Urban Morphology and Representation
(founded in 2009)
Conveners
It is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to advance knowledge, practice and education in relation to the form of the urban environment. It studies in particular urban space over time (from on evolutionary perspective and a perceptual one) and focuses on innovative representational techniques and technologies as means to better understand space.
Aims
To develop urban morphological studies in combination to People-Environment Studies; to research the connection between urban morphological studies and design practices and management; to examine the connection between sensory representation and design practices.
Activities
The Sixtenth International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF 2009)
4-7 September 2009, Guangzhou, China. http://www.urbanform.org/sem/sem2009.html
IAPS21 in Leipzig 2010
“Urban Morphology and Representation” Network symposium and meeting of the network members.