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Urban Twitter(s)

By Twitter

Twitter is intriguing, part social network, part text message, part location aware it almost redefines communication in its purest sense. Limited to 140 characters and based around a simple text box – a text box, asking “What are you doing?” it is difficult to understand at first..

Take a look at Twittervision – Twitters visualised live on a Google Map:


It begins to make sense when you realise you can activate your phone and therefore send messages remotely to a bunch of people.. anyway while we think of the possibilities you can add digitalurban to your twitter network, and then twitter about anything urban with fellow twitters and readers.

Urban Twitter(s)

By Twitter

Twitter is intriguing, part social network, part text message, part location aware it almost redefines communication in its purest sense. Limited to 140 characters and based around a simple text box – a text box, asking “What are you doing?” it is difficult to understand at first..

Take a look at Twittervision – Twitters visualised live on a Google Map:


It begins to make sense when you realise you can activate your phone and therefore send messages remotely to a bunch of people.. anyway while we think of the possibilities you can add digitalurban to your twitter network, and then twitter about anything urban with fellow twitters and readers.

Little Big Planet – Cardboard City Rendering

By 3D Modelling, Little Big Plannet

Involving local communities in making decisions about their local space often involves the creation of a group built model. The model is normally made out of cardboard and creates a 3D environment in which to discuss scenarios and opinions. Known as ‘Planning for Real‘ we have always thought how interesting it would be to create a digital 3D model with a similar look. You only have to look towards the forthcoming Playstation 3 game ‘Little Big Planet’ in the movie below to see how well cardboard representations of buildings work:

Last year we ran a Fantasy Architecture project with Court Fields Community School, whereby students sent in drawings of architecture and we reconstructed them in 3D. A good follow up project would be to leave submissions as drawings and import them into a multi-user environment or Google Earth to create a ‘cardboard city’.

So if you have a pen a paper handy draw us a building and send it in c/o Andy Hudson-Smith, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom.. or email us via the link in the side bar…

*edit* – The music to Little Big Planet is insanely addictive – */edit*

Little Big Planet – Cardboard City Rendering

By 3D Modelling, Little Big Plannet

Involving local communities in making decisions about their local space often involves the creation of a group built model. The model is normally made out of cardboard and creates a 3D environment in which to discuss scenarios and opinions. Known as ‘Planning for Real‘ we have always thought how interesting it would be to create a digital 3D model with a similar look. You only have to look towards the forthcoming Playstation 3 game ‘Little Big Planet’ in the movie below to see how well cardboard representations of buildings work:

Last year we ran a Fantasy Architecture project with Court Fields Community School, whereby students sent in drawings of architecture and we reconstructed them in 3D. A good follow up project would be to leave submissions as drawings and import them into a multi-user environment or Google Earth to create a ‘cardboard city’.

So if you have a pen a paper handy draw us a building and send it in c/o Andy Hudson-Smith, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, 1-19 Torrington Place, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom.. or email us via the link in the side bar…

*edit* – The music to Little Big Planet is insanely addictive – */edit*

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