What if London's buildings grew according to the amount of data they generate? The video below is the first step in an approach to visualising an urban landscape using the objects that already exist in it; instead of abstract swirling points, bars, and artefacts hovering in the sky, the buildings themselves become the medium by which the data generated in and around them are made visible.

For more info and to download source code:
http://urschrei.github.io/CityEngine...
http://entopia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/0...

Project created in CASA UCL by Stephan Hugel and Flora Roumpani
music: Frankie Knuckles Your Love