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urban
futures laboratory
Urban
Futures Consulting is the commercial consulting arm of
the Urban Futures Laboratory and is committed to progressing
the power of emerging digital design technologies to help
our clients to achieve better design outcomes. We work
closely with a research team within the Interactive Information
Institute, RMIT, to bring the capabilities of Virtual
Reality and Immersive workshop techniques to the urban
design and planning industries.
Current Projects 2004
- West Melbourne Structure PLan Height Opions Study,
City of Melbourne.
- Doncaster Hill,
City of Manningham, Melbourne 2030.
- Dandenong Central Activity District, City of Dandenong.
- Parramatta, Church Street Precinct, City of Parramatta.
- Maribyrnong River Valley Project, Councils of Melbourne,
Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Hume, Moonee Valley and Department
of Sustainability and Environment.
- Kinnears
Footscray Development Proposal, Maribyrnong.
Projects
completed in 2002/2003 include:
- The Bourke Street Mall refurbishment simulation;
- The Queen Victoria Markets height studies for
the City of Melbourne;
- The Footscray Town Centre Viewlines study for
the City of Maribyrnong; and
- The Ansett site redevelopment proposal for
PDG Corporation.
- 8 East End, Exploration Lane, Melbourne.
International
Projects
In association with Immersive Solutions, we prepared
a digital model and interactive presentation for ZiZhu,
a proposed scientific park outside Shanghai, China.
The client, the Melbourne firm Urbis, won the project
competition.
Urban
Futures Consulting
Urban Futures Consulting are leading innovators in the
use of virtual reality and real time models for strategic
analysis and design solutions for successful urban developments.
The key features of their approach to developing urban
simulation models:
Accurate
- Models are generated direct from data to ensure accuracy
and scale.
Creative
- Test design options and development proposals in context
models.
Integrate
- Complex, vast and diverse data is processed into a
visual format which is easy to understand.
Interactive
- View urban simulation in the driver's seat with complete
freedom of choice to move along roads, around sites,
building exteriors and interiors, providing personal
experiences and design interactivity.
Long term investment
- As a project is developed scale models quickly become
obsolete. An urban futures digital model is easily and
quickly updated making it a long term investment.
Flexible
- From widescreen immersive theatre to portable PC,
the real time models can be viewed in a wide range of
formats and places. Images from the models can be produced
as stills onto video, CD's and DVD's making them useful
for consultation and community participation.
For
more information, contact our Urban
Futures Laboratory Director Stephen Axford on phone
03 9925 2017 or e-mail stephen.axford@rmit.edu.au
or christine.wallis@rmit.edu.au
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