Inscribing a Square - Urban Data as Public Space

This book investigates experimental and artistic forms of inquiry for making sense of the city, exploring the sensory, structural and cultural aspects of new urban systems literacy - a re-examination of what constitutes public space in the real-time city.

List of contents

.- Introduction .- Senses .- Systems .- Places

About the author

Dietmar Offenhuber is Researcher in the Senseable City Lab at the Department for Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has backgrounds in architecture, urban studies and digital media and works on the spatial aspects of cognition, representation and behavior.

Katja Schechtner has a background in architecture, urban studies and technology assessment. She is the Head of Dynamic Transportation Systems at the AIT Mobility Department, while at the same time being a Visiting Scholar at MIT Media Lab.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dietmar Offenhuber (Editor), Katja Schechtner (Editor)
• Publisher: Ambra
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2012
• EAN: 9783990434710
• ISBN: 978-3-99043-471-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Weight: 266 g
• Illustrations: 8 schw.-w. u. 46 farb. Abb.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture