As layers of networks and digital information blanket urban space, new approaches to the study of the built environment are emerging. Combining data analytics, technology, and design, the mission of the Senseable City Laboratory—a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—is to anticipate these changes and study them from a critical point of view 

Fabio Duarte is the Associate Director of MIT Senseable City Lab, and principal research scientist leading research on the intersection of data analytics, technology, and design. His research has been published in Nature Water, Science Robotics, Plos One, and his most recent book argues that technology is powerful when it is playful (Urban Play, MIT Press).

Access inequity extends beyond our neighborhoods, shaping the activity spaces we navigate daily such that we either come together or remain apart. Achieving equitable access to essential services and promoting active transportation are key goals of contemporary city and mobility planning. This seminar will introduce the latest breakthroughs in accessibility measurement developed at TU Delft’s Urban Analytics Lab. A cutting-edge software tool designed to assess access equity in X-minute neighborhoods will be presented, integrating measures of both individual and collective access to essential destinations and capturing dimensions of perceived accessibility. 

Dr. Achilleas Psyllidis is an Assistant Professor of Urban Mobility and the Director of the Urban Analytics Lab at TU Delft. His research interests include sustainable urban mobility, accessibility measurement, and spatial analytics. He specializes in how the design, structure, and perceived qualities of the urban environment affect the mobility and accessibility opportunities of different population groups. He has developed novel measurement methods and software tools for human mobility and accessibility analysis and planning. He leads several European and International research projects on urban mobility, city planning, environmental exposures, public health, and well-being. 

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