Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool.

Belkouri, Daria; Dounas, Theodoros

Abstract

The urban planning discipline is increasingly turning to specialized technologies to better understand the multiple and complex processes within cities. Automation is already reshaping infrastructure and urban ecosystems. This study seeks to reconciliate technological agency and creative research methods by utilising laser scanning technology to increase community participation in planning and speculate about urban possibilities of using walking and pedestrian viewpoints as drivers for urban design. This research employs hybrid methods, on the one hand the simple act of walking and on the other hand visualising the urban space using a 3D laser scanner. This mixed technique makes it possible to increase the perception of individuals with respect to urban space, becoming more aware of it and coming into greater contact with it generating ideas about spaces encountered on the route.

Citation

BELKOURI, D. and DOUNAS, T. 2024. Digital creativity in urban interventions: using technology as an engagement and idea inducing tool. In Di Marco, G., Lombardi, D. and Tedjosaputro, M. (eds.) Creativity in the age of digital reproduction: proceedings of the 1st xArch symposium (xArch 2023), 11-12 November 2023, Suzhou, China. Lecture notes in civil engineering, 343. Singapore: Springer [online], pages 103-110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0621-1_13

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 1st xArch symposium (xArch 2023)
• Start Date: Nov 11, 2023
• End Date: Nov 12, 2023
• Acceptance Date: Sep 22, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 24, 2024
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2024
• Deposit Date: Mar 7, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 25, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 103-110
• Series Title: Lecture notes in civil engineering
• Series Number: 343
• Series ISSN: 2366-2557; 2366-2565
• Book Title: Creativity in the age of digital reproduction
• ISBN: 9789819706204; 9789819706235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0621-1_13
• Keywords: Urban planning; Laser scanning; Community participation
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2256364