SilaCities/Work
14 engagements · 6 cities · 4 sectors

Selected fieldwork. The questions cities used GUS to answer.

Engagements with governments, consultancies, developers and consortia. The numbers on each card are what our clients actually reported.

A GUS workspace running across an engagement, all evidence on one neighbourhood grid
PLATE I · Fig. 01A GUS workspace running across an engagement, all evidence on one neighbourhood grid. Source: GUS / Map View.
14
Engagements
6
Cities · MENA and EU
4.5M+
Data points analysed
11
Partners · consortia
01Featured engagement

Rome. A city planned around its citizens.

01 / 14 · Rome MunicipalityRome satisfaction framework, 15 service domains scored 0-10Rome
DeliveredRome MunicipalityAtlasGUS Consult

A vision for Rome. A city planned around how its citizens live.

We deployed our dual-layer satisfaction framework across Rome, processing millions of data points to map how Romans actually experience services, neighbourhoods and public space. In association with Arcadis Consortium.

15
Service domains · 0-10
11
SDG-aligned categories
2024
Delivered
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02Selected work

And from elsewhere in the book.

Governments, consultancies, developers. Same platform, different questions.

02 / 14 · RCRCRiyadh, 12 topics x 81 subtopics heatmapRiyadh
New Riyadh PlanRiyadh · RCRC
DeliveredAtlasGUS Consult

The New Riyadh Plan. Community intelligence for one of the world’s most ambitious transformations.

Full-spectrum sentiment and liveability analysis covering 12 urban topics and 81 subtopics across every district of Riyadh. In association with AtkinsRéalis.

4.5M
data points
81
subtopics
2024
delivered
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03 / 14 · DMTMusaffah, 189K workers, 20% of Abu Dhabi GDPMusaffah · Abu Dhabi
Musaffah regenerationAbu Dhabi · DMT
DeliveredAtlasData mgmt

The industrial revolution. Reimagining one of the UAE’s largest industrial zones.

Spatial GDP modelling, employment profiling and sentiment mapping revealed the lived reality of a district underserved by its own growth. In association with Meinhardt.

189K
workers
20%
of AD GDP
2025
delivered
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04 / 14 · RTARTA Dubai, 24-hour mobility, before and after flex workDubai · RTA
Flex-work impactsDubai · RTA
DeliveredAtlasCorrelation

Unintended consequences. What flexible work did to the city nobody asked.

Using real-time traffic, land use and behavioural data, we mapped how shifting work patterns were quietly reshaping spatial and temporal demand across Dubai. In association with AtkinsRéalis.

24h
curves · before/after
Live
mobility feeds
2024
delivered
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05 / 14 · CADCCADC Riyadh Social Atlas, 5 Action Areas, 10K+ placesCentral Riyadh · CADC
Central Riyadh regenerationRiyadh · CADC
DeliveredAtlasFieldnotes

Regenerating Riyadh. A Social Atlas of the historic centre.

Employment clusters, sentiment by district, activity by time-of-day and user demographics across five Action Areas and three Key Sites. In association with Schiattarella Associati and GEHL.

100K+
social posts
10K+
places
2025
delivered
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06 / 14 · MODONMODON, Reem and Maryah island diagnostic, day and nightReem Island · MODON
Reem Island liveabilityAbu Dhabi · MODON
DeliveredAtlasFieldnotes

An island understood. How Reem and Maryah actually function.

Movement patterns, visitor experience and worker activity revealed critical gaps in after-hours vibrancy and strategies to activate mixed-use potential. A read on what is actually happening on the ground.

2
islands profiled
24h
activity mapped
2025
delivered
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