City mega-models as literal and figurative visioning tools

Toland, A; Kilbane, S

City mega-models as literal and figurative visioning tools

Toland, A

Kilbane, S

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Citation:: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning, 2018, 171 (4), pp. 166 - 176
Issue Date:: 2018-08-01

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dc.contributor.author	Toland, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2052-5720	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kilbane, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-9379	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning, 2018, 171 (4), pp. 166 - 176	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1755-0793	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129106
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 ICE Publishing. All rights reserved. While speculative maps and city plans have been the primary lingua franca for centuries to investigate and design the way urban centres and regions grow, this paper focuses instead on the role of large physical models of urban areas as a method for exploring and envisioning future urban strategies. The paper briefly traces their historical development from military and defence maquettes in sixteenth century Europe, through architectural models of the twentieth century, to the present day. Four contemporary examples of city mega-models in rapidly urbanising Asian cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi and Singapore - are then examined. These serve to illustrate the continuing role that physical models play as literal and figurative visioning tools for city makers, be they engineers, planners, landscape architects or architects. The paper posits that such models will remain an indispensable technique - tangible and tenacious in the city-making toolkit - despite an increasingly digital and virtual era.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1680/jurdp.18.00007	en_US
dc.title	City mega-models as literal and figurative visioning tools	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
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Abstract:

© 2018 ICE Publishing. All rights reserved. While speculative maps and city plans have been the primary lingua franca for centuries to investigate and design the way urban centres and regions grow, this paper focuses instead on the role of large physical models of urban areas as a method for exploring and envisioning future urban strategies. The paper briefly traces their historical development from military and defence maquettes in sixteenth century Europe, through architectural models of the twentieth century, to the present day. Four contemporary examples of city mega-models in rapidly urbanising Asian cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi and Singapore - are then examined. These serve to illustrate the continuing role that physical models play as literal and figurative visioning tools for city makers, be they engineers, planners, landscape architects or architects. The paper posits that such models will remain an indispensable technique - tangible and tenacious in the city-making toolkit - despite an increasingly digital and virtual era.

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