Category: urbanism

• Ongoing Research: Energy-Conscious Urban Infill Development

  

  Case Study: Post Oil Strategies for Paris History can tell us where the robustness of urban structures has been proved by its users, by objects and by space¹. The knowledge gained from spatial emergence and spatial agency² (i.e. morphology, accessibility and connectivity, modal split, density, scales as well as place) can be applied to find out how…

  Fabian Dembski

  April 12, 2015

  cities, city, EWARD, GaBi, networks, post-oil, regional development planning, Space Syntax, Sustainability, urban development, urban infill development, urban mobility, urban planning, urbanism, Vienna University of Technology, walkability

  accessibility, Arnaud Passalacqua, Bill Hillier, connectivity, Depthmap, energy efficiency, GaBi, land use, modal split, networks, Paris, post-oil, post-oil strategies, Space Syntax, spatial agency, spatial emergence, Stephen Marshall, thinkstep, town-planning, urban density, urban infill development, Urban Morphology, Vincent Guigueno, walkability

• New SimLab Booklet

  

  The new book provides an overview of SimLab’s activities, research topics and services. SimLab is an interdisciplinary research centre located at Vienna University of Technology, dealing with geospatial methods and other digital technologies for space and the built environment. The booklet is also available as download on the website of SimLab. SimLab by Fabian Dembski and…

  Fabian Dembski

  February 26, 2015

  Projects, SimLab, Teaching, Uncategorized, urbanism, Vienna University of Technology

  book, booklet, publication, research, SimLab, TU Wien, Vienna University of Technology

• We think and work in all scales

  

  We think and work in all scales. That’s the basis for every project regarding environmental sustainability and stewardship, social equity, economic viability and aesthetic delight. Find out more about our projects on our updated website. In addition you can find more information about our workshop portfolio on the website of SimLab (Vienna University of Technology) or…

  Fabian Dembski

  January 30, 2015

  Architecture, cities, regional development planning, SimLab, Sustainability, urban planning, urbanism, Vienna University of Technology, Workshop

  architecture, profile, scales, spatial planning, sustainability, urbanism

• Skater, Data and the City

  

  GPS Tracking and Geo-Tagging of Street Skateboarders and Traceurs in Paris and London (submitted March 2014) This study aims to investigate the informal, temporary usage of space based on two sub-cultures. Skateborading and parcour are acitivities which are direct performed in relation to architecture and urban space. Both activities are a run across terrains with mementary…

  Fabian Dembski

  September 20, 2014

  3D, Architecture, Articles, cities, city, Parcour, Skateboarding, study, urbanism, Vienna University of Technology

  architecture, City, geo-tagging, GPS tracking, informal space, land use, London, Parcour, Paris, SimLab, Skateboarding, temporary use, urban space, Vienna University of Technology

• “Dembski’s Heterotopia”: Project “Sept Ans de Bonheur” published in the current issue of “Skin”

  

  The architecture magazine “Skin” (Architektur und Bauforum) reports on the project “Sept Ans de Bonheur” (in German). Available at the newsagent’s or via the following link: Architektur und Bauform – Skin.

  Fabian Dembski

  May 28, 2014

  Architecture, Articles, Artwork, Camouflage, cities, Collage, heterotopia, Mirror, Projects, urbanism

  article, camouflage, facade, heterotopia, mirror, Paris, pavillon, Place de la Bastille, publication, Sept Ans de Bonheur, Skin, Venice

• Collage of a City

  

  This virtual city map was created out of four different city structures, all developed during the late 19th century as city expansions after the industrial revolution. New York – Meatpacking District Paris – Victor Hugo Vienna – Ottakring London – Marylebone

  Fabian Dembski

  February 15, 2014

  Architecture, cities, Collage, urban planning, urbanism

  city expansion, London, Marylebone, Meatpacking District, New York, Ottakring, Paris, Victor Hugo, Vienna, virtual city