A fantastic student film that really captures the spirit of the Bearpit Improvement Group’s work.
The Bearpit Survey is now online
After months of work from The Simple Collective, Bristol City Council and the Bearpit Improvement group the consultation on what should happen with the well known run down roundabout is up and running.
Though the content is different the maps are remeniscent of Booth’s maps of London, mentioned in a previous post.
A good resource for urban designers to analyse the impact of existing spaces.
As part of my work for the Bearpit Improvement Group I’ve been looking at ways to encourage play in the space.
My latest idea is now in action, public chalkboards! So grab some chalk, pop down there and show everyone what you can do!
Make the Shift
Always love to see people trying to make the best of a bad place, especially when its my home town.
Those thoughtful bofs at Futuregov are doing their best to turn Wolverhampton around!
Above is one of Charles Booth’s poverty maps of Victorian London.
Fascinating for data visualisers, urban planners and social historians equally, the maps, which cover the whole of London, paint a clear picture of wealth distribution in london 100 years ago.
To learn more about Booth’s lives work visit the online archive here.
Lovely to see people taking the initiative to implement what ever rules work for their street.
A brilliant 1960’s animation about sharing space in built up urban areas.
Above is what a City agregator looks like. A fantastic real time updating infographic that utilises all the data we collect. (click the photo to see it working)
Imagine how useful this would be for schools, hospitals or even housing blocks!
