Mapping Water: Cartographic Lessons from Ancient China

Shanghai peri urban. 2019. Ernesto Valero Thomas

Mapping. I truly believe that hybrid methods of mapping help to achieve better architecture and ecological design. For nearly a decade I have studied the role of hybrid cartography as a key tool that transforms cities and towns across the world. That is what I call Sustainable Cartography. Everything is mappable. From cities to the … Continue reading Mapping Water: Cartographic Lessons from Ancient China

Measuring the Unmeasurable: Human Scale in Chinese Cities

Urban Constellations. This is a common metaphor that I have encountered in the fields of human geography and urban studies. The most comprehensive set of global data about urban expansion in the 21st-century(densities, areas, population, etc) considers The-City as a single unit of analysis that shape a Universe of cities. As of 2010, the world … Continue reading Measuring the Unmeasurable: Human Scale in Chinese Cities