Augmenting the citytensions and opportunitiesfor supporting event-rich,place-based living
Alessandro [email protected]
Newcastle University
i-what?
ubiquitousdigitalvirtualcyber
electronic(...)
city
• Need picture of central urban motorway here
‘universal utility’ Vs ‘local events’
Be somewhere but act somewhere
else Tap into remote-ness
Socially active but place passive
Tap into place Make something
happen there Present
Tensions (and opportunities)
Mixing places/scalesGlobal/regionalappears in placePlace has global
penetrationMany ‘locations’ in one
DisorientationLoss of contextLoss of local meaningLoss of character (too many, too different things going on)Isolation (i-pod effect)
Increased visibility, accessibility
and permeabilityEnhanced public-ness
Multi-modal placesNew activities
More reasons to be ‘there’
Mixing private and public(and personal/social)
Public can ‘invade’ privatePrivate can overcome public
Mixing usesMulti-layering of spaces and
activities
•Work on space/place (not technology) holistically in multi-disciplinary teams
Visualise/materialise thresholds. Purposefully
combine physical and digital
•Respect/exploit ‘hereness’ and ‘thereness’
Link places, but avoid incoherence
•Keep to ‘transactional’ scale – local short-range tech
•Allow for character-building, place identity
•Balance flexibility/serendipity and character
Avoid ‘anything, anytime, anywhere’
•Activities and events
•Exchanges and ‘markets’
Introduce social/shared spatial augmentation
•Respect/exploit social context: let communities ‘pull’ and design – Places ARE different
•‘open source’ augmented places – or areas within
Allow for participation and pro-activity
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