Digital Futures and the City of Today: New Technologies and Physical Spaces

Digital Futures and the City of Today: New Technologies and Physical Spaces
ISBN-10
1783205601
ISBN-13
9781783205608
Category
Cities and towns
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Intellect (UK)
Authors
Carl Smith, Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Edward Montgomery Clift

Description

In the contemporary city the physical infrastructure of the previous two millennia, and the sensorial experience that has accompanied humans throughout our existence, is now interwoven with an invisible digital matrix. This matrix alters our perception of the city, informs our behaviours and increasingly influences the physical designs we propose. It is also changing the nature of the design process itself by allowing more people to be involved, a greater range of voices to be heard and more complex interactions between users to be imagined. Obviously, it also integrally links the very tools architects and planners use in the design process. In this potentially paradigm shifting time, Digital Futures and the City of Today slices through the various issues and areas of activity for architects, designers, media specialists, communities and activists concerned with the futures of our cities. Split into four related sections, it offers overviews of the hybrid phenomenon that is the modern digital or smart city; examines live projects active across the world; documents experimental visions and ideas on the future of the hybrid metropolis; and finally presents experimental projects engaging local communities in design through new technologies. In short, the book offers a multifaceted view of the complex integrated phenomenon that is the contemporary hybrid city.

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