Applied research and projects on the role of technology in adaptive mobility and urban planning in highly dynamic environments. 

City as a service – Transformative Solutions at the Intersections of Mobility and Planning

“The focus of this course is to get a deep understanding for Shanghai’s movement challenges from a planning perspective on the one hand and the related socio-cultural implications on the other. Using high tech traffic simulation and modeling tools and pairing them with demand analyses methods, GIS analysis and ‘soft’ cultural approaches, students will explore ways to generate user and context specific insights and develop integrated solutions that merge transport/traffic and urban planning strategy thinking.

The students will explore how the future mobility plans of Shanghai can be dynamically and responsively optimized through the use of real time data and systemic analyses of the application of ICT in massive urban environments. At the same time, their research and projects will be based on a deep reflection and analysis of the introduction of future mobility technologies in Shanghai’s urban fabric, such as A.I mobility infrastructures, self-driving vehicles, multimodal public & private transportation, self-sustainable shared transportation models and autonomous public transportation fleets.”

University: Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

Co-Teaching with Mobility in Chain, Milan

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Lecture on the harmonization of technology develepment, city planning cycles, and space programming

Abstract: 

Technological advancement and urban growth offer a vast array of new opportunities to urbanites to enjoy their way of living: digital communication empowers the individual and changes the overall business framework, data processing capabilities turn infrastructure into on-demand services, growing population numbers mean more social interaction and transactions.  

At the same time, the demand for mobility and consequently ‘space’ increase the pressure on land-use and resources alike. Balancing the interests in this highly complex and dynamic multi-stakeholder marketplace is key to a city that wants to serve and connect its inhabitants and constituencies. 

The fundamental shift towards a comprehensive designing of the urban environment thus requires a look at all the different components and how they can work together.

Applied studies and projects on dynamic urban mobility planning (methodologies and digital tools) 

Course description: 

“We explore ways to generate user and context specific insights and develop integrated design solutions that merge transport and urban planning with service design and market strategy thinking. We design mobility and its interscalarity components; from the shape of a curb or a curvature radii to an entire part of a city.

Through the deployment of modelling simulation, demand analyses methods, and GIS analysis, the course will focus on the way mobility is represented and will explore the transformative effects at hand“ 

University partner : Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

Co-Teaching with Mobility in Chain, Mailand