Focusing on the complexities of smart cities, the book presents a design framework that bridges philosophical insights with technical knowledge. It aims to transition the design of urban technologies from a niche area to an essential industry skill. By analyzing real-world examples and prototypes, it highlights the ethical considerations involved in smart city development. The accessible writing style makes it a valuable resource for professionals in design, architecture, and urban planning, as well as those in emerging fields related to urban technology.
Computational design is an emergent discipline that operates at the intersection of computer science, engineering, and design knowledge to develop new strategies, tools, methods and workflows in and for the conceptualisation and construction of the built environment. While computational design thinking and methods are widely argued to be troubling and transforming long-standing ways of working in the architecture, engineering and construction industries, the shift from promise to practice remains a challenge.This book documents the unique nexus of research and practice collaborations that form the basis of the Computational Design Education and Research programme at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. The diversity of projects and positions outlined in this publication contributes to advancing computational design as an interdisciplinary pursuit that is capable of innovatively addressing real-world built environment problems and opportunities through collaborative human-machine thought and action.
With consideration of a range of social trends, but also emerging responsive and sustainable technologies, the essays and design projects presented here reimagine, in various ways, a public transport Interchange of the Future better suited to address the complexities and conditions of 21st century urban digital life. Interchanging brings together a collection of design projects and interdisciplinary perspectives on policy, planning, design, and management issues, that currently, and are set to, shape and influence our expectations and experiences of urban public transport environments. This comprises a unique range of contributions from academics, industry and practice, including the Australian Research Council Linkage Grant project and research team Encircle: Dr. M. Hank Haeusler (University of New South Wales/ UNSW), Briedy Mahar (UNSW), Tim Tompson (UNSW), Dr. Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney), Dr. Nathan Kirchner (University of Technology Sydney/UTS) and Dr. Michelle Zeibots (UTS), together with Nicole Gardner (UTS), Tom Hordern (Volvo Group), Transport for New South Wales, Bonnie Parfitt (City of Sydney), Jimmy Ti (Queensland University of Technology/QUT), Professor Alec Tzannes (Tzannes Associates/UNSW), and Mark Gilder (Grimshaw Architects), and with a foreword by Associate Professor Marcus Foth, Director of the Urban Informatics Research Lab at QUT.
