Drone Futures - UAS in Landscape and Urban Design

Drone Futures explores new paradigms in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in landscape and urban design. UAS or drones can be deployed with direct application to the built environment; this book explores the myriad of contemporary and future possibilities of the design medium, its aesthetic, mapping agency, AI, mobility and contribution to smart cities.Drones present innovative possibilities, operating in a 'hover space' between human scales of landscape observation and light aircraft providing a unique resolution of space. This book shows how UAS can be utilised to provide new perspectives on spatial layout, landscape and urban conditions, data capture for construction monitoring and simulation of design proposals.Author Paul Cureton examines both the philosophical use of these tools and practical steps for implementation by designers. Illustrated in full colour throughout, Drone Futures discusses UAS and their connectivity to other design technologies and processes, including mapping and photogrammetry, AR/VR, drone AI and drones for construction and fabrication, new mobilities, smart cities and city information models (CIMs). It is specifically geared towards professionals seeking to understand UAS applications and future development and students seeking an understanding of the role of drones and airspace in the built environment and its powerful geographic imaginary.With international contributions, multidisciplinary sources and case studies, Drone Futures examines new powers of flight for visualising, interpreting and presenting landscapes and urban spaces of tomorrow.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Cureton, Paul (Lancaster University Cureton, Cureton Paul
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2020
• EAN: 9780815380504
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8050-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 253 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Cartography, map-making & projections, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Human Geography, Cartography, map-making and projections, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Architecture: professional practice, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing