is to discuss the importance of combined qualitative-quantitative approaches on the generation of new insights on the contemporary urban environment and planning strategies.

Workshop City Induction:
Urban design with patterns and rules

The workshop focuses on a new method for urban design which is based on the use of patterns and design rules. The aim of the method is to facilitate dialogue between the different participants in the design process and enable the developmetn of flexible urban plans. It is opened to anyone interested in developing advanced skills in parametric urban design.

How to live in a city

Roads unfit (part 1) and fit (part 2) for people