GIS

Geographical information systems are a deconstructive device, made from fragments and pieces of various data sources that open up to multiple readings of the real world. Site analyses in GIS are meant to provide students with basic site information and create grounds for project speculations and possible strategic design proposals.

GIS’ primary role is not only to measure the urban environment but to envision what may need further investigation. GIS do not lead to a singular reading of the urban, but rather ask the reader to engage in a discourse with the map that will reveal new questions.

The institute has extensive collaboration with Chalmers University in Gothenburg where GIS have been part of the curriculum for years and also used in a variety of research projects related to urban planning.

For more information, contact Espen Aukrust Hauglin, Institute of Urbanism and Landscape, email: espen.hauglin@aho.no, tel: + 47 22 99 70 53

"Mapping recent urban patterns in the municipality of Skedsmo, from the PhD project "Use and Visualization of Spatial Information in Strategic Planning", Espen Aukrust Hauglin (PhD canditate).