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The Highs and Lows of Sri Lanka’s First Highway
Nat King Cole first crooned about the joys of cruising along the Interstate back in the 1940s; “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” evokes a range of universally appreciated art featuring the ubiquitous...
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Can cities compute? And who’s running the program?
Flickr Creative Commons Computation isn’t just performed by computers; systems across scales are understood to process information. Information itself is a spacious term that can refer to the 1’s and...
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Program: Method, Public Good: Madness
Image via Flickr: Amorphica At this point in the series we return to our original question: If scientists and designers find a way to see eye-to-eye, if truth and purpose can be united, what kind of...
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The Promises and Price of the Mahindra World City Special Economic Zone
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles. Mahindra World City. Photo Credit: Flickr/Simply CVR. “When someone keeps a lakh [0.1 million] of rupees in cash in front of you, it’s very hard to resist...
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Broken Promises and a Changing Landscape in Mahindra World City
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles. Akila* and Kannagi*, two middle-aged women, had just completed their shift when I approached them to learn about their experience of the Mahindra World City...
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Will History Repeat Itself? Flaws in India’s City Planning Model
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles. Read the first two post in the series here. A view of Navi Mumbai. Photo Credit: Flickr/Grey Rocker “CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation of...
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#citychat: Designing Child-centered Public Space
On Thursday, January 28th at 4:00pm Eastern Time (3:00pm Central Time, 1:00 pm Pacific Time) MIT CoLab (@MITCoLab) will host a Twitter chat on child-friendly public space and urban placemaking. Mmofra...
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What is the Connection between Happiness and Urban Space?
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles where writers share stories and findings from their urban planning research projects. Dorm Room at University of Prince Edward Island. Photo Credit: The Canada...
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What Can Film Reveal about Urban Space and Happiness?
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles where writers share stories and findings from their research projects. Read the first post in this series on space and happiness here. Opening shot from film...
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Are MIT’s Spaces Designed around a Culture of Suffering?
This post is part of Thesis Chronicles where thesis writers share stories and findings from their research projects. Read the first and second posts in this series. MIT Campus. Photo Credit: Flickr/...
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