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Chapter 1
Pearl: Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory
This new research centre by University College London is one of the world’s most advanced simulation facilities. It manipulates ground, lighting, soundscape and even smell in order to examine how people interact with spaces and use the results to design better cities.
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Chapter 2
Bloomberg Philanthropies’s City AI Connect
To prepare city leaders for the effects of technology and aid them in learning from the predictive power of generative artificial intelligence, Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched ‘City AI Connect’, a new tool that helps city leaders learn from one another.
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Chapter 3
‘Digital Structures’, Wendy Fok
‘Digital Structures: Data and Urban Strategies of the Civic Future’ examines how digital approaches to urban design can help predict how we live in cities and create places that are better prepared for potential threats.
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