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City data isn’t new—architects and planners have long sought ways of quantifying and representing urban design issues. Early data on Chicago and its citizens was collected, analyzed, and visualized by hand—a time and labor-intensive processes. Masengarb will explore how designers such as Daniel Burnham and activists at Hull House used data to visualize and solve city problems.
This talk accompanies the exhibition Chicago: City of Big Data on view at the Railway Exchange Building (224 S Michigan Avenue) until summer 2015 learn more at bigdata.architecture.org
Jen Masengarb is the Director of Interpretation and Research at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
City data isn’t new—architects and planners have long sought ways of quantifying and representing urban design issues. Early data on Chicago and its citizens was collected, analyzed, and visualized by hand—a time and labor-intensive processes. Masengarb will explore how designers such as Daniel Burnham and activists at Hull House used data to visualize and solve city problems.
This talk accompanies the exhibition Chicago: City of Big Data on view at the Railway Exchange Building (224 S Michigan Avenue) until summer 2015 learn more at bigdata.architecture.org
Jen Masengarb is the Director of Interpretation and Research at the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
