Collabora'onTechnologyforStakeholderEngagementinUrbanPlanning
RonaldKelle<SchoolofArchitecture+LandscapeArchitecture
KelloggS.BoothDepartmentofComputerScience
NargesMahyarDepartmentofComputerScience
...earlyintheprocesswhereinfluen'al(anddifficulttoreverse)
direc'onsareconsideredwithrela'velyli<leinforma'on
especiallyheredesignworkshops
therearegapsinthesuppor@ngtools...
DomainproblempublicengagementinurbandesignduringdesignworkshopsToolRequirements:• Accessibletodiverseusers• Intui@ve• Connectandcommunicate• Increaseitera@on• Decrease@meandcost• Enablemeasurement
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Oursolu@on
Collaborate• Grouplevel
Analyze• Assess
Visualiza@on• Individuallevel
Intui@veImmersive
Sociallearning
Fastandearlyfeedbackvarietyofalterna@ves
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EngageUnderstandAssess
Adop@onphaseU@lizedincommunitydesignworkshops
Workshop1withpublicWorkshop2withprofessionals
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Workshop1Audience:public44par@cipants2012
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Results
• 22/37fun,easytolearnandseetheimpacts
• Impactofchoices• Understandcityplanning&itscomplexity
• Learnedfromothers
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Workshop2Audience:professionals16par@cipants2013
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Results
• #andvarietyofalterna@ves
• Visualiza@onlinkedtometrics
• Fastandearlyfeedback
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FutureDirec@ons• Connec@nghand-helddevicestoallowpersonalexplora@on/
manipula@on
• Historytorecordthedesignexplora@on’sprocess• Bookmark• Mergedesigns
• Capturingreasoningprocess• Abilitytoannotate,sketch,andtakenotes,tointegratecollabora@vehistoriesandreasoning
• Automa@csugges@onsbasedontargetvalues
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Whatisnextinresearchdirec@on
• Theneedforstructuredevalua@onframework
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Supplementarymaterials
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Conclusion
• Intui@veandeasytouseàinform,engage• Accessible:lowcostoflearning,setup,etc• Lowcost(@me,money)• Linkingvisualstonumericinfosimultaneouslyàfastandearlyfeedback
• Connectandcommunicate
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Interdisciplinaryteam
ComputerScience Architecture Planning16
Problem
• Usingvisualiza@ontechniquesforenhancingpublicpar@cipa@oninplanninganddesign.
Al-Kodmany,1999
• keychallenges:gainabegerunderstandingoftooldesignforpublicengagement.
Marthuretal.,2007
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Analysis&Metrics
• #andvarietyofalterna@ves• Acceptance• Confidence• Real@mefeedback&measuredVis
• Engage,Inform,Involve,Collaborate
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Qualita@vefeedback:Revelstoke• “Toolswerehelpfulinunderstandingsomeimpactsofchoices”.
• “IlearnedalotfromJasonandFraserabouthowdevelopersandplannersthink”.
• “Therearealotofdetailstoconsiderwhendoingurbanplanning!”
• “Understandingcityplanninganditsramifica@ons.”
• “Informa@ve:interes@ngtoseeeveryone’sviews”
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Paper Physical CommunityViz
URP Ourtool
neighbourhoodspecific✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
accessibletodiverseusers ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓intui@veinterface
✓ ✓ ≈ ✓ ✓enabledialogue
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓increaseitera@on ≈ ✗ ≈ ≈ ✓decrease@meandcost
✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓enablemeasurement
✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ≈openarchitecture NA ✗ ✓ ✓
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NA
Quan@ta@vemeasure•Totalpopula@ondensity•Totaljobs•Totalenergyconsump@on•Transitdensity•Landusediversity•Pedestrianconnec@vity
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empower
collaborate
involve
consult
informshareinforma@on
makeordelegatedecisionsaboutop@ons
par@cipateingenera@ngandtes@ngop@ons
contribute,andlearnaboutothers’,feedback
increasin
glevelsofengagem
ent
par@cipateindefiningop@ons
howmuchengagement?
mul@-touchworkspace
projecteddisplays
calcula@onwidgets
real@me3-Dimages
seeingandmeasuringalterna'vesdynamically
...inreal'me
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