Mapping Architectural Controversies (MAC) is an interactive website dedicated to students and researchers working on controversies surrounding design projects, buildings, master plans, and urban and development issues. Documenting and visualising recent controversies in architecture, it also aims to address a broader audience interested in the design of cities, spatial networks and built environments as well as planners, representatives of city government, NGOs and citizens. As it is a part of the EU-funded project MACOSPOL, Mapping Architectural Controversies draws on a variety of documental sources and visual methods to explore the multifarious connections of architecture and society.
Controversy mapping of London 2012 Olympic Stadium
3D animation courtesy of Danny Richards (MSA)
Mapping Controversies comprises a research method, a teaching philosophy and a way to approach public debates. The platform serves as a database on controversies related to a variety of topics from Science, Technology, Innovation, Design and Urban Planning, provides tutorial guidance to the Mapping Controversies teaching and learning methods and their relevance to architectural studies, and showcases some initiatives in enhancing the public understanding of controversies.
News and Events:
3rd September 2010
A selection of student case study websites from the Mapping Controversies course 2009/10 have been distinguished for their exemplary quality:
- The Eye Above Prague
- High Speed Rail
- Urbis
- The Shard, London
- Media City in Manchester/BBC move
- Beijing Olympic Green
11th February 2010
The London Olympic Stadium Case Study now features a new visualisation in Java. This interactive application reproduces the distribution of actors and concerns in the controversy.
To create mapping websites a selection of resources are available, assisting conceptual development and technical implementation.
