Fostering Sustainability Through urban informatics < back
_.................................................................................................................... Supporting high levels of environmental performance and the creation of delightful public spaces for a mixed-use real estate development in Brazil.
In collaboration with the information and communications technologies team at Arup, Mayra Madriz developed an urban informatics strategy for a large mixed-use development in São Paulo, Brazil. This ambitious project, entails the redevelopment of a former industrial site into a state-of-the-arts commercial complex with office space, retail, hotel, and residential uses.
The strategy showed how sensing technologies could be embedded into buildings and spaces to allow building managers and occupants to monitor conditions such as levels of occupancy, energy use, traffic or noise levels in real-time. This data can provide valuable insights about patterns of consumption and reveal opportunities for greater efficiencies. Further, environmental and user-generated data is presented in the public realm through interactive interfaces and immersive digital installations. These designs combine functional elements such as providing real-time traffic information, with aesthetic sensibilities so that the digital content is blended into the architectural vision for the site.
