A New Urban Design Research Methodology (09-11-14)
A new methodology for assessing reactions to urban spaces is being used by researchers at the universities in Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern.
A new methodology for assessing reactions to urban spaces is being used by researchers at the universities in Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern.
“Every design is a hypothesis waiting to be tested.”
The You are Here team in the Social Computing Group at MIT’s Media Lab is preparing (and posting online) a city map a day for the next year.
A sophisticated methodology shows promise for environmental assessments.
Stockton has written a thoughtful and very readable introduction to space syntax theory and how it is currently being used in design practice.
Designers are developing sophisticated methods to collect data from place/product users using mobile phones, but how feasible are these tools?
Interested in learning about more design research tools and methods?
Researchers are using mobile phones with Android operating systems to collect information about how people feel in various spaces.
A new, free online tool allows people to compare maps of user-selected information for 16 major cities around the world.
Bryson and MacKerron used data collected via an app to assess how happy people are at work.