URBAN DESIGN & DATA

Roy Lin
Aug.3 2013 Code for Tomorrow
 EXAMPLE 1:
DATA FOR URBAN PROJECT DESIGN
MEGA STORAGE, QUEENS

Project by: Zhou Wu, Roy Lin

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Design Process and Data. by Roy Lin, 2013

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SUBWAY PASSENGER FLOW
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TRAFFIC
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Area = 597122 m
Average floor height = 5.5 Floors

Total warehouse space=3277280 m

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Area = 283308 m --Outbound
Average floor height = 11.6 Floors --roads
Area = 378749 m Area = 396979 m
Total warehouse space=3277280 m Average floor height = 8.6 Floors Average floor height = 8.3 Floors

Total warehouse space=3277280 m Total warehouse space=3277280 m

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Area = 396979 m
Average floor height = 8.3 Floors

Total warehouse space=3277280 m

PASSENGER FLOW vs ATTRACTIONS
SOCIAL HOUSING FOOTPRINT vs TIME
FLOODING OVER YEARS
 EXAMPLE 2:
READING URBAN CONTEXT
TRANSIT FOR MIT KENDALL SQ.

Project by: Ren Tian, Tuan-Yee Ching, Roy Lin

TRANPORTATION TOOLS INFO MATRIX
 MAJOR RAIL COMMUTER RAIL
AIRPORT STATION RAIL TRANSIT BUS TRANSIT FERRY

METRO NETWORKS
RAIL TRANSIT / PROTECTED PATH
400M (5MIN) RADIUS BUS TRANSIT BIKE LANE ZIP CAR

LOCAL NETWORKS
 EXAMPLE 3:
CITY STORY TELLING
THE CALIFORNIA REGION

Project by: Tomas Folch, Kees Lokman, Rou Lin

LANDSCAPE, ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURES, MIGRATION, WAR, AGRICULTURE...
 EXAMPLE 4:
PREDICT & SUGGEST SOLUTION
SPACE SYNTAX
Tim Stonor and
SPACE SYNTAX
HOT ZONES
HOT ZONES
 EXAMPLE 5:
DEMOCRATIZE URBAN KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL EXPLOER
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NEW URBAN DATA

Private Sectors Data, User-Gnerated Data, Instant
and Dynamic Data, ...More-To-Come Big Data!

TRADITIONAL URBAN DATA

Public Sectors, GIS, Zoning, Land, Infrastructure,
Transportation, Demographic, ...a lot of To-Be-
Opened Data!

URBAN CONTEXT
A shit load of everything

Urban Context, Data, and Innovation. by Roy Lin, 2013

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al Inno
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NEW URBAN DATA

Private Sectors Data, User-Gnerated Data, Instant
and Dynamic Data, ...More-To-Come Big Data!

TRADITIONAL URBAN DATA

Public Sectors, GIS, Zoning, Land, Infrastructure,
Transportation, Demographic, ...a lot of To-Be-
Opened Data!

URBAN CONTEXT
A shit load of everything

Urban Context, Data, and Innovation. by Roy Lin, 2013