Integrating innovative urban design. High technology and partnerships for quality improvement
Subject Areas : Construction technologiesMostafa Basiri 1 , Behnaz Amin Nayeri 2 , Yaser Khanmohammadi 3 , Mehdi Salimi 4
1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Urban Planning, Aras International Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tabriz, Iran
3 - phd student in urban design,department of urbanism,Tabriz branch,idlamic azad,university,Tabriz,iran
4 - phd student in urban design,department of urbanism,Tabriz branch,idlamic azad,university,Tabriz,iran
Keywords: : urban design, innovation, advanced technologies, citizen participation, quality improvement,
Abstract :
In recent decades, research in urban design has primarily focused on the technological aspects of cities, often referred to as the smart city strategy. However, nowadays, citizens' concerns and interests take into account the realization that a sustainable city is not only built on good infrastructure and sustainable energy provision but also includes the opinions and feedback of citizens. This article introduces citizen design science as a new strategy for cities to integrate the ideas and desires of citizens into the urban design process. This approach combines the opportunity of crowdsourcing citizens' opinions and ideas through modern information and communication technology with active design tools. Active design feedback from city residents is recognized as a missing yet essential way to achieve a responsive city. This approach leverages the combination of crowdsourcing citizens' opinions and ideas through modern information and communication technology. Finally, the article showcases existing approaches in citizen design science and presents rapid urban analysis techniques as a practical application of this method. This toolkit allows users to manipulate geometries in specific environments, providing an opportunity for non-experts to express their ideas for their neighborhood or city. Therefore, a system is proposed to integrate citizen science and citizen design, requiring a structured evaluation process to integrate design science methods for urban design. Examples of existing approaches in citizen design science are demonstrated, and rapid urban analysis techniques are presented as an application of this method. This toolkit enables users to manipulate geometries in specific environments, offering an opportunity for non-experts to express their ideas for their neighborhood or city.
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