From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities
The research is focused on green cities and the role of digital media in the development of corporate sponsorship for high tech green cities currently under construction (e.g., Masdar in Abu Dhabi, Songdo in South Korea, PlanIT Valley in Portugal). The urban imaginary of virtual green cities is link...
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| description | The research is focused on green cities and the role of digital media in the development of corporate sponsorship for high tech green cities currently under construction (e.g., Masdar in Abu Dhabi, Songdo in South Korea, PlanIT Valley in Portugal). The urban imaginary of virtual green cities is linked to an ecological cyberspace that promotes futuristic images of green cities, such as Vincent Callebaut’s Hydrogenase (2010)—a transport hub for an algae farm and biohydrogen airships. These images of sustainable green cities pose a challenge to defining ecological civic space and green architecture, especially in the transformation of Jakarta into an eco-architectural hub that balances social, economic, and environmental issues. The role of Google Earth and digital maps must not be underestimated in digitizing the “bytes” and realizing design scenarios for the “bricks” of green cities, including those options related to traffic planning simulations, water catchment scenarios, disaster/flood planning, and social media simulation for crowd control and governance issues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f73a3903764846cabc396714eba151fc2023-01-02T00:05:53ZengUniversitas IndonesiaInternational Journal of Technology2086-96142087-21002014-01-014326927910.14716/ijtech.v4i3.12501250From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green CitiesDiane Valerie Wildsmith0Phil Smith1Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI Depok 16424, IndonesiaVisiting Scholar VEPR, Vietnam National University, HanoiThe research is focused on green cities and the role of digital media in the development of corporate sponsorship for high tech green cities currently under construction (e.g., Masdar in Abu Dhabi, Songdo in South Korea, PlanIT Valley in Portugal). The urban imaginary of virtual green cities is linked to an ecological cyberspace that promotes futuristic images of green cities, such as Vincent Callebaut’s Hydrogenase (2010)—a transport hub for an algae farm and biohydrogen airships. These images of sustainable green cities pose a challenge to defining ecological civic space and green architecture, especially in the transformation of Jakarta into an eco-architectural hub that balances social, economic, and environmental issues. The role of Google Earth and digital maps must not be underestimated in digitizing the “bytes” and realizing design scenarios for the “bricks” of green cities, including those options related to traffic planning simulations, water catchment scenarios, disaster/flood planning, and social media simulation for crowd control and governance issues.http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1250Civic space, Glocal, Green architecture |
| spellingShingle | Diane Valerie Wildsmith Phil Smith From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities International Journal of Technology Civic space, Glocal, Green architecture |
| title | From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities |
| title_full | From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities |
| title_fullStr | From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities |
| title_short | From Bricks to Bytes: Digitizing Green Cities |
| title_sort | from bricks to bytes digitizing green cities |
| topic | Civic space, Glocal, Green architecture |
| url | http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/1250 |
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