Augmented Urbans: Enhancing Openness of Urban Planning Process via XR & Service Design

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1 Augmented Urbans: Enhancing Openness of Urban Planning Process via XR & Service Design EU Design Days Digitalisation & Design Brussels Nov 14, 2018 Päivi Keränen Project manager Augmented Urbans Metropolia University of Applied Sciences 1

2 Metropolia UAS in brief - A multidisciplinary university of applied sciences, the largest in Finland - 16,500 students, 1,000 staff - 2,670 Bachelor s and 390 Master s graduates in 2017, including also Design BA and MA - One of the first ones in world to offer Degree in XR Design - Functional City for People as one of the key aspiration for societal impact and RDI Establishing Helsinki XR Center together with City of Helsinki, Business Finland and FIVR to accelerate the collaboration between research, education, global companies and startups. Activities will launch in beginning of

3 Visionary, Participatory Planning and Integrated Management for Resilient Cities 3

4 Augmenting urban planning process? 4

5 Timeline 5

6 Timeline Participation 6

7 Timeline Participation Tecnology 7

8 Stocksnap EXTENDED REALITY (XR) all real-and-virtual combined environments and human-machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) an Interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment Unsplash AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are "augmented" by computergenerated perceptual information. 8

9 DURATION 3/2018 2/2021 FUNDING Central Baltic Interreg TOTAL BUDGET 2.03 MEUR ERDF FUNDING 1.59 MEUR University of Gävle Gavlegårdarna Metropolia UAS City of Helsinki City of Vantaa 5 Local Actions i.e. on-going urban planning processes used as test cases to try out XR tools Stockholm Resilience Centre City of Stockholm Stockholm County Board KOD Architects Tallinn University City of Tallinn Municipality of Viimsi Municipality of Cesis Riga Planning Region 9

10 OBJECTIVES Co-developing and implementing PARTICIPATORY PLANNING PROCESSES, and integrated urban plans for urban resilience Strengthening the collaboration in SOLVING ISSUES OF URBAN RESILIENCE within partner regions and in the Central Baltic area Increasing planners and practitioners EXPERTISE OF EXTENDED REALITY AS TOOL in design and development for resilient cities 10

11 PROCESS Discover Insight into the problem Define The are to focus upon Develop Potential solutions Deliver Solutions that work Problem definition Problem or challence Design brief Solution 11

12 ACTORS Property Owners XR Developers Urban Activists Local Residents Technology Experts Designers Regional Participation Landscape Urban Governance Actors Planners Architects PUBLIC AUTHORITIES Architects Sustainability Urban Planners Science & Resilience RESEARCHERS & STUDENTS 12

13 ACTORS Property Owners XR Developers Urban Activists Local Residents Technology Experts Designers Regional Participation Landscape Urban Governance Actors Planners Architects PUBLIC AUTHORITIES Architects Sustainability Urban Planners Science & Resilience RESEARCHERS & STUDENTS 13

14 THE ROLE OF DESIGN(ER) Facilitation of joint process between different experts interpreting translating visualising - prototyping validating Ability to deal with uncertainty of an open-ended development and joint learning process Focus on the content, the purpose and meaning of the solution Starting from why? then how? and only then what? Understanding what data is needed 14

15 THUS FAR: EXPLORING 5 BENCHMARK CITIES 15

16 PRACTICAL LEARNINGS THUS FAR Keep it simple Content is the key: Use technology for what you need, not just for what you can AR/VR should be used in parallel, still a need also for physical participation workshops Working with XR: Iterate - Prototype - Test EARLY Participation can also be fun Not (m)any existing XR applications to address urban resilience 16

17 XR IN PARTICIPATORY PROCESS FOR DE- EMONATIONALISING PUBLIC DISCUSSION? Ability to make things visible and create understanding of root causes of issues and thus base the conversations more on the facts On the other hand XR is experience that has potential to evoke empathy... Pictures may give the facts but new technology transmits physical experience 17

18 THANK YOU! FOLLOW OUR 18

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20 PLANNED ACTIVITIES LOCAL ACTIONS in partner cities utilising EXTENDED REALITY tools - implemented in two iteration rounds - resulting into INTEGRATED URBAN PLANS THREE PLANNERS FORUM events for sharing findings & experiences + LOCAL FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOPS to contribute towards local actions THREE STUDY VISITS to benchmark cities TWO XR DESIGN STUDIOS for design/media/architecture students supporting local actions MULTIDISCIPLINARY ADVISORY BOARD comprised of partner experts to facilitate local pilots MATRIX OF INDICATORS & POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS for integrated planning supporting urban sustainability and resilience FINAL EXHIBITION in all partner cities and in Brussels to showcase findings 20