Digital technologies and contemporary Urbanisation: Between Utopia and Reality
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 | 16:45 Uhr
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The influence of the digital revolution on urban development was shown by Professor Antoine Picon from Harvard University in Boston. Today, many cities are peppered with meters and surveil-lance cameras. The cell phone serves as GPS and guides traffic through the streets, free parking are-as are displayed, schedules are available online, tickets are booked on the Internet and so on. Infor-mation that in earlier days was only available to a determined number of people is now accessible for everybody. Modern infrastructure of a city includes the necessary software that reveals specific information at a specific point of time. These developments can, however, also be imitated on maps and assist in the design of new scenarios in urban development. The consequence from Cyber Cities: the urban economy must reposition itself and pay increased attention to the individual’s wishes and needs.
Antoine Picon
1994 Accredited/Certified Director of Research
1991 Doctor of History of l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, with honors
1984 Certified Architect
1981 Graduate of l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
1979 Graduate of l’Ecole Polytechnique
Administrative Positions
2005- General Engineer, Ponts et Chaussées
1996-2005 Chief Engineer, Ponts et Chaussées
1981-1986 Engineer, Ponts et Chaussées
Academic Experience
2008- Co-Director of Doctoral Programs, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2005-2008 Director of Doctoral Programs, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2002- Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
1997-2002 Professor, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
1994-1997 Director of Research at the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et SociLaboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées et l’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Villemin
1984-1994 Researcher, Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés de l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and l’Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Villemin
1981-1984 Representative, Bureau de la Recherche Architecturale of the Ministère de l’Equipement
Other Academic Appointments
1994-2002 Director of Advanced Studies in Architectural History, l’Institut d’Art et d’Archéologie de Paris
Visiting Academic Appointments
Spring 2000 Visiting professor, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Spring 1998 Visiting professor, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Spring 1997 Visiting professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Spring 1996 Resident Fellow, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology and Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
