This map by Camden Cycling Campaign is a brilliant initiative which gives the location and number of cycle stands (not the TFL cycle hire stands) available in any 1 sq. km. area I choose.

The map can be found here.

When you open the map, it is using Google maps as a base and shows a small menu on the right hand side of the screen. There are various options to view different cycling routes throughout London (which is again an awesome thing!). For us, the important one is the ‘Stands (Map)’ link in red.

On clicking the ‘Stands (Map)’ the cursor converts into a red box of 1 sq. km.

Click anywhere on the map where you which to see the number of cycle stands available.

As shown in the screenshot above, it shows the exact location of the cycle stands and with a small number written in between them which is the number of cycle stands.

Even if the potential of environmental design to cause morphogenesis has been recognised widely, it remains so far unexplored because its main principles – related to building’s physics – are open to many architectural translations. Up to now the environmental input in architecture is limited in most of the cases to passive optimised strategies applied in their technical dimension rather than in their design implications. Therefore, this research was set to investigate the potential of environmental design, and more specifically the context of solar control and daylight relation, from a morphogenetic point of view. More specifically, through the exploration of parameters that affect this relation, the study produced performance thresholds in geometrical terms that can be applied as the environmental input for form generation in a digital design platform. The outcome of the research is the critical point of morphogenetic strategies and environmental input, contextualised in a reference case of office self-shaded forms in London climate (latitude= 51.5, longitude=-0.1). In practice, this becomes a useful guide of the design process for environmental driven forms’ generation.

The Ecobuild exhibition is from Tuesday 02 to Thursday 04 March 2010 at Earl’s Court (London). I attended the 2009 exhibitions and it was full of innovative products and stimulating discussions and seminars. If you are in London during this period, don’t miss this exhibition.

Register online for your free invites else be prepared to stand at the end of a REALLY long queue.

To register for Ecobuild 2010, click here.