City and Urban planning

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”the past 8 years have been the warmest on record”  “A record 15 national heat records have been broken since the start of 2024”. “the most record-breaking for every statistic.” UN and  Guardian Link

Digital Twin Hub hosted at the (CDBB) Centre for Digital Built Britain which completed its 5 year mission, closed its doors at the end of Sept 2022, Digital Twin Hub hosted at The Connected Places Catapult since April 2022, partnered with through (DAFNI) the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure,.

CReDo Ofwat Catalyst

Water, Communication and Energy System Catapult Digital Twin - Visual Demonstrator Walkthrough

The UK and Singapore have developed national digital twins that represent a visionary approach to using digital replicas of the physical world to improve decision-making, enhance efficiency, and foster a new era of sustainable development. The verdict

The National Digital Twin programme (NDTp) and partners including the Hartree Centre launched the Climate Resilience Demonstrator in November 2021, releasing two exciting public engagement pieces for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26): that took place in Glasgow, Scotland, between Oct 31 – Nov 12 2021.

innovator member since 2021

Assuring trustworthy and ethical digital twins 

‘Your responses will help build a new industry tool, addressing those industry pain points affecting you now, and making sure we set assurance standards that enhance transparency and trust.‘ Sophie Arana, The Alan Turing Institute, British Libary

75% of new builds homes in Trinidad are squatted on Government land without building approval and often with illegal water connections failing the infer structure and often leaks damage roadways, And creates issues planning the Delivery of power to meet regional needs and flood protection, use of flood planes low lying land. At sunset electric lights and AR Air Conditioning units are switched on simultaneously creating high demand as the public close up for the night. While overhead electricity cables nationally were stolen presumably for its scrap metal value.

Look at it on Google earth but wouldn’t go there.

improving resilience of vital infrastructure Water, Power and communications to the extremes of climate change. Auditing the network and Plan built in tolerance, servicing PM preventative maintenance, using PLM Product Lifecycle Management.

The importance of a introduction of a legal data sharing framework cannot be down played, with infrastructure i.e. Water, Power and Telecommunications, industry working together, while being behind the 3D technical presentation presented to Global News channels, My work had a 5 year £10m NDA, as my first job in industry restrictive practices. Meanwhile having police and press interest, steeling the office bins to discover what we were working on.

Security is one side and the other is civil architectural planning for vital infrastructure faces NDA’s can stop communication between multiple infrastructure providers..

Met scientist involved with The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s Adopt a River Program in Dec 2019, asked to volunteer ideas to assist the water authority through the seven years of lower than expected annual rainfall, daily temperatures of 35°C, water rationing nationwide, ideas including collecting and simple water saving methods and education projects in schools. (the root cause being ailing infer-structure)

Asked to advise by professors on the regular flooding that takes place in the Capital city and elsewhere, see climate resilience. Planning vital utilises Power, Water and communications during times of extreme weather, due to climate change

From our last visit there Had been 7 years of lower than average rain fall (droughts) and with a short time over three days of downpours filled the water  Reservoirs across the country and flooding.

Cross rail survey model of London and City of London at the Building Design Centre, every building on the route survayed

Thames Barrier across the Thames

 The Thames Barrier operational since 1982 costing £461 million (£1.23 billion now). Built to protect London from high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea extreme weather conditions have increased and so has its use in recent years and the eventuality likelihood it will be overwhelmed.A free collaborative, data-sharing approach designed to improve resilience to climate change to infrastructure, supplying Hospitals, flood protection etc, Examining the impact of extreme weather on energy, water and telecom’s networks, the Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) now adopted by 77 countries around the World.

Thames Barrier annual use chart and flood maps predictions of London

Updated:Environment Agency flood eventuality map of the River Thames. Barking Riverside eventually map for planning flood defences and home insurance note not show showing high Tide Surge from North Sea

Banksy claims new swimming fish artwork on central London police box NEW SWIMMING FISH ARTWORK WHICH HAS APPEARED ON A POLICE SENTRY BOX IN THE CITY OF LONDON HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE BY BANKSY (YUI MOK/PA)

Building in Fault tolerance into vital infrastructure for i.e. rerouting power encase of a problem to avoid blackouts, Similar to EEC Error correction code memory which detect and correct errors.

Watched a report on Al Jazeera April 2024 on the water shortages in Mexico City and was reminded of a mental health online survey on burnout of managers I commented on and liked by a senior water management for Mexico.

We must look at our own wellbeing first before support others See Public health Wellbeing

Podcast

Met the architects involved in designing the London 2012 Olympic stadium’s, and legacy of regional regeneration Computational design research group Zaha Hadid Architects discussing Olympic projects including London 2012 Aquatics Stadium Stratford East London, and the design of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium at Google Campus, (see MedicalTech illegal drug testing) Became Google 3D Mentor for start-ups, and undertook Google social media marketing.

ACE Architecture Computing and engineering

Architectural roof model 3D printed

ACE Architecture Computing and engineering

Aquatic centre detailing

Stratford Olympic Stadium

Met the site worker with 40 years experience of pile driving building foundations who dug the first holes on the London 2012 Olympic site, he took one look and could tell the drawings had to be redrawn adding millions to the cost of the build, told him he should just the person to talk person drawing up, later I found local university soil analysis technicians was made redundant. at the start of the local construction boom as a cost savings measure. The Importance of communication

Blind Architecture graduate approached me to help him start 3D printing Architectural models for the visually impaired, companies focused on profit didn’t giving him time of day, he was very appreciative of the free technical support I provided, he was ahead of his time in planning for disabilities, I didn’t ask his ethnicity.
Visually impaired designing for the visually impaired, professionals need supported to achieve there dreams of inclusion.

Paris 2024: First ever ParalympicsGB official fan zones to be set up across the UK.

Battersea Power Station, London SW11 8DD

Catch all the live action from Power Station Park situated on the banks of the River Thames. Retail and leisure destination Battersea Power Station is also home to 140 British and international brands offering places to shop, dine and relax. See housing

had the great pleasure of Attending the Paralympics London 2012 Men’s T44 100m men’s final see Medicaltech

Attended with mental health professional and Nurse

Paralympic 2012 wheelchair 200m at Sunset

Gained free Training from leading window manufacturer on design, With Low paid factory workers, piece work installers, and sales practices that discredited the building trades.

Sales practices of high sales commission on selling high interest annual debt repayment to the public. outlawed by the financial regulator authority in Interest rate (limit on charges) bill, in 2004 Power to set the statutory ceiling invested in the Office of Fair Trading. Link

Seeing this to Avoid their debt, spent an afternoon designing conservatory with disability access for family with severely disabled child, that could be taken to the bank and used for disability grant funding, without looking for a sale.

ACE Architecture Computing and engineering

Student Thank you
Final year architect studying under course lead working for Zaha Hadid Architects.

Final year Architecture student spent summer in Havana Cuba surveying historic buildings, found file compatibility issues (solved)

“One of two technicians working supporting to UEL School of Architecture Computing and Engineering (ACE) and the Arts department for Approx 1000 students, students represent over 160 different nationalities from across the globe, diversity in Race, religious denomination, disability and sexuality”

“Involved in Establishing Digital Fabrication University of East London (DFUEL) Lab launched May 2018. while working on long sought after improvements in workshop improvements in H&S to HVAC standards. I.e. Workshops 9 degrees in winter with only ventilation to open the window and H&S booby traps with approx a thousand students, 3D printing, and developing online training courses Local SME small and medium sized enterprises to have access to technology and build the local economy..”

Award-winning architecture department which enjoys an international reputation for excellence, in 2022 Architecture ranked first in London for overall student satisfaction.

Only received one complaint from a student who I raised my voice at when I found them standing next to there work on fire inside a machine while chatting on there phone.

Industrial laser cutters for Architectural model making in East London University
3D printers in Part of the Architectural 3D printing workshop
Example of Modern Architecture, Angles that Juxtapose and buildings Juxtaposition with historic buildings, creating visual distortion of space and light.

Modern and historic architecture

Modern Art steams from post WWI when returning soldiers could no longer cope with normal family life after experiencing the horrors of War and often ending up living on the streets, unable to paint pretty pictures, Expressionist movement expressed themselves through juxtaposition contrasting shapes and colours, creating a feeling of disorientation, to relate to the Artist experiences.

Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple

Had the Honor and great pleasure of escorting around the Queens Gallery at Buckingham Palace 22nd Oct 2011 and Tea in Soho central London members of The Travancore Royal family (was the ruling house of the Kingdom of Travancore.) the custodians of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple. in Kerala in the Tamil Nadu region in the southeast of modernIndia.

On the the days of equinox the 5000 year old temple aligns with the Sun passing exactly through all the window openings in the gopuram (monumental entrance tower) in succession, at approximately 15 minutes intervals. (see Architectural daylight analysis.)

The Indian Government are building a museum to the history of the temple, which gained international attention following the discovery of priceless Gold artefacts in a number of large volts with a number of volts never to be opened, a religious site and strictly for followers of the Hindu faith. The increased security costs being pasted on to the temple has affected local music festivals.

Put in Context: In 1999 Gordon Brown, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, sold approx half of the UK Gold reserve, devaluing the Gold market, costing British taxpayers an estimated £2-7Bn, it was shortly after apartheid in South Africa, making funding changes difficult for their new government who's Gold mines are a major source revenue, see India's governments recent handling of the estimated US$1tn of Gold artifacts at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple, reported to be opening a museum. (see Jewellery ind The Goldsmith Company)

Temple Procession ready to start from Trivandrum Ananda Padmanabha Swamy Temple in 1930

the museum collection includes photographs of the first motor vehicle in India.

2012 Lead Researcher in daylight analysis for leading Chartered Surveyors

2012 Lead Researcher in daylight analysis for leading Chartered Surveyors in the field of party wall and Rights to Light and Daylight & Sunlight in the City of London with 200 years of experience, Validating Software used to analyse the impact proposed building developments have on their surroundings. i.e if new builds or modifications impacts access to daylight, compensation can be sort through the courts, alterations to the design to minimize the impact or have taken down.

Office workers looking at bright computer screens in Badly designed artificial lighting officers and public spaces can cause eye strain and increase tension and stress. In animation studios lighting and eye exercises are important. Free software to design lighting using 1 million luminaries (light bulb designs) include reflux. Halogen lights can act as a oven with the heat they produce.

High dynamic range HDR image gives deeper darker tones and lighter tones, they can also contain heat radiation values in scientific data imaging.

Access to Daylight Analysis Townhouse with Winter Garden ADF, DIVA now discontinued MIT Labs tutorial link Autodesk Ecotech and others validating software.

Received one to one training in Daylight and Sunlight analysis from the DSc of Nuclear Physics at Oxford University, arranged by leading UK legal expert on Daylight and Sunlight BRE Building Research Establishment Guidelines. Right to Light/Daylight and sunlight is one of the most complex things, which we take for granted.

crossings through the seasons blinding drivers view ect.

Example of Architectural Solar Glare, Holbon Central London

A number of the population are light sensitive, The Sun can cause drivers momentary blindness or cause a strong sneeze, sun visors and part windscreen tint can partly protect and help to maintain full control of the vehicle.

Reporting research directly to the leading UK Party Wall legal expert, I was two degrees of separation from the person that manages Masjid al-Haram also known as the Great Mosque of Mecca, and the custodians of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Hindu Temple. which on the days of equinox the setting Sun passes through its windows.

note. Hajj 2023 being after the Covid pandemic was the highest attended, many worshipers where affected by the years extreme Heat, especially seniors While Global temperatures become life threatening as the World warms beyond 1.5°C in 2023 the warmest year on records.

Sadly, Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 people died on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage – with “numerous cases” due to heat stress and “unauthorized” trips accounting for more than four out of five of the fatalities. CNN 23 June 2024

SEGAWORLD: Trocadero centre, Piccadilly London

 

Worked on Europe’s first and the World’s largest indoor theme park and digital twin. See ArtScience.

 

Statue of Eros and Neon signs Still from short film, The Ballet Of Change - Piccadilly Circus - Music by Damian Coldwell Link

Trocadero Grade II listed building Piccadilly London built in 1896 the same year as the First modern Olympic Games in Athens, a new home of digital games
Founded to showcase the creative skills of myself and Darko, similar to promising a first modelling job before I knew it the art dealer Ex cocaine dealer and managers ex young offender who avoid jail were living the high life claiming the work as their own while I was paid only enough for a sandwich and bus fare, while having to go through Japanese New York lawyer to request changes to roof after I found issues, Three sets of drawings and none worked in reality, in gaming there are shortcuts to create illustrations but not in construction.

I always thought a good analogy of climate change, Trying to fix the roof while criminal types partied.

Many of the projects of important social change were carried out for a common purpose pro bono without fanfare. Tried to explain to the press once and they wanted to know what watch I was wearing See MedicalTech

The Architectural Interior of Europe’s first and the World’s largest indoor theme park, SEGA’s flagship venue in Europe and the first SEGA theme park outside of Japan. £45m refit of the Trocadero centre in London’s Piccadilly circus, equivalent to £92m in today’s money, over 7 floors with 400+ arcade machines and 25 major attractions, the Largest visitor attraction built in London that decade, It’s estimated at it’s height it received 4 million annual visitors.

Clip from 1998 Italian movie Cucciolo The Rocket Escalator taking visitors up to the 6th floor of SEGAWorld the development had 7 floors in total. Basement ground and 6 upper floors. connected by escalates.

Broadcast on all major news channels the ITV’s 10 O’Clock news was the main source of global news presented by Sir Trevor MacDonald.

One of the first commercial digital Architectural fly through outside of IBM’s Labs, SEGA Europe’s indoor VR Virtual Reality theme-park, the Trocadero centre in London’s Piccadilly circus, operated as a joint-venture between Chorion, the owners of the Trocadero and SEGA. Design pitch to RTKL clients SEGA produced by myself and Bosnian award winning architect / animator Darko Predanic.

The studio was ArtiWisdom, 41 Windmill Street. Yards from Charlotte St in Fitzrovia, historically part of the parish and borough of St Pancras, in central London.

The interior was produced on Intel 386mhz upgraded to a 486mhz processor with 8mb ram a fraction of the processor power of a modern mobile phone typically with 3.1Ghz processors and 8GB of ram today.

using 3D Studio a text menu based DOS application the predecessor to today’s Autodesk 3DS Max, that started out as a modelling and visualization tool to work along side AEC Architectural, Engineering and Construction software tool AutoCAD, now used in Animation and Gaming industries for visualisations and develop the majority of PC and Console games.

LONDON’S HIGH ENERGY WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT

With over 400 of the latest video games and simulators and 7 unique Rides, Segaworld offers you a galaxy of interactive experiences in one world.

Personally 3D Modelled the first of its kind projection and video wall and the rest of the interior in DOS software in 1993

400+ Video Games & Simulators

From traditional ‘shoot’em ups’ and driving games to the sporting challenges of virtual baseball, football and jet-skiing and the thrills of virtual rollercoasters, we have video games to suit all tastes and energy levels! Located in themed zones such as Sports Arena and Race Track you can’t fail to find your favourite amongst the 400 games on offer.

7 Unique Rides

Try all seven if you dare or pick and choose your favourites. Each uses its own formula of motion simulation, 3-D imagery, sensory experiences or virtual reality to create a unique interactive environment.

Recent Guardian newspaper article on the SEGAWorld link

 

Interpretation of 2D drawings into 3D geometry

SEGAWORLD Atrium for architects RTKL Associates Inc, little product placement Emirates Airlines having created Floppy Disk drive Lock, part of SEGA Amusements group ltd Corporate Video link Personally 3D Modelled the first of its kind projection and video wall from only a circle the rest of the interior in DOS software, demonstrating to visiting architects.

Entrance fee, was £12 for adults and £9 for children. arcade games cost up to £3, rides struggled with queue the first year visitors lower than expected, free entry increased visitor numbers to the excess of 4 million annual visitors.

Social Spaces Vol I

Digital social spaces for children and Teens, Campaigned for online child safety, the IWF internet watch foundation was founded in the same month as SEGAWorld open its doors in Sept 1996. See online safety.

Working with skilled multi ethnic team of refugees from the former Yugoslavia as the War raged image bottom left

(always a reminder of the war in the Ukraine and Palestine)

London’s muslim community has been waiting for a large central London mosque for quite a few years. Proposals for a 1,000-capacity mosque on the site were withdrawn in 2020 following backlash from far-right groups and some residents. But Westminster Council has now approved a planning application for the smaller centre for worship. TIMEOUT July 2023

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