Research Studio

iSPACE Smart
Settlement Systems

We develop indicators and interactive web tools to make planning strategies more transparent and underpin them with figures and maps.

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The Research Studio iSPACE Smart Settlement Systems is working with research and business partners to develop indicators and interactive web tools so that planning strategies can be made more transparent and backed up with figures and maps. This creates a basis for strategy development and action planning to strengthen regional competitiveness and enables sustainable spatial developments to ensure quality of life. Cross-thematic trends and challenges of spatial development, such as climate change or demographic change, are given special consideration.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

Due to its connection to the University of Salzburg and other research institutes and companies in this field, the Research Studio iSPACE is an important hub in Salzburg.

iSPACE.forPLANNING

The department iSPACE.forPLANNING works as an international working group on the topics of Smart Settlement Systems. The team develops innovative spatial indicators, location assessment models and planning tools and competent contact for current socially relevant topics. Spatial analyses optimize decision-making processes and are applied in urban and regional planning, mobility planning, spatial research, location and infrastructure planning, and strategic corporate planning.

Research Focus “Smart Settlement Systems”

The integrative research focus “Smart Settlement Systems” combines the latest technologies with requirements from the fields of spatial development, mobility, energy, infrastructure, social affairs and also demography in a cross-system approach. In planning processes, buildings and urban districts are analyzed much more in the context of the respective location profiles and the surrounding infrastructure (networks). The aim is to find comprehensive and integrated solutions that take into account aspects of energy efficiency, environmentally compatible mobility, land consumption and the quality of life of citizens.

iSPACE Smart Energy Balances

for a sustainable economy in a secure, efficient and environmentally conscious energy supply.

The applied research projects of Smart Energy Balances address solutions to spatially motivated questions in the context of regional and supra-regional energy systems. They primarily serve decision-making processes in municipalities, institutions and the energy industry, which face major challenges – such as increasing energy demand, climate protection or geopolitical risks – in the context of their national and international interdependencies.

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APPLICATION AREAS AND BENEFITS

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-17T13:30:52+02:00

UML DL FeedbackApp

The Feedback App enables public transport users to give feedback, wishes and suggestions for improvement in a structured, room-related form.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-18T10:25:32+02:00

Post-compaction monitor II

The summarization monitor is a further development of the GIS valuation procedures based on the preliminary project.

Patrick Junghuber2020-11-18T09:47:55+01:00

IS Terravistor II

terravistor GmbH needs scientific competence in the field of geoinformatics to develop the products of its real estate evaluation platform.

Patrick Junghuber2024-10-23T14:21:34+02:00

ULTIMOB

ULTIMOB is a research project within the framework of the 'Mobility of the Future' program of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation & Technology.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-17T12:32:58+02:00

UML stop 4.0

Stop 4.0 is about building a transport hub of the future as a physical and digital laboratory environment and test room for new developments.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-21T09:36:57+02:00

Lageprofi

Lageprofi creates a basis that gives interested companies access to the latest trends and findings in the field of situation assessment.

Patrick Junghuber2020-07-28T12:24:29+02:00

MobilityEqualizer

MobilityEqualizer - This initiative of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and the federal provinces is intended to contribute to a reorganisation of the regional transport system in Austria.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T16:45:20+02:00

MobilityIntegrator

MobilityIntegrator - In order to do justice to increasing everyday mobility in cities, new multimodal offers in local and commuter mobility.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T16:31:24+02:00

SaMBA

SaMBA aims to change the perception of transport users with regard to sustainable mobility services through attractive pricing.

Patrick Junghuber2020-08-20T16:22:54+02:00

UML Salzburg

The Urban Mobility Laboratory (UML) Salzburg is to support innovation projects in personal mobility and city logistics in the Salzburg area.

NEWS FROM THE RESEARCH STUDIO

How the project Transformator:In transforms public spaces

Half way there, the project Transformator:in already changed a lot on its way. At a workshop meeting, the project partners from St. Pölten and Salzburg discussed their progress and the next goals.

iSPACE and PLUS show how climate-resilient space management can work

The international forum on the anthropocene is an important platform when it comes to sustainable strategies in a world shaped by humans. This year, the forum dedicated itself to the topic of water. iSPACE studio manager and PLUS employee Thomas Prinz traveled to Heiligenblut and presented "Tools for resource-conserving land management with a special focus on green-blue infrastructure".

“BONUS” project awarded prize by TU Vienna for its concept on the use of existing living space in Salzburg

The City of Salzburg's “BONUS” consulting service convinced the jury of the Friedrich Moser Prize of the University of Technology Vienna. The FFG project with iSPACE-Lead is already being continued with the City of Salzburg in “BONANZA”.

Our research team

Dr. Thomas PrinzStudio Manager

Thomas Prinz is Austria’s top expert for geographic information systems and meaningful indicators in the fields of mobility, spatial planning and sustainability.