TY - BOOK AU - McGrath,Brian TI - Digital Modelling for Urban Design SN - 9780470034781 AV - HT166 M43 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Great Britain PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc KW - City planning KW - Computer Simulation KW - Communities KW - Urban Groups N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table of Contents: 8 Prelude Digital Modelling for Urban Design -- Flatenning Urban Design -- Modelling Discourse -- Development of the Book -- Organisation of the Book -- Archaeology and War -- Genealogy and Trade -- Schizoanalysis and Desire -- Possible Urban Futures -- Acknowledgements -- 32 Introduction -- The Spectacularisation of Urban Design -- Ground Zero -- Prelimary Design Concepts -- Innovative Design Study -- The Design Exhibition Spectacle -- Transit Hub, Memorial Design and Freedom Tower -- Other Representations -- Beyond the Spectacle -- 52 Chapter 1 Archaeology -- 1985-1995: Transparent Cities -- 1995-2005: An Archaelogy of Globalisation -- From Transparent Cities to Archaeological Modelling -- 1893-1901: Forma Urban Romae -- 1915 - 1928: The Iconography of Manhattan Island -- 1980-1932: The Geo body of Bangkok -- Assembling New Urban Design Models -- Collateral Space -- Correlative Space -- Complementary Space -- Multiplicities and Seriality -- 84 Chapter 2 War -- 1801-1893 The Emergence of Scientific Archaeology -- 50 BC - AD 203: Modelling the Spoils of War -- Spoils of War -- Urban Design as Triumphal Model -- 300 - 1300: The Recycling City Model -- Churches: The New Urban Artefacts -- 1300 - 1944: Urban Design as Representation and Destruction -- The Dispersed City Model -- Destructions and Dispersals -- 120 Chapter 3 Genealogy -- Descent and Emergence -- Three Urban Design Genealogies -- Rome: A Genealogy of the Master Plan -- New York: A Genealogy of the Central Business District -- The Urban Designer as Organisation Man -- Bangkok: A Genealogy of Lifestyle Centres -- Bangkok's CSD -- The Dispersal of Power -- 162 Chapter 4 Trade -- Timing -- Gaming -- Texting -- Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling -- Collaborating -- Interfacing -- Diagramming -- Back to Ground Zero -- Urban Design as the Production of Difference -- 196 Chapter 5 Schizoanalysis -- 1745-1778: A Schizoanalysis of War -- 1978-2008: A Schizoanalysis of Trade -- 2000 - 2005: A Schizoanalysis of Desire -- Spectacular Feedback -- 224 Chapter 6 Desire -- Simultopia -- Pathumwan Intersection -- Siam Central Interchange Station -- Ratchaprasong Intersection -- Chitlom Station -- Complementary Space -- Virtual Itineraries -- Attentive Circuits -- 248 Conclusion Modelling Urban Design Futures in India and China -- Liberalisation -- Gentle Arrivals: Fatehpur Sikri and West Lake -- World Financial Capitals: Mumbai and Shanghai -- Governance: Delhi and Beijing -- Migration and Resettlement -- Short and Long Term Plans -- Happiness, Harmony and Suffiency -- 262 Glossary 267 Index -- 272 Photographic Credits -- N2 - While there is a rich array of urban theory, design, and representation books available, there is currently no book which brings together, in a single volume, urban design theory and new digital technologies in urban information mapping, modeling, and 3D simulation. Based on two decades of practicing and teaching architecture, author Brian McGrath's Digital Modelling for Urban Design explores the new theories and technologies of digital modelling, focusing on how to create moving and interactive 3D drawing, skills useful in the context of urban theory, and design and representation. Fully illustrated with original maps, 3D models, and drawings and photographs, this innovative work introduces digital modelling to students, architects, designers, and planners interested in the processes key to shaping the urban environment. -- ER -