"Imagining Future Cities" serves as both a platform for co-creating cities and a participatory modular tool, inviting citizens to step in and portray their visions through the creations of "My City Modules." These visualized city models reflect individual aspirations for urban planning, linking current local needs with future possibilities. Every step taken in the city reverberates its past histories, memories, conflicts and collaborations, highlighting how people perceive the city they live in and how the city, in turn, shapes their lives. These aspects will serve as key insights for urban planners.
Who designs our cities? Who decides what they should look like? As civic engagement becomes a cornerstone for modern urban design, we offer an alternative for constant public participation in urban planning. In the face of looming challenges, together we hope to build a city that is more fitting, desirable and achievable in the future.
A4 Imagining Future Cities
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Where do urban policies come from? What role does design play in them? Initiated by the Strategic Foresight Research & Development Section of the Taiwan Design Research Institute, "Imagining Future Cities" seeks to approach these questions via participatory design. The initiative examines how design can foster co-creation and engagement in public spaces. Can design serve as a key innovative factor in urban governance? By exploring the virtual concepts behind the pipelines for urban development visions, this project finds future innovation opportunities in governments and citizens.
ES is a company dedicated to providing customized solutions in interactive effects, UI/UX design, and visual design. We specialize in starting from the brand's core and working with clients to explore the digital experience of their brand.
Cooperative Partners
Executive Organizer|TDRI City Studies&ES design
Project PI|Shyh-Nan Liou, Angela Sher, Nancy Chen
Content Curator|I-Hao Liao
Exhibition Coordinator | Eason Chiu
Project Management|Ying-Yi Hsieh
Research Execution|Vincent Lin, Yu-Tang Hsueh,Chefen Ouyang
Project Manager | Ingia Wu
Visual Director | Constance Chen
Lead Visual Designer | Constance Chen
Space Designer|Eason Chiu
Space Coordinator | Melody Wang, Ingia Wu
Interactive UI Developer | Les Lai
3D Model Designer | Peter Tsai
Game Developer | Tommy Liu