2023 a public space odyssey
&beyond :
Investigate and establish the fascinating relationships between contemporary human behaviour, public realm and digital technologies.
Aim
Identify a possible approach to envision a future where the boundaries between the digital and the physical dimensions are bridged.
Research questions
What is the contemporary image of the city?
What is the mechanism of human spatial perception in the public realm?
How does the technology layer transform the perception and experience of public spaces?
How can innovative design approaches create public spaces of the future?
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Understanding the image of the city
Spatial perception & technology
Speculated futures Metadesign & Conclusions
Studied the conventional city elements that make up the image and drew parallels in the contemporary era that make up the new image of the city.
Studied the mechanism of spatial perception of the public realm with all senses and the role of digital technology in placemaking with the help of casestudies.
Looking back at the future where there was an enormous progress in the rate of change in the character of spaces through fictional and non fictional visions and understanding and trying to project the current trends.
Structure
1.Components constructing the image of a city after experience 1.Experience and perception 1.Immaginary places & technology 2.Virtual image preceeding/ simultaneous with the experience 2.Technology & Placemaking 2.Virtual worlds 3.Reality & Virtuality 1. Path/Movement & Flow 2. Edges/Enclosures 3. Districts/Visual interest & variation 4. Nodes/Hierarchy 5. Landmarks/Focal points 6. People 1. Sensory experience 2. Socio cultural experience 3. Memory 4. Information & Vision 1. Utopia 2. Dystopia 1. Individual’s private bubble 2. Digital Maps 3. Virtual boundaries 4. Screens 5. Social media as city’s virtual twin 1. Light 2. Screens 3. Projections 4. Extended realities 1. Concept of metaverse 2. The present 1. The rise of portable individual realities
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Metadesign : Existing
Existing relationship between the physical and the virtual relms
PHYSICAL DIGITAL/VIRTUAL
The existing physical space The need for extraordianary physical spaces Solution The non space Virtual spaces ?
Metadesign : The solution
What if the physical realm can offer the experiences that keeps us hooked to the virtual realm?
From Nothing To Everything
DIGITAL/VIRTUAL
PHYSICAL
Whatitofers
Whatit
The Novelty factor Feedback Loops Variable rewards Augmented Social connections Personalization
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The solution : What?
What if the physical realm can offer the experiences that keeps us hooked to the virtual realm?
The Novelty factor Feedback Loops Variable rewards Augmented Social connections Personalization
The solution : How?
How is the future public space constructed?
RELATIONSHIPS
INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES
PHYSICAL SPACE
TECHNOLOGY LAYER
PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES
TIME & TEMPORARINESS
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The solution : How?
EVERYTHING NOTHING THE SPECTRUM OF SPACES BY ALTERING THE RELATIONSHIPS Blank space Space of choice Inbetween Curated community space Everything everywhere all at once
The solution : How?
YES
BLANK SPACE
The solution : How?
NO
SPACE OF CHOICE
The solution : How?
INBETWEEN NO
YES
CURATED PUBLIC SPACE The solution : How?
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
The solution : How?
NO
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