Clare Melhuish
University College London, UCL Urban Laboratory, Department Member
- University College London, Urban Lab, Department Memberadd
‘When you go into a room and see a box of cigars, a computer and a horse you look for similarities, but if the room contains only one object you look for differences.’ (Luciano Berio, introducing a BBC Symphony Orchestra weekend of his... more
‘When you go into a room and see a box of cigars, a computer and a horse you look for similarities, but if the room contains only one object you look for differences.’ (Luciano Berio, introducing a BBC Symphony Orchestra weekend of his music at The Barbican in 1990)
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Credit Agricole Credit Mutuel Cinema et communication Stationer's, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris social housing, Rue Manin, Paris Banque Populaire de l'Ouest Administration and Social Centres Triangle de la Folie, La Defense... more
Credit Agricole Credit Mutuel Cinema et communication Stationer's, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris social housing, Rue Manin, Paris Banque Populaire de l'Ouest Administration and Social Centres Triangle de la Folie, La Defense Apple Computer France Headquarters Apple Computer France Showroom student housing Un Signal, La Defense Centre for Cultural Exchange, Osaka ENSAD-Ecole National Superieure des Arts Decoratifs social housing, Rue Ernestine, Paris Banque de France Bordeaux-Merignac Airport Control Tower and Technical Building CESTAR Air and Space Museum Lycee Alfred Nobel Hyper-Tension "HIC SAXA LOQVVNTVR" - Pfaffenberg Project motorway viaduct and operations centre Port de Gennevilliers CNASEA Headquarters.
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1970s when the experience of the motorway was becoming everyday and its landscapes seen as boring or even placeless (an argument that Merriman rejects). This is a model text for contemporary cultural-historical geography. It is clearly... more
1970s when the experience of the motorway was becoming everyday and its landscapes seen as boring or even placeless (an argument that Merriman rejects). This is a model text for contemporary cultural-historical geography. It is clearly and enthusiastically written throughout. It does not skimp on empirical detail. I am frankly astonished at how much material is utilized to help us understand this road. It is also consistently theoretically aware and clearly informed by a number of recent discussions on theoretical issues in cultural geography and beyond. In this sense it is very different from earlier encounters with the road in human geography. I would encourage all cultural and historical geographers as well as anyone interested in the mobility turn to devour this book as soon as possible.
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This ethnographic case study investigates staff and student experiences of undergraduate teaching and learning in three new, specially designed spaces at two UK universities. On a small scale, it explores the themes, and applies some of... more
This ethnographic case study investigates staff and student experiences of undergraduate teaching and learning in three new, specially designed spaces at two UK universities. On a small scale, it explores the themes, and applies some of the methodologies of research and data analysis, set out in Chapter 2.The findings highlight some valuable points for further study and consideration in this field of inquiry, and constitute a significant counterpoint to the recent emphasis on the role and significance of technological innovation in shaping new models of teaching and learning in post-compulsory education.
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... Seamon, D. (nd). Phenomenology, place, environment and architecture: A review. Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/Seamon Smith, L., Jarman, M., & Osborne, M.... more
... Seamon, D. (nd). Phenomenology, place, environment and architecture: A review. Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/Seamon Smith, L., Jarman, M., & Osborne, M. (1999). ...
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Research Interests: Sociology, Human Geography, Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Actor Network Theory, and 13 moreUrban And Regional Planning, Network, Qatar, Software, Urban Redevelopment, Interface, Redevelopment, Qatar Doha, Doha, Computer Generated Imagery, Situated, Action (Physics), and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
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This issue aims to open up a comparative discussion about the role of heritage in urban renewal in Doha — a city in the throes of rapid and substantial transformation as it re-positions itself in a global network of cosmopolitan urban... more
This issue aims to open up a comparative discussion about the role of heritage in urban renewal in Doha — a city in the throes of rapid and substantial transformation as it re-positions itself in a global network of cosmopolitan urban centres. As such, it presents a rich opportunity for examining the ways in which discourses around physical and cultural heritage are shaping approaches to urban planning, environmental and social sustainability, and architectural preservation and renewal around the world. Our contributors represent different voices and interests within this debate, across the fields of professional, academic and artistic practice in Doha and London, as well as everyday lived experience of Doha. They explore the meanings and manifestations of Qatari heritage and identity at the local, urban and international scale; the roles played by different actors and stakeholders in their formation; and the tools — technical, aesthetic and conceptual — which bring them into being....
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... Seamon, D. (nd). Phenomenology, place, environment and architecture: A review. Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/Seamon Smith, L., Jarman, M., & Osborne, M.... more
... Seamon, D. (nd). Phenomenology, place, environment and architecture: A review. Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter. Retrieved from http://www.arch.ksu.edu/seamon/Seamon Smith, L., Jarman, M., & Osborne, M. (1999). ...
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This ethnographic case study investigates staff and student experiences of undergraduate teaching and learning in three new, specially designed spaces at two UK universities. On a small scale, it explores the themes, and applies some of... more
This ethnographic case study investigates staff and student experiences of undergraduate teaching and learning in three new, specially designed spaces at two UK universities. On a small scale, it explores the themes, and applies some of the methodologies of research and data analysis, set out in Chapter 2.The findings highlight some valuable points for further study and consideration in this field of inquiry, and constitute a significant counterpoint to the recent emphasis on the role and significance of technological innovation in shaping new models of teaching and learning in post-compulsory education.
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This paper reviews the rhetoric of arts-led regeneration in the UK and reflects on its evidence base. We show how the notion of arts-led regeneration as a tool to combat social exclusion in our inner cities developed momentum for policy... more
This paper reviews the rhetoric of arts-led regeneration in the UK and reflects on its evidence base. We show how the notion of arts-led regeneration as a tool to combat social exclusion in our inner cities developed momentum for policy makers under a New Labour government, culminating in its status as a quasi-social fact. We critique this quasi-social fact and underline its limited and problematic evidence base. We offer suggestions for constructing a new and more robust evidence base.
Research Interests: Sociology, Human Geography, Rhetoric, Social Sciences, Environmental Studies, and 12 moreUrban Regeneration, Gentrification, Urban Studies, Social Inclusion, Urban And Regional Planning, Regeneration (Biology), The Arts, Evidence Based Policy, Science Technology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Uncategorized, and Life Sciences & Biomedicine
1970s when the experience of the motorway was becoming everyday and its landscapes seen as boring or even placeless (an argument that Merriman rejects). This is a model text for contemporary cultural-historical geography. It is clearly... more
1970s when the experience of the motorway was becoming everyday and its landscapes seen as boring or even placeless (an argument that Merriman rejects). This is a model text for contemporary cultural-historical geography. It is clearly and enthusiastically written throughout. It does not skimp on empirical detail. I am frankly astonished at how much material is utilized to help us understand this road. It is also consistently theoretically aware and clearly informed by a number of recent discussions on theoretical issues in cultural geography and beyond. In this sense it is very different from earlier encounters with the road in human geography. I would encourage all cultural and historical geographers as well as anyone interested in the mobility turn to devour this book as soon as possible.
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Credit Agricole Credit Mutuel Cinema et communication Stationer's, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris social housing, Rue Manin, Paris Banque Populaire de l'Ouest Administration and Social Centres Triangle de la Folie, La Defense... more
Credit Agricole Credit Mutuel Cinema et communication Stationer's, Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris social housing, Rue Manin, Paris Banque Populaire de l'Ouest Administration and Social Centres Triangle de la Folie, La Defense Apple Computer France Headquarters Apple Computer France Showroom student housing Un Signal, La Defense Centre for Cultural Exchange, Osaka ENSAD-Ecole National Superieure des Arts Decoratifs social housing, Rue Ernestine, Paris Banque de France Bordeaux-Merignac Airport Control Tower and Technical Building CESTAR Air and Space Museum Lycee Alfred Nobel Hyper-Tension "HIC SAXA LOQVVNTVR" - Pfaffenberg Project motorway viaduct and operations centre Port de Gennevilliers CNASEA Headquarters.
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Computer-generated images have become the common means for architects and developers to visualise and market future urban developments. This article examines within the context of the experience economy how these digital images aim to... more
Computer-generated images have become the common means for architects and developers to visualise and market future urban developments. This article examines within the context of the experience economy how these digital images aim to evoke and manipulate specific place atmospheres to emphasise the experiential qualities of new buildings and urban environments. In particular, we argue that computer-generated images are far from ‘just’ glossy representations but are a new form of visualising the urban that captures and markets particular embodied sensations. Drawing on a 2-year qualitative study of architects’ practices that worked on the Msheireb project, a large-scale redevelopment project in Doha (Qatar), we examine how digital visualisation technology enables the virtual engineering of sensory experiences using a wide range of graphic effects. We show how these computer-generated images are laboriously materialised in order to depict and present specific sensory, embodied regimes...
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Over the past five years, computer-generated images (CGIs) have become commonplace as a means to market urban redevelopments. To date, however, they have been given relatively little attention as a new form of visualising the urban. In... more
Over the past five years, computer-generated images (CGIs) have become commonplace as a means to market urban redevelopments. To date, however, they have been given relatively little attention as a new form of visualising the urban. In this paper we argue that these CGIs deserve more attention, and attention of a particular kind. We argue that, instead of approaching them as images situated in urban space, their digitality invites us to understand them as interfaces circulating through a software-supported network space. We use an actor-network theory understanding of ‘network’ and argue that the action done on and with CGIs as they are created takes place at a series of interfaces. These interfaces—between and among humans, software, and hardware—are where work is done both to create the CGI and to create the conditions for their circulation. These claims are explored in relation to the CGIs made for a large urban redevelopment project in Doha, Qatar. We conclude by suggesting that...
Research Interests: Sociology, Human Geography, Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Actor Network Theory, and 12 moreUrban And Regional Planning, Network, Qatar, Software, Urban Redevelopment, Interface, Redevelopment, Qatar Doha, Doha, Computer Generated Imagery, Situated, and ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
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This paper explores how the hybrid making of Computer Generated Images on the Msheireb urban redevelopment project in Doha may be understood as a distributed and networked craft practice within the discipline of architecture and design,... more
This paper explores how the hybrid making of Computer Generated Images on the Msheireb urban redevelopment project in Doha may be understood as a distributed and networked craft practice within the discipline of architecture and design, which is effecting the material transformation of the urban landscape and everyday urban life in Doha. We suggest that the evocation of ‘atmosphere’ through the digitalised production of these images mobilises ideas and aspirations for the construction of a ‘new kind of place’ and urban lifestyle, both as an imaginary and a reality, in the Islamic and Arab context, and that, as crafted images, CGIs should be seen as objects with social agency which are central to the construction of the project as a technological and social reality during its production phases as well as to its translation into the social reality of built form and urban life.