Massachusetts Institute of Technology May 6, 2013 Symposium on Sustainable Urban Design - Case Studies and Design Workflows
Urban Analytics
High Performance Design
HPD City Design Practice SOM
ECOLOGY RESILIENCY FOOD
ECONOMY MOBILITY LIVABILITY
WATER ENERGY WASTE
Project
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204311
Chicago, USA
Chicago
586 acres (3,600 ha)
Aaron May
Person one, Person Two, Person
Three, Person Four
Ramboll, WSP, CISCO, Clean
Energy Trust, Spaceco.
Lakeside Chicago
Summary
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CMP
DMP
DG
+ Research
+ Strategies
+ Indicators
+ Management
Smart Urban Models
Urban Infrastructure Integration
District Electricity
Lakeside Utilities Infrastructure Schematic
District Heating
District Cooling
ICT
Sewage
Non-Potable Water
Potable Water (City of Chicago)
Storm Water Solid Waste
Natural Gas (Peoples Gas)
Tri-Gen Plant
Consumers (Buildings & Grounds)
Residential, Commercial, Retail, etc
Data Center
Com Ed MWRD
Level 3 Recycle Processor City of Chicago Ground Recharge
Waste Heat
Waste Heat
Waste Heat
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Generators
Gas Turbines
Substation with Micro-Grid Controls
Heat Exchanger
Pumps, etc.
Absorption Heat Exchanger
Pumps, etc.
Integration/Control Center
Points of Presence
Recycle Sorting Center
Composting
Dumpsters Bio-Treatment
MBR or Living Machine
Treatment Equipment
Pumps, etc.
H.W. Loop
C.W. Loop
Backup Power Primary Power
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Gray Water
Gray Water
CityGML Geo-Spatial Database (Postgres/PostGIS)
Automated Multi-Model Integration and Optimization
LakeSIM Framework
(Geometry Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
(Network Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
(Energy Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
(Water Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
(Waste Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
(Financial Modeling)
Simulation/ Visualization/ Analysis Tool
CityGML Translation/ Extension
CityGML Translation/ Extension
CityGML Translation/ Extension
CityGML Translation/ Extension
CityGML Translation/ Extension
CityGML Translation/ Extension
Commercial Responses: CityEngine
Generative Design: Happy City
Information City
The Central Dogma, 1958, Francis Crick
The Double-Helix Base-Pairs Structure of DNA, 1953, James D. Watson and Francis Crick
Metabolism Neural Activity Cancer
Metabolic Pathway Network
Classification Systems
Could an Information-Centric Theory of Cities lead to revolutionary forms of urban design and policy-making, just as an Information-Centric Theory of Biology has done for medicine?
The Tree of Life (speciation)
DNA, Genes, Cells, etc.
The Metabolic Pathway
Genetic Engineering & Targeted Therapies
What are the URBAN equivalents of:
What are the BIOLOGICAL equivalents of:
People, Neighborhoods, Economic Systems, etc.
An “instant” city for a million people
Urban Renewal
Direct Acyclical Graph – defined by Bayesian correlations between variables.
Env. Parameter
Rhodobacteriales
Flavobacteriales
Rickettsiales
Pseudomonadales
Opitutales
Vibrionales
Rhizobiales
Larsen et al., Nature Methods, 2012
Argonne National Laboratory Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology
Associate PRMT-scores with environmental conditions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology May 6, 2013 Symposium on Sustainable Urban Design - Case Studies and Design Workflows