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Ex Silico Ad Vivo: Computational Simulation and Urban Design at Foster + Partners
Author(s) -
Aish Francis,
Davis Adam,
Tsigkari Martha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1626
Subject(s) - intuition , alliance , computer science , computation , context (archaeology) , sociology , data science , operations research , management science , engineering , political science , law , cognitive science , psychology , geography , algorithm , archaeology
What makes a successful city? Can this be replicated simply by following tried‐and‐tested urban typologies? Francis Aish, Adam Davis and Martha Tsigkari of Foster + Partners' Applied Research + Development (ARD) group argue that technology allows other approaches to urban design. They explain that computational simulation is increasingly valuable in predicting how the dynamic and complex systems of a city might play out in an urban context, forging an exciting new alliance between computation and intuition.