Spatial Morphology Lab _ SMoL. International laboratory for comparative research in urban form
Research Project, 2015 – 2017

BACKGROUND

The world is currently facing an unprecedented global urbanization, where there will be three billion more people living in cities within the next 25 years. This is reflected in Sweden as well, where the government has launched a program aiming for 700.000 new housing units in 15 years. Similarly, the City of Gothenburg has launched the largest and most complex urban development in Sweden, expanding the city across the river Göta älv. These fundamental changes in people’s daily environments will set the frames for the future development of our societies in central regards; both when it comes to equity and sustainability. They will also bring great knowledge challenges to the practices of urban design and planning, not least when it comes to their central object, that is, the spatial form of cities.

Although there is a long tradition of studies in urban morphology, spatial analysis and urban modelling, there is a need to clearly identify how this research may inform the practice of urban design and planning and from that, build a more consistent theoretical and methodological framework for such research, with direct bearings to the profession.

 

Participants

Meta Berghauser Pont (contact)

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Ehsan Abshirini

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Evgeniya Bobkova

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Jorge Gil

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Lars Marcus

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Jesper Olsson

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Ioanna Stavroulaki

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Kailun Sun

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Urban Design and Planning

Collaborations

Delft University of Technology

Delft, Netherlands

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Stockholm, Sweden

University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

Funding

Chalmers

Funding Chalmers participation during 2015–2017

Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure

Sustainable development

Driving Forces

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Areas of Advance

Publications

More information

Latest update

8/19/2024