Jorge Gil

Jorge Gil

Promoter: Prof. Vincent Nadin

Daily supervisor: Prof. Stephen Read

Contact info: j.a.lopesgil@tudelft.nl

Current Doctoral Research

Title: Urban form and the multi-modal mobility network structure: evaluating local and regional sustainable accessibility of urban areas

Key words:

Sustainable urban development, urban form, mobility environments, accessibility, spatial network analysis

Abstract:

Sustainable urban development (SUD) tops the political and research agendas worldwide, but there is no agreement on what is a sustainable urban form and the conclusion is that its success will depend on the integration with the local context and the city-region. Current mobility patterns are highly unsustainable and a key influence on the sustainability potential of urban areas.

To address this problem I propose to evaluate and compare a series of neighbourhoods from the perspective of the mobility behaviour of their populations.

This comparison will be performed on a GIS platform at two scales:

•          the local scale, using current SUD evaluation criteria applied to the walking and cycling network;

•          the city-region scale, using an integrated multi-modal spatial network model based on the mobility infrastructure and land use data.

Possible interactions between the local and the city-region scales will be explored using statistical models.

Previous Education

1999-2000

MSc Virtual Environments, The Bartlett, UCL

1990-1996

Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, TU Lisbon

Work Experience

2004-2009

Associate Research and Development, Space Syntax Ltd

2003-2004

Interactive 3D Designer, CARET - Cambridge University

2002-2003

Information Designer, 4D Trading

2001-2002

Interactive 3D Designer, okupi

1999

Architectural Assistant, Paulo David Arquitecto

1997-1998

Architectural Assistant, bquadrado

Research Experience

2007-present

Researcher, “City Induction”, TU Lisbon

2007-2008

Project Manager, “TC-SIM” for “VIBAT London”

Publications

2005

Raford, N., Chiaradia, A., Gil, J. (2005) "Critical Mass: Emergent cyclist route choice in central London", in "Proceedings of the 5th International Space Syntax Symposium", in NES, A. V. (Ed.), Delft, TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture.

2007

Gil, J., Stutz, C. and Chiaradia, A. (2007), "Confeego: tool set for spatial configuration studies", in Turner, A. (ed.) New Developments in Space Syntax Software, Istanbul Technical University pp. 15–22

2008

Chiaradia, A., Schwander, C., Gil, J., Friedrich, E. and Gosset, A. (2008), "Mapping the intangible value of urban layout (i-VALUL): Developing a tool kit for the socio-economic valuation of urban areas, for designers and decision makers", in Timmermans, H. and de Vries, B. (eds.) 9th International Conference on Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Eindhoven University of Technology

2008

Gil, J. and Steinbach, P. (2008), "From flood risk to indirect flood impact: evaluation of street network performance for effective management, response and repair", in D. Proverbs, C.A. Brebbia, and E. Penning-Roswell (eds.) Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response (FRIAR 2008), Wessex Institute of Technology Press, UK, pp. 335-345

2008

Gil, J. and Pinto Duarte, J. (2008), "Towards an Urban Design Evaluation Framework: Integrating spatial analysis techniques in the parametric urban design process", in M. Muylle and E. De Vos (eds.) Proceedings of eCAADe 2008 'Architecture in Computro', University of Antwerpen, Belgium

2009

Gil, J., Beirao, J., Montenegro, N., Duarte, J., 2009. On the Discovery of Urban Typologies: Data Mining the

Multi-dimensional Character of Neighbourhoods. In Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design. 27th eCAADe Conference.  Istanbul, Turkey: Istanbul Technical University, pp. 269-278.

2009

Beirão, J.N., Montenegro, N., Gil, J., Duarte, J., 2009. The city as a street system: A street description for a city ontology. In Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. SIGraDi 2009.  Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2010

Beirão, J.N., Montenegro, N., Gil, J., Duarte, J., 2010. Monitoring Urban Design Through Generative Design Support Tools: A Generative Grammar for Praia. Architecture and Modern Information Technologies, 2(11)

2010

Gil, J. and Duarte, J.P., 2010. A review of urban design sustainability evaluation tools. In DDSS.  Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology.

2010

Gil, J., Beirao, J., Montenegro, N., Duarte, J, 2010. On the Discovery of Urban Typologies. In Bringing City Form Back into Planning. CITTA 3rd Annual Conference on Planning Research.  Porto, Portugal: CITTA, FEUP

2010

Gil, J., Beirao, J., Montenegro, N., Duarte, J., 2010. Assessing computational tools for urban design: Towards a "City Information Model". In Proceedings of the 28^th eCAADe conference, Zurich, Switzerland: ETH Zurich.