{"596318":{"#nid":"596318","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor John Peponis represented Georgia Tech at the 2017 Congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA) in Seoul","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2017 congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA) was held in Seoul earlier in September. The theme of the congress was\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Soul of the City\u003C\/em\u003E, aiming to express the need for policy makers, planners and architects to integrate environmental, social and economic aims with the fundamental aim of supporting a good life, fulfilling and creative. Professor John Peponis was one of the contributors to the first keynote forum, chaired by Georgia Tech doctoral alumnus Sung Hong KIM, which addressed\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EUrban Living\u003C\/em\u003E. Peponis\u0026rsquo; presentation emphasized the principles of good city design that are supported by analytical research in the field of space syntax in which Georgia Tech holds a leadership position internationally. These include urban liveliness as a function of street network connectivity, cultural and social openness as a function of the intelligibility of cities, a link between face-to-face and translocal networks as a function of the interrelation of scales or organization, and the sense of richness and diversity which arises from the creation of a mesh of potential destinations that distribute attraction over the street network.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor John Peponis contributed to the first keynote forum, chaired by Georgia Tech doctoral alumnus Sung Hong KIM"}],"uid":"34409","created_gmt":"2017-09-21 20:52:23","changed_gmt":"2017-09-21 20:52:23","author":"raltiraifi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"596317":{"id":"596317","type":"image","title":"COEX5","body":null,"created":"1506026688","gmt_created":"2017-09-21 20:44:48","changed":"1506026688","gmt_changed":"2017-09-21 20:44:48","alt":"","file":{"fid":"227259","name":"COEX5.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/COEX5.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/COEX5.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":207349,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/COEX5.jpg?itok=uOVCOSZ2"}}},"media_ids":["596317"],"groups":[{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarmen Wagster\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarketing \u0026amp; Events\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Design\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncarmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}