Tomography is a method of exploring a phenomenon through a large
number of examples or perspectives. In medical tomography, such as a CAT
scan, two-dimensional slices or images of a three-dimensional organ are used to
envision the organ itself.
Tomography refers to imaging by sections or sectioning
Urban tomography applies the same approach to the study of city life. To
appreciate different aspects of a community, from infrastructure to work to
worship, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans the myriad sights and
sounds of contemporary Los Angeles. He examines these slices of life in Urban
Tomographies.
number of examples or perspectives. In medical tomography, such as a CAT
scan, two-dimensional slices or images of a three-dimensional organ are used to
envision the organ itself.
Tomography refers to imaging by sections or sectioning
Urban tomography applies the same approach to the study of city life. To
appreciate different aspects of a community, from infrastructure to work to
worship, urban planning expert Martin H. Krieger scans the myriad sights and
sounds of contemporary Los Angeles. He examines these slices of life in Urban
Tomographies.
Presented tomography is made trough sections of the three urban bloks in Anwerpen. Sections are made on each 25 metars and they are showing all relations between housing, street and the inside of the urban bloks. Markers that are used to show different functions and relations are use of the ground floor, visual porosity to the inside of the block and using public as private. Use of the ground floor is showen trough colors. Visual porosity is shown as space that is seen from the street to the inside block. Using private as public is based on noticing where people mostly leave their things (bikes, notes, comertials) on the public space.
