What is it about?
The article presents our research that has developed participatory urban design decision-making interfaces for the early stage of design. We produced a parametric integrated system to generate urban configurations that relate to functional areas, land-divisions, construction cost and possible revenue. Our interface can engage stakeholders in urban design decision-making processes.
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The research presents instruments to cater to urban parameters according to the interests of the designer and the need of the design context. As a proof of concept, we have tested the interface in a low-density suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. We conclude the paper with an overview of our virtual design communication instruments that offer further participatory engagement throughout an urban design process.
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Recent developments in VR allow for novel engagement in participatory urban design. Despite that any design approach cannot include and address all items that are relevant or needed during a design process, VR design instruments offer additionality via their real-time generation and visualisation possibilities that are unmatched in conventional realms. Our VR instruments for urban design decision-making processes illustrate how they enable participatory design engagements to reduce the gap between top-down and bottom-up urban design processes.
Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel
Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
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This page is a summary of: Virtual Instruments for Urban Design Decision-Making Process, Advancements in Civil Engineering & Technology, September 2018, Crimson Publishers,
DOI: 10.31031/acet.2018.02.000534.
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