Jack graduated from Architecture at UNSW in 1997 and has completed a PhD in 2008 entitled 'A Spatial Decision Support System for the Management of Public Housing'. He has maintained a private consultancy for a decade specialising in high-end CAD, GIS and digital urban design/planning projects. He has developed a range of animations including Sustainable Sydney 2030, the 15th Asian Games, Doha 2006 opening ceremony and the winning Thallis/Berkemeier/Irwin East Darling Harbour competition entry. Jack's clients have included SGS Economics and Planning, Peddle Thorp and Walker Architects, National Parks and Wildlife Service, City of Sydney Council, NSW Department of Housing, UrbisJHD and Lacoste Stevenson Architects.
Jack is currently part of the UrbanIT team; winning a major reseach grant to develop urban information modelling technologies. This project is developing a framework for 3D city models using semantic web protocols with the aim of developing a better capacity to measure and monitor triple bottom-line sustainability initiatives and integrate geographic information with 3D building models. The project is funded by the Australian Research Council and in partnership with City of Sydney Council, the NSW Department of Planning and Landcom.
Professional affiliation and membership
- Jack Barton Digital Design, Principal
- City Futures Research Centre, UrbanIT Research Fellow
Teaching
1999- Current: Digital Drawing Body Sculpture
2001- Current: Urban Modelling: Special Elective
2008- Co-Coordinator Masters Summer Design Studio
2002- 2003: BEPP: Built Environment Preparatory Program for Indigenous Students
2002- 2003: Urban Design Tutor
2002- 2007: CAD & Visualisation: Postgraduate Core Subject
2002: Architectural Visualisations: "Radical architect: John Horbury Hunt", Museum of Sydney
Research
An Integrated Information Model to Support Metropolitan Planning, Management and Analysis
Planning for Socially Sustainable Renewal in Suburban Sydney
Recent Publications
Papers
Barton, J., 2008, UrbanIT: Harnessing Urban Ontologies to Better Support Urban Sustainability. Extended Abstract, 3dGeoInfo08. Seoul, Korea
Barton, J., and Plume, J., 2008, Working Toward Urban Sustainability for Inner-City Development. Proceedings from the 10th Annual Sharjah Urban Planning Symposium, American University of Sharjah, 2008
Barton, J., and Plume, J., 2006, A Geospatial Approach to Managing Public Housing on Superlots, Abdul-Rahman, A., Zlatanova, S., Coors, V. (eds.), Innovations in 3D Geoinformation Science, Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, Pages 615-628
Barton, J., Plume, J. & Parolin, B., 2005, Public Participation In A Spatial Decision Support System For Public Housing, Longley, P. (ed) Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 29, Issue 6, November 2005, Pages 630-652
Judd, B., Samuels, R. and Barton, J, 2005, "The Effectiveness of Strategies for Crime Reduction in Areas of Public Housing Concentration" State of Australian Cities, Brisbane, 30th Nov to 2nd Dec 2005
Parolin, B., Barton, J., Weiley, V., 2004, A Spatial Decision Support System for the Management of Public Housing: Case Studies and Approaches to Interactive Visualisation, Van Leeuwen, J. and Timmermans, H. (eds.) Recent Advances in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 69-84
Plume, J., Parolin, B., Barton, J., 2004, "Public Participation In A Spatial Decision Support System For Public Housing", in Proceedings of the 24th Urban Data Management Symposium, Chioggia - Venice, Italy, October 27-29, 2004
Samuels, R., Judd, B., OBrien, B. and Barton, J., 2004, Linkages Between Housing, Polilcing and Other Interventions for Crime and Harassment Reduction in Areas with Public Housing Concentrations. Final Report. Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria
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Chapters
Barton, J., and Plume, J., 2006, A Geospatial Approach to Managing Public Housing on Superlots, Abdul-Rahman, A., Zlatanova, S., Coors, V. (eds.), Innovations in 3D Geoinformation Science, Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, Pages 615-628
Barton, J., Plume, J. & Parolin, B., 2005, Public Participation In A Spatial Decision Support System For Public Housing, Longley, P. (ed) Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 29, Issue 6, November 2005, Pages 630-652
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