GIVING IT ALL AWAY? SPACE SYNTAX & THE FUTURE OF URBAN PLANNING SOFTWARE (VIA THE POWER OF THE NETWORK)

An lucid introduction of why predictive urban modeling is the future of urban design interventions by Tim Stonor of Space Syntax

Notes for a lecture to be given at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 23rd March 2011   Themes With notable exceptions, the current use of technology in planning and, especially, urban design/architecture practice is medieval. More visual than analytic. More about the “Wow!” than the “Why?”, the “Which?” or the “Will it?” Example of animation in traffic models – “Our clients like to see them move!”   Urban imperative –