This website is designed as a living and breathing companion website to our book ‘Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins and Futures’, whilst you are free to use this site on it’s own we would also quite like you to purchase our book as well!
Dr Paul Cureton FRSA is Senior Lecturer in Design at Imagination Lancaster, and a member of the Data Science Institute (DSI). His work focuses on spatial planning, 3D GIS modelling, and design futures. He is at the forefront of exploring the critical interface between new and emerging socio-technological relationships, such as Design for Digital Twins, Drone Futures, and innovative process-based methodologies for Future Environments like Geodesign. His recent publications include the monographs Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures (Routledge, 2025) and Drone Futures: UAS for Landscape & Urban Design (Routledge, 2020).
Elliot Hartley is a 3D GIS, digital twin and development planning professional. He is also an internationally recognised 3D geodesign expert. He is also a pioneer and an instructor in the use of Esri’s ArcGIS CityEngine for 3D city modelling and urban planning projects.
Elliot has accumulated more than 20 years of professional experience in the fields of GIS, planning, 3D urban modelling, and geodesign. He has served as a senior planner in private practice, as well as a Development Control officer within UK local authority planning departments.
He has consulted for and trained teams in some of the world’s leading planning and architectural consultancies in Europe, North America, and the Middle East. In addition, he has also provided training and services for local government/city authorities in Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
As a subject matter expert in 3D urban modelling, Elliot has spoken and conducted workshops/webinars/seminars at numerous international events on topics of planning, 3D urban modelling, and geodesign.