Archinect - News 2024-12-22T13:24:19-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/136886091/urban-fingerprints-reveal-a-city-s-fundamental-character-and-composition Urban fingerprints reveal a city's fundamental character and composition Julia Ingalls 2015-09-17T15:10:00-04:00 >2015-09-28T23:36:47-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/lf/lfnkw865ok5spz4z.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Like humans, cities and neighborhoods have their own unique fingerprints. The maps were created by researchers at the center&rsquo;s Urban Age program, who have been studying how the layout of rapidly urbanizing cities can affect their livability.</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/12384/new-york-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York</a> is a grid, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/136811349/100-renderings-of-ideas-to-solve-london-s-housing-crisis-released" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London</a> is an airy whirl, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/37093/hong-kong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a> is dense: at least, that's according to the black and white "fingerprint" maps put together by the Urban Age program at the <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/42117200/the-london-school-of-economics-and-political-science" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London School of Economics and Political Science</a>. The project helps researches see at a glance the macroscopic characteristics of urban environments, from density to wealth disparity to room for growth. The project has profiled urban centers all around the world, including <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/15446/rio-de-janeiro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rio de Janeiro</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/155907/mumbai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mumbai</a>.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/cr/crd3ziw3mz45vsae.jpg"></p><p>For news about other innovative designs using aerially-compiled urban patterns, do read:</p><p>&bull;&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/117968112/upstarts-four-o-nine-architecture-and-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UpStarts: Four O Nine architecture and design</a></p>