Infrastructure 
October 6, 2014 
The Digital Image of the City 
Digital& Computational Studies Initiative 
Bowdoin College 
Jack Gieseking
Outline 
1. What is infrastructure 
2. Material infrastructure (Sorkin) 
3. Modern turns in infrastructure: Gehl 
4. Social infrastructure (Simone) 
5. The right to infrastructure (Corsin Jiménez) 
6. Mental mapping analysis
What is infrastructure
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Jeffersonian Grid
Material Infrastructure
Flickr
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Modern turns in infrastructure: Gehl
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Social infrastructure
The right to infrastructure
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Analyzing our data from the field: 
mental maps of Brunswick
Sarah ‘54
Janice ‘69
Laura ‘06
Danielle ‘06
1 1 
ACADEMIC FACILITIES 
1 25 MORGAN ST - H6 
2 ART BUILDING - F5 
3 CARR LABORATORY - E5 
4 CIRUTI LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTER - F5 
5 CLAPP LABORATORY - E6 
6 CLEVELAND HALL - E5 
7 DWIGHT HALL - E6 
8 EQUESTRIAN CENTER - G1 
9 GAMBLE AUDITORIUM - F5 (Art Building) 
10HOOKER AUDITORIUM - E5 (Clapp Hall) 
11KENDADE SCIENCE CENTER - D6 
12KENDALL SPORTS AND DANCE COMPLEX - C4 
13PRATT MUSIC BUILDING - G6 
14REESE PSYCHOLOGY  EDUCATION - E5 
15ROOKE THEATRE - H6 
16SHATTUCK HALL - E6 
17SKINNER HALL - F7 
18TALCOTT GREENHOUSE - E5 
19WILLISTON / SMITH LIBRARIES - E6 
20WILLISTON OBSERVATORY - F7 
PARKING LOTS 
ALL SAINTS CHURCH - D5 
DUNLAP PLACE- D5 
EQUESTRIAN CENTER - G2 
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - I5 
HAM / MACGREGOR - E3 
GORSE - I6 
KENDALL - D4 
MANDELLE/1837 - H4 
MARY LYON - F7 
OBSERVATORY - F7 
PROSPECT - F4 
TORREY - D5 
VILLAGE COMMONS - D7 
WILLITS HALLOWELL - E4 
2 2 
3 3 
RESIDENCE HALLS 
4 4 
5 5 
OTHER FACILITIES 
ACADEMIC CENTERS 
MCCULLOCH CENTER FOR 
GLOBAL INITIATIVES - 
DWIGHT HALL see E6 
MILLER WORLEY CENTER 
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - 
DWIGHT HALL see E6 
WEISMAN CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP 
AND THE LIBERAL ARTS - 
DWIGHT HALL see E6 
6 6 
STANTON AVENUE 
MORGAN STREET 
MINDEN PLACE 
DUNLAP PLACE 
WOODBRIDGE STREET 
SILVER STREET 
TO AMHERST 
SILVER STREET 
PARK STREET 
COLLEGE STREET 
BUS STOP 
7 7 
FACULTY LANE 
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE 
8 8 
BROCKWAY 
BLANCHARD CIRCLE 
WOOLLEY CIRCLE 
ROCKEFELLER ROAD 
LOWER LAKE ROAD 
LOWER LAKE ROAD 
LOWER LAKE ROAD 
GATEWAY ROAD 
MARY LYONS 
GRAVESITE 
GATEWAY ROAD 
CHURCH STREET PARK STREET 
PARK STREET 
PARK STREET 
MORGAN STREET 
VILLAG E COMMONS 
WRIGHT PLACE 
JEWETT LANE 
ASHFIELD LANE 
COLLEGE STREET 
COLLEGE STREET 
EVERETT ROAD 
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE 
50 COLLEGE STREET 
SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS 
CHAPIN ROAD 
LAUREL LANE 
LOWER LAKE 
UPPER LAKE 
MAIN 
GATE 
SKINNER 
GREEN 
PAGEANT 
FIELD 
GORSE 
PARK ING 
LOT 
MANDELLE/1 837 
PARKING 
LOT 
MEAD 
PARKING 
LOT 
DICKINSON 
PARKING 
LOT 
MARY LYON 
PARKING 
LOT 
MORGAN S T 
PARKING 
LOT 
OBSE RVATORY 
PARKING 
LOT 
PRO SPECT 
PARKING 
LOT 
ADMISSIO N 
PARKING 
KENDALL 
PARKI NG 
LOT 
EQUESTRIAN CENTER 
PARK ING 
LOT 
PORTER 
PARK ING 
LOT 
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10 
BOATHOUSE 
MILES 
MHC 1.2 TO TO ORCHARDS GOLF COURSE 
FM PARKIN G 
LOT 
TORREY 
PARKING 
LOT 
HAM / MACGREGOR 
PARKING 
LOT 
BRIDGEMAN LANE 
RTE 116 SOUTH 
RTE 116 NORTH 
44 
WILLITS/HALLOWELL 
PARK ING LOT SKINNER 
MUSEUM 
DUNLAP 
PARKING 
LOT ALL SAINTS 
CHURCH 
PARKING LOT 
ADMISSION 56 
RT 47 TO NORTHAMPTON 
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19 
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46 
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25 
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500 250 0 500 Feet 
211837 HALL - G4 
22ABBEY HALL - H7 
23BRIGHAM HALL - F6 
24BUCKLAND HALL - H7 
25CREIGHTON HALL - H6 
26DICKINSON HALL - G8 
27HAM HALL - E3 
28MACGREGOR HALL - E3 
29MANDELLE HALL, NORTH - H5 
30MANDELLE HALL ,SOUTH - H5 
31MEAD HALL - G6 
32PEARSONS ANNEX - E7 
33PEARSONS HALL - E7 
34PORTER HALL - F6 
35PROSPECT HALL - F4 
36ROCKEFELLER HALL, NORTH - G7 
37ROCKEFELLER HALL, SOUTH - G7 
38SAFFORD HALL - F6 
39TORREY HALL - D5 
40WILDER HALL - G6 
41ABBEY CHAPEL - F6 
42ACE HOUSE - D5 
43ADMISSION -NEWHALL CENTER - E7 
44ART MUSEUM -F5 
45BETTY SHABAZZ HOUSE - D5 
46BLANCHARD CAMPUS CENTER - F6 
47BOATHOUSE see C7 
48CAMPUS POLICE - D5 
49CANOE HOUSE - D3 
50CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER - D5 
51CENTRAL SERVICES/CENTRAL HEAT - F5 
52CHAPIN AUDITORIUM - G7 
53DINING SERVICES - I5 
54ELIOT HOUSE - F5 
55FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (OCK BLDG.) - I5 
56FIVE COLLEGE WOMENS CENTER - H8 
57FRANCIS PERKINS HOUSE - F7 
58GETTELL AMPHITHEATRE - F5 
59GORSE CHILDREN'S CTR AT STONYBROOK - I6 
60HEALTH CENTER - D5 
61JENNETTE MARKS HOUSE - G8 
62MARY LYON HALL - F6 
63MARY WOOLLEY HALL - G7 
64MERRILL HOUSE - E7 
65ORCHARDS GOLF COURSE see B5 
66ORTEGA AND BATEAH HOUSE - D5 
67PRESIDENT'S HOUSE - E7 
68SKINNER MUSEUM - B4 
69WILLITS-HALLOWELL CENTER - E4 
SYMBOL LEGEND 
INFORMATION KIOSK 
This map compiled by MHC Facilities Management 10/12/2011 
MHC on 
Google Maps 
download this 
map (pdf)
1. Get in groups by your interviewee’s 
year of graduation. 
2. Start with what you learned from 
Lynch and Miligram and Jodelet, and 
then use the handout to look for trends 
in your maps. 
3. Reconvene to share.
Assignment: 
UPCOMING 
Blog Post #5 due Wednesday, Oct. 8th by 8 p.m. 
Reading for Wednesday, Oct. 1st: 
Housing: Cahill, Fine  Sirin, Graham et al. 
DIOTC 
10/8

Digital Image of the City: Infrastructure

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    Infrastructure October 6,2014 The Digital Image of the City Digital& Computational Studies Initiative Bowdoin College Jack Gieseking
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    Outline 1. Whatis infrastructure 2. Material infrastructure (Sorkin) 3. Modern turns in infrastructure: Gehl 4. Social infrastructure (Simone) 5. The right to infrastructure (Corsin Jiménez) 6. Mental mapping analysis
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    Wikipedia Modern turnsin infrastructure: Gehl
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    The right toinfrastructure
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    Analyzing our datafrom the field: mental maps of Brunswick
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    1 1 ACADEMICFACILITIES 1 25 MORGAN ST - H6 2 ART BUILDING - F5 3 CARR LABORATORY - E5 4 CIRUTI LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTER - F5 5 CLAPP LABORATORY - E6 6 CLEVELAND HALL - E5 7 DWIGHT HALL - E6 8 EQUESTRIAN CENTER - G1 9 GAMBLE AUDITORIUM - F5 (Art Building) 10HOOKER AUDITORIUM - E5 (Clapp Hall) 11KENDADE SCIENCE CENTER - D6 12KENDALL SPORTS AND DANCE COMPLEX - C4 13PRATT MUSIC BUILDING - G6 14REESE PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION - E5 15ROOKE THEATRE - H6 16SHATTUCK HALL - E6 17SKINNER HALL - F7 18TALCOTT GREENHOUSE - E5 19WILLISTON / SMITH LIBRARIES - E6 20WILLISTON OBSERVATORY - F7 PARKING LOTS ALL SAINTS CHURCH - D5 DUNLAP PLACE- D5 EQUESTRIAN CENTER - G2 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - I5 HAM / MACGREGOR - E3 GORSE - I6 KENDALL - D4 MANDELLE/1837 - H4 MARY LYON - F7 OBSERVATORY - F7 PROSPECT - F4 TORREY - D5 VILLAGE COMMONS - D7 WILLITS HALLOWELL - E4 2 2 3 3 RESIDENCE HALLS 4 4 5 5 OTHER FACILITIES ACADEMIC CENTERS MCCULLOCH CENTER FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVES - DWIGHT HALL see E6 MILLER WORLEY CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - DWIGHT HALL see E6 WEISMAN CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND THE LIBERAL ARTS - DWIGHT HALL see E6 6 6 STANTON AVENUE MORGAN STREET MINDEN PLACE DUNLAP PLACE WOODBRIDGE STREET SILVER STREET TO AMHERST SILVER STREET PARK STREET COLLEGE STREET BUS STOP 7 7 FACULTY LANE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE 8 8 BROCKWAY BLANCHARD CIRCLE WOOLLEY CIRCLE ROCKEFELLER ROAD LOWER LAKE ROAD LOWER LAKE ROAD LOWER LAKE ROAD GATEWAY ROAD MARY LYONS GRAVESITE GATEWAY ROAD CHURCH STREET PARK STREET PARK STREET PARK STREET MORGAN STREET VILLAG E COMMONS WRIGHT PLACE JEWETT LANE ASHFIELD LANE COLLEGE STREET COLLEGE STREET EVERETT ROAD MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE 50 COLLEGE STREET SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS CHAPIN ROAD LAUREL LANE LOWER LAKE UPPER LAKE MAIN GATE SKINNER GREEN PAGEANT FIELD GORSE PARK ING LOT MANDELLE/1 837 PARKING LOT MEAD PARKING LOT DICKINSON PARKING LOT MARY LYON PARKING LOT MORGAN S T PARKING LOT OBSE RVATORY PARKING LOT PRO SPECT PARKING LOT ADMISSIO N PARKING KENDALL PARKI NG LOT EQUESTRIAN CENTER PARK ING LOT PORTER PARK ING LOT 8 51 10 BOATHOUSE MILES MHC 1.2 TO TO ORCHARDS GOLF COURSE FM PARKIN G LOT TORREY PARKING LOT HAM / MACGREGOR PARKING LOT BRIDGEMAN LANE RTE 116 SOUTH RTE 116 NORTH 44 WILLITS/HALLOWELL PARK ING LOT SKINNER MUSEUM DUNLAP PARKING LOT ALL SAINTS CHURCH PARKING LOT ADMISSION 56 RT 47 TO NORTHAMPTON 12 8 2 5 19 3 46 69 39 55 25 6 4 7 53 33 63 13 50 21 15 31 14 24 27 11 62 28 1 23 51 41 35 22 40 17 30 60 59 34 38 18 37 36 16 29 26 43 67 54 48 45 49 57 61 20 32 68 42 56 58 64 66 A A B B C C D D E E F F G G H H I I J J K K 500 250 0 500 Feet 211837 HALL - G4 22ABBEY HALL - H7 23BRIGHAM HALL - F6 24BUCKLAND HALL - H7 25CREIGHTON HALL - H6 26DICKINSON HALL - G8 27HAM HALL - E3 28MACGREGOR HALL - E3 29MANDELLE HALL, NORTH - H5 30MANDELLE HALL ,SOUTH - H5 31MEAD HALL - G6 32PEARSONS ANNEX - E7 33PEARSONS HALL - E7 34PORTER HALL - F6 35PROSPECT HALL - F4 36ROCKEFELLER HALL, NORTH - G7 37ROCKEFELLER HALL, SOUTH - G7 38SAFFORD HALL - F6 39TORREY HALL - D5 40WILDER HALL - G6 41ABBEY CHAPEL - F6 42ACE HOUSE - D5 43ADMISSION -NEWHALL CENTER - E7 44ART MUSEUM -F5 45BETTY SHABAZZ HOUSE - D5 46BLANCHARD CAMPUS CENTER - F6 47BOATHOUSE see C7 48CAMPUS POLICE - D5 49CANOE HOUSE - D3 50CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER - D5 51CENTRAL SERVICES/CENTRAL HEAT - F5 52CHAPIN AUDITORIUM - G7 53DINING SERVICES - I5 54ELIOT HOUSE - F5 55FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (OCK BLDG.) - I5 56FIVE COLLEGE WOMENS CENTER - H8 57FRANCIS PERKINS HOUSE - F7 58GETTELL AMPHITHEATRE - F5 59GORSE CHILDREN'S CTR AT STONYBROOK - I6 60HEALTH CENTER - D5 61JENNETTE MARKS HOUSE - G8 62MARY LYON HALL - F6 63MARY WOOLLEY HALL - G7 64MERRILL HOUSE - E7 65ORCHARDS GOLF COURSE see B5 66ORTEGA AND BATEAH HOUSE - D5 67PRESIDENT'S HOUSE - E7 68SKINNER MUSEUM - B4 69WILLITS-HALLOWELL CENTER - E4 SYMBOL LEGEND INFORMATION KIOSK This map compiled by MHC Facilities Management 10/12/2011 MHC on Google Maps download this map (pdf)
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    1. Get ingroups by your interviewee’s year of graduation. 2. Start with what you learned from Lynch and Miligram and Jodelet, and then use the handout to look for trends in your maps. 3. Reconvene to share.
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    Assignment: UPCOMING BlogPost #5 due Wednesday, Oct. 8th by 8 p.m. Reading for Wednesday, Oct. 1st: Housing: Cahill, Fine Sirin, Graham et al. DIOTC 10/8