To ask »“what if?,” diagrams offer a platform for the exploration of the spatial, social, and political implications of an initial hypothesis, and for organization and contradictions to play out.«

Christoph Lueder uses diagrams to make sense of 2 utopian imaginations that are almost five centuries apart:

Lueder, C. (2013). Diagram Utopias: Rota and Network as Instrument and Mirror of Utopia and Agronica. Journal of Architectural Education, 67(2):224–233.

https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/10464883.2013.817165

#UrbanFutures

To ask “what if?,” diagrams offer a platform for the exploration of the spatial, social, and political implications of an initial hypothesis, and for organization and contradictions to play out«

Christoph Lueder uses diagrams to make sense of two utopian imaginations that are almost five centuries apart:

Lueder, C. (2013). Diagram Utopias: Rota and Network as Instrument and Mirror of Utopia and Agronica. Journal of Architectural Education, 67(2):224–233.

https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/10464883.2013.817165

#UrbanFutures

To as “what if?,” diagrams offer a platform for the exploration of the spatial, social, and political implications of an initial hypothesis, and for organization and contradictions to play out.«

Christoph Lueder uses diagrams to make sense of two utopian imaginations that are almost five centuries apart:

Lueder, C. (2013). Diagram Utopias: Rota and Network as Instrument and Mirror of Utopia and Agronica. Journal of Architectural Education, 67(2):224–233.

https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/10464883.2013.817165

#UrbanFutures

RT @KeriFacer
Very pleased to get my copy of this great new book I’ve been involved with.

Some very important chapters and arguments.

Free to download from UCL press

#time #climate #urbanfutures

Yesterday @tomduscher and his MA students of #InformationDesign at #MuthesiusKH visited us at #FHPotsdam. We had a pleasant exchange on designing, researching and prototyping interactive #DataVis projects - especially in the context of #SciComm, #UrbanFutures and #CulturalHeritage.

Thank you for the visit!

while many car commercials appeal to individual freedom, this commercial by Swedish public transit firm Västtrafik uses a physicalization of CO2 emissions to appeal to the merit of traveling together:
https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/forsman-and-bodenfors-vasttrafik-together-for-reduced-emissions-advertising-240123

… of course this is a reference to the 1991 photo by the city of Münster

#MobiltyTransition #VerkehrsWende #AutoKorrektur #DataVis #UrbanFutures

I’d never spent so much of my spare time on exploring a social media platform until Mastodon. It’s absolutely worthwhile to take some time to get into this real community-like platform and connect to different communities.
P.S. Is there a circle of academics who self-define as #urbanists? We really need a group like this #cities #urbanism #digitalisation #smartcities #urbaninnovation #urbanfutures #urbanstudies #urbangeography #digitalsociety #citizens #citizenscience

"The invention of the city as a place of experimental gatherings—despite impediments and without guarantees of progress—amplifies the South’s enduring contribution to urban knowledge and life. Across streets both nurturing and brutal, events can easily switch and undermine the best laid plans and intentions. Yet the possibility remains for residents to turn to each other, rather than on each other, for new ideas and solidarities."

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/improvising-urban-futures/

#UrbanFutures #CitiesForPeople

there are instances related to visualization, HCI & digital humanities on the #fediverse, but what about folks into #Urbanism #UrbanDesign #Cycling #WalkableCities #UrbanPlanning #UrbanFutures you ask?

there seems to be a friendly place just for you, too: https://urbanists.social

GOVERNANCE + URBANISM. I just learned about this guide by Suzanne Potjer, a political scientist doing futures work at the Utrecht University. It's about conducting urban experiments and mainstreaming innovations from a design perspective, often under the auspices of an "urban lab" or "living lab" (design studio transplanted into the governmental space). Some fun cases.

PDF version: https://www.uu.nl/sites/default/files/experimental_governance-urban_futures_studio-en-web.pdf

#UrbanFutures #urbanism #PolicyExperiments #governance #design #LivingLabs #UrbanLabs

Adding more hashtags, let's find each other 👋
#speculativedesign
#futuresthinking
#systemsthinking
#solarpunk
#TransitionMovement
#sdgs
#sdg11
#womensrights
#MoreThanHuman
#SustainableCities
#UrbanFutures
#ClimateJustice
#climatedisaster
#SocialJustice
#housingforall
#universalbasicservices
#climateishealth
#biodiversity
#DesignJusticeNetwork

With his talk »the city is a witness« Omar Ferwati shares a range of impressive investigations by #ForensicArchitecture and how different forms of civic evidence can be gathered and mounted to counter unlawful killings, human rights violations, illegal mining… Omar mentioned the image complex as a key method to integrate and cross-reference multiple sources:
https://forensic-architecture.org/methodology/image-data-complex

#cityvis #datavis #urbanfutures

first up Lara Stöhlmacher shares a range of feminist projects in the space of participatory architecture. the talk is titled »MESS« - since the complicated allows for multiple stories to emerge… lots to digest - what i found particularly intriguing was a project on gossip as a form of resistance and care. http://fem-arc.net

#cityvis #datavis #urbanfutures

on my way to #CityVis symposium »Beyond the Smart City – Reflections on the digital City« starting in 1h in Potsdam. With three speakers:

- Lara Stöhlmacher http://fem-arc.net
- Omar Ferwati #ForensicArchitecture
- Marek Tuszynski @info_activism

Details & zoom link:
https://www.cityvis.io/exhibitions/2022/symposium_en/

#datavis #urbanfutures

this Thursday the #cityvis exhibition opens with a symposium featuring three stellar speakers and the announcement of the winners of the competition:

https://www.cityvis.io/exhibitions/2022/symposium_en/

3 Nov, 6pm at the Wissenschaftsetage in Potsdam

#urbanfutures #datavis

#introduction: Hi all, i'm a research professor at #FHPotsdam, where i work with wonderful colleagues on #datavis projects and have the privilege to teach (and most often learn with) talented students of #interfacedesign and #urbanfutures.

🎓🏙🌳 Do you want to study the future of cities?

Applications to our transdisciplinary Master program on #urbanfutures are due in 3 days:

http://urbane-zukunft.de