New York City’s annual energy consumption map
By the Modi Research Group at Columbia
It shows NYC’s annual energy consumption rate in kilowatt hours (k Wh) per square meter. You can even zoom in and check out your block and your approximate building.
Originally posted by: redeyednblue
/via: landscapearchitecture
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Ushahidi + Crowdmap
Ushahidi es un software que permite hacer mapas colaborativos en tu propio servidor si tienes cierta experticia técnica pej. Stop Desahucios. Para facilitar su uso, la misma comunidad de desarrollo ha implementado una versión que funciona en la nube, no siendo necesaria su instalación y configuración, es Crowdmap. Como ejemplo Syria Tracker
“Ushahidi”, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Since then, the name “Ushahidi” has come to represent the people behind the “Ushahidi Platform”. Our roots are in the collaboration of Kenyan citizen journalists during a time of crisis. The original website was used to map incidents of violence and peace efforts throughout the country based on reports submitted via the web and mobile phones. This website had 45,000 users in Kenya, and was the catalyst for us realizing there was a need for a platform based on it, which could be used by others around the world.
- About Ushahidi
Esta será una de las herramientas (hay otras) que usarán en el taller de Video-cartografía, comunicación instantánea y gestión ciudadana de la crisis Pablo de Soto (@pablodesoto) e Ysabel Torralbo (@pituskaya), Andres Garachana (@chinowski) y Eduardo Serrano, miembros de Cartac y La Casa Invisible.
Puedes seguir a:
@UshahidiDev
@crowdmap
Source: ushahidi.com
taxono.my is a mobile app created by Alastair Coote in the frame of NYC Big City Apps 3.0
(!) Don’t miss Alastair Coote blog because he’s sharing some related post to the app! i.e. I had no idea how to make custom maps, so I learnt by doing. You should too. Also you can follow him: @_alastair
Architecture After the Street - Jeffrey Inaba
Via architizer:
By far New York has the highest ridership of public transportation among US cities. A significant percentage of people take the subway, bus, or commuter rail daily. Combined with the options of traveling by foot, bike, or taxi, New York stands as the country’s premier model of urban multi-modal transit. Given the great number of people who travel by these means it would seem that the private automobile is not entirely needed. But be that as it may, the automobile is the main means of transportation.
[“Commissioner’s Plan for Development of Manhattan,” 1811]
Though we often don’t consider it to be the case, the car is king in NYC. Accepting our four-wheel friend as a prerequisite, the studio will develop new architectural typologies by imagining a different presence for the car.
[“Hochhausstadt,” Ludwig Hilberseimer, 1924]
If the contemporary city up until now has been designed to the car’s specifications of movement, then we will develop new concepts of urban motion that influence the design of the car.
Source: blog.experimentsinmotion.com
Announcing the GOOD Design Hackathon in New York City
From designers to developers, you’re invited to our Design Hackathon, a challenge on the theme of 21st-century citizenship. Participants will brainstorm, design, and demonstrate the learning tool they think will most empower average New Yorkers to become better citizens. Design Hackathon will be hosted at Parsons the New School for Design from Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 4. Register online here!
Source: good
