Leveraging Data to Help Plan Better Cities
A recent Metropolis Think Tank panel with planning experts, city officials, and architects from KPF delved into data how data is shaping today's urban planning.
Technology
Google Used Sensors to Connect Neurology and Aesthetics at Milan Design Week
The tech giant’s installation, A Space for Being, studied visitors’ neurological responses to different interiors. The project was a collaboration with architect Suchi Reddy, furniture brand Muuto, and John Hopkins University International Arts + Mind Lab.
A 3D-Printed Installation, Made With Sustainable Bioplastics, Debuts at Milan Design Week
Fashion brand COS commissioned the 3.2-ton structure, which was designed by London-based architect Arthur Mamou-Mani.
Sensors, Privacy, Data, and the High-Tech Workplace
A Think Tank panel discussion hosted at AECOM’s office in Los Angeles mulled over the consequences of building integrated data capture and analytics.
The Kansas City Fabricator Quietly Exporting Its Architectural Prowess to the World
With a legendary roster of clients and collaborators, the fabrication company Zahner continues to perfect its ability to render almost any form in metal.
Cities Are Not Technology Problems: What Smart Cities Companies Get Wrong
Many companies equate new technology with innovation, but actual innovation in cities means using tech in concert with bureaucracy, on-the-ground awareness, and challenging political choices.
WeWork Is Retraining a Generation of Architects to Think in Terms of Data
Data influences WeWork’s real estate deals, construction sequence, and design choices. There’s a sense that acquiring data literacy makes architecture relevant in a tech-dominated era.
Nike’s House of Innovation Flagship Is a Temple to Shopping in the Digital Age
The Manhattan flagship, the first of its kind in the United States, is not only a shrine to sportswear but an homage to Nike’s unique design process—past and future.
Hudson Yards Promised a High-Tech Neighborhood—It Was a Greater Challenge Than Expected
While Hudson Yards delivers on some advanced infrastructure, its initial promises of urban data-driven management have (so far) proved more aspirational than practical.
In Mexico City, a 13-Foot Installation Explores a New High-Tech Approach to Casting Concrete
The design, which could unlock previously unattainable forms and reduce material waste, is collaboration between teams at ETH Zurich, Zaha Hadid Architects, and research studio Architecture Extrapolated.
CES 2019 Recap: The Technologies and Ideas Shaping Cities
#CES2019 provided insight into how city governments and the private sector are reimagining the urban landscape, especially vis-a-vis transportation.
CES 2019: How Ford Is Building a New Platform for High-Tech Transit
Metropolis spoke with Nithin Rao, cofounder of Ford subsidiary Autonomic, to discuss the digital platform that Ford is developing for mobility apps and providers.
CES 2019: “Code Is the New Concrete” in Today’s Cities
Metropolis interviews Seleta Reynolds, general manager of L.A.’s Department of Transportation (LADOT), about modernizing transit and making cities more equitable.
CES 2019: Why Architects and Designers Should Care About 5G Wireless
This forthcoming generation of cellular network promises to power a new wave of smart city and mobility technologies.
CES 2019: Avoiding a Dark Future of Autonomous Vehicles
A panel discussion on the first day of CES explored how Autonomous Vehicles could revitalize urban transit—or foment congestion and bad urbanism.
What We’re Expecting at This Year’s CES
With the tech industry facing scandals and fresh challenges, will its tone around smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and other innovations be more restrained in 2019?
This Kaleidoscopic Exhibition Explores How Augmented Reality Will Alter Buildings, IRL and via URL
Shown at Stockholm's ArkDes this fall and now available online, Value in the Virtual explores how our everyday experiences of the built environment will be changed through virtual and augmented reality.
Can You Teach Good Design on a Social Media Network?
Professors at Parsons, Princeton, Yale, and MIT are using a platform called Are.na to help students collaborate without judgment and create in the public eye.
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs Reveals What Its Toronto Smart City May Look Like
While questions surrounding data collection loom, the renderings hint at what the technology company hopes to achieve on the Toronto waterfront.
SOM Thinks Autonomous Vehicles Could Rapidly Change How Cities Grow and Develop
Existing streets could host new high-tech transportation services, though ensuring those new transit systems bring equitable growth is a challenge.
