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by saeranv 12y ago
Correct. There is some hope though because there's a money to be saved by reduce the operational energy usage through retrofit strategies. This can be as simple as reskinning a building - switching to more high-performance glazing or a
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by saeranv 12y ago
That could be dealt with by beefing up sound insulation in your party walls. Maybe building code needs to be changed to deal with this, but my guess is you just lived in buildings where the architect/contractor got cheap. ETA: To be fa
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by saeranv 12y ago
There is a lot of research into the computational modelling of urban dynamics. A good place to start would be Michael Batty's seminal book on the subject: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/cities-and-complexity
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by saeranv 12y ago
Agreed. I'm a masters of architecture candidate working in this area[1] and I would add that to engage in contemporary urban theory would require a much more sophisticated urban simulator than is achievable with the current state-of-th
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by saeranv 12y ago
If we're talking about a 10,000 year span then yes. But if we're moving to a 100,000 year span, I wonder if we should also be asking ourselves if humans will still be the dominant species... ETA: 100,000 time range like the Onkalo
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by saeranv 12y ago
Not that I know of and a google search doesn't turn up anything. It would be interesting. I've always been curious about the atmosphere - the transcript hints at some tense moments as the crowd gradually turns against Peter Eisenm
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The 1982 Debate Between Christopher Alexander and Peter Eisenman(katarxis3.com)
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by saeranv 12y ago
This is beautiful, I had to pause it a couple of times to check out the intense detail in the city render. Out of curiosity, does anyone know how they generate the cityscape for these things? Do they use existing software like CityEngine (
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by saeranv 12y ago
I second Fine Structure. Sam Hughes does excellent short stories too, this one's appeared on HN before, and was how I was introduced to his writing: http://qntm.org/responsibility
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by saeranv 12y ago
There's quite a lot of studies on this that indicate the opposite: "It has been shown that cities of a high density, such as, for example Hong Kong, have a far lower transport energy demand per capita than low density cities such
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by saeranv 13y ago
Agreed. I've started following his blog for this reason. An excellent voice.
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by saeranv 13y ago
Rem Koolhaas' design for the IIT Campus Center in Chicago takes this idea and uses it as a basis for generating the floorplan: "...OMA carried out a study to map the “desire lines” of student foot traffic across the campus. Th