我们是什么？!NKing About：本月我们最喜欢的电子读物综述
城市不是为父母而建的
大西洋
就像纽约的许多父母一样, Malaysia Goodman had no option but to carry her baby daughter and her stroller down the subway station stairs. On January 30, Goodman lost her life after falling down the stairs of the 7th 大街地铁站就是这么做的. The station, like three-fourths of New York’s subway stations, had no elevators. Disability-rights advocates have been trying to draw attention to this problem for years, 但在古德曼死后, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo promise to speed things along. This tragic incident brings attention to just how unfriendly most public transportation systems are for parents. 从历史上看, stations were designed to move the commuter class to and from work- a group made of able-bodied while men working 9-5 jobs. Today, women account for the majority of public-transit users and the majority of caregivers as well. While the MTA has seen a rise in female leadership over the last few years, transportation leaders in power generally do not reflect the communities that they serve.
The latest renderings for Sidewalk Lab’s Waterfront Toronto project imagine a city of timber. 图片来自Heatherwick Studio.
Sidewalk Labs Reveals Snøhetta and Heatherwick Designs for its Toronto Development
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在2月14日的项目更新, Google’s Sidewalk Labs unveiled the official design for their Quayside re-development. 如果得到批准, this project will set the stage for a possible future of urban development, 由技术定义, 大量木材, 模块化的路面, 以及社会关系. Sidewalk Labs aims to build the 12-acre neighborhood using 100% 大量木材 construction, which would be the most sizable project for this re-emerging industry.
为什么反对奥巴马总统中心的案件如此重要
CityLab
撇开诱人的设计, Google still has a way to go before they win public approval for their data-collecting neighborhood. 人 are rightfully questioning the corporation’s intensions and remain unsure if Sidewalk Labs is really centered on improving public life, 或者推进谷歌自己的私人发展. 在这个项目和亚马逊第二总部的混乱之间, the public is growing more vocal of their discontent with large-scale closed door negotiations on public life. The Obama’s prospective presidential library is at the frontlines of this growing economic development debate. The Obama Foundation has its eyes set on developing its library on top of 20 acres of Chicago’s National Register-listed and Olmsted-designed Jackson Park, 哪个组织？ 保护公园 is arguing should be protected under the city’s public trust doctrine. The city mayor argues that it’s time to find “more economically productive uses for land”, 但是，利益驱动的努力是否应该凌驾于所有城市优先事项之上?
Maa Melike Altinisik Architects have designed a robotics museum in Seoul that will use robots throughout the construction process. 可视化由Ediz Akyalçın提供.
首尔的机器人科学博物馆将由机器人和无人机建造
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说到你说到做到，你就说到做到! The Seoul Metropolitan Government has commissioned Melike Altınışık Architects to design a robotics museum in the nation’s capital city. 根据这篇文章，大楼的外墙将是 成型，焊接，组装，抛光 通过机器人，除了博物馆周围的混凝土广场. 无人机将用于解决地图绘制问题, 现场检查, 机器人管理, showcasing a strong argument for the potential of robotics long before the museum opens.
大学校园正在变成迷你智慧城市吗?
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Cities are bogged down by policies and stakeholders that make the transition to smart cities easier said than done. 那么我们在哪里可以在现实世界中测试这些技术呢? 看看大学校园就知道了. 许多大学的功能就像迷你城市, 有自己的路, 住宅, 基础设施, and networks- plus a whole lot of innovators capable of turning these ideas into action!
