Walking on Water (Lake Iseo)
The Floating Piers, the last conceptual work by the Land Art Artists Christo and Jeanne Claude on Lake Iseo was opened to the public for less than three weeks in ...
Moving in the Greatest Gathering of the World
Planning and design of a new development in the holy city of Mecca has no equal in the world from all perspectives, and, in particular, from both cultural and social ...
How Mobility Can Contribute to Accomplish the Sustainability Goals?
An exemplary sustainable mobility strategy is planned in the early stages of the planning and design process. Analysing the territory, considerations of environment and energy related aspects as well as ...
Tehran Opens Up for a Change in Its Planning and Design Culture
As Tehran grows, mobility demand steadily increases: a change in travel modes can be a great opportunity. A few cities in the world represent better than Tehran the ambitions of ...
Changeable City Shapes
Different times of day, different modes of transport: different city shapes. The “Changeable City Shapes” is a research on cities conducted by Prof. Fabio Casiroli, the founder of Systematica, ...
A Few Sound Principles Can Make Projects Feasible: The Case of Pescaccio Retail Park in Rome
Over dimensioning transport infrastructure is as bad as under dimensioning. Planning the road access system of the largest planned Retail Park proposed by Lend Lease in Pescaccio, Rome, is a ...
Wayfinding: Before Signage
Pedestrian distribution patterns are influenced by visibility and connectivity conditions. Traditional traffic engineering practice describes pedestrian movements in a very similar way to vehicle trips, where users should move through ...
EXPO 2015, Gateway to Italy
EXPO 2015 Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life held in Milan was a unique major event of extraordinary relevance that made Milan the main gateway of Italy throughout the six ...
Parking Assets: Beyond Transport a Profitable Investment Opportunity
Among a large variety of investment opportunities, the operation of strategic parking structures in urban areas has been acknowledged over the last decade by the private sector as a highly ...
How to Model 9,000 Parking Places in Kuala Lumpur
Located in Kuala Lumpur, the KL118 Tower is a 118-storey building comprising a total of more than 400,000 m2 of office, hotel and commercial spaces. The Tower will be the ...
Location, Location, Location: a Park and Ride Structure in Mumbai
Mumbai is paralysed by traffic: multimodal journeys, P&R and TOD can relieve the megalopolis from congestion. Location is often construed by analysts to be the most influential parameter that determines ...
Mapping Malta
Within the framework of the National Transport Strategy for Malta 2050, a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of transport sector of the Islands of Malta and Gozo is carried out. A ...
Planning Railways for Re-stitching a Once-divided Country: Mozambique
The 2,500km-long NS Corridor will boost economy, connect major cities and encourage social cohesion. Developments in the transport sector in Mozambique has always had a dual agenda: social and economic. ...
Suburbs: Cities of Tomorrow
Small but well-designed projects can trigger wider urban regeneration and improve the quality of life in suburbs “Suburbs are the cities that we will leave to our children” Renzo Piano, ...
Bahrain: When Culture Promotes Sustainable Mobility
Cultural preservation, attractiveness index and complex social issues are involved in Pearling Path mobility plan. It is not common to develop a comprehensive mobility plan at city scale for the ...