Data, processes, public space and urban design. UCM Master’s Degree in Smart Cities (Madrid, 21 January 2025)
On 21 January I was invited to give a lecture at the Master in Smart Cities and Sustainability of the Complutense University (UCM) on how data and processes can help to design a public space that improves both the urban experience and the climate footprint of cities as a whole. The urban problem Before the …...
Colin Ellard. Psychogeography. Places Of The Heart
I bought Colin Ellard’s ‘Psychogeography . Places Of The Heart’ in Cálamo, my favourite bookshop in Zaragoza. For those unfamiliar with the term, let’s clarify that psychogeography is concerned with understanding how our surroundings influence us, and its importance for the discipline of urban design increases...
The most influential texts on urban design
Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch… I share a very interesting list of the most influential texts on urban design, found in this good article by Hooman Foroughmand Araabi. The list has bee compiled from readings of more than thirty universities in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. The Image of the City Lynch, Kevin 1960 The Death …...
KPIs for an agile and evolutionary urban design
One of the first KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) that I remember seeing for urban space is included in the Maciá Plan that Josep Lluìs Sert carried out for Barcelona in the 1930s. It proposed as the main KPI the decrease in infant mortality in the Ciutat Vella district, which at that time was around 20% per year.
