STATT DATEN STADTDATEN
KEYWORDS: RESEARCH; SITUATED VIZUALISATION; SPATIAL DATA; PARTICIPATION; SIMULATION
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"Where to go next?" is part of the research
project "Statt Daten Stadtdaten" by the Institute for Design Strategies (IDS) at the
Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe
in collaboration with the city of Detmold.
Over the next four years, we will explore
how data collected in urban spaces can be made publicly accessible and used for the
common good.
The project is part of the Smart City
funding program of the BMWSB (Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural
Affairs). During the Detmold Design Week (DDW), we are testing an important principle of the research project.
Data, in this case the number of visitors at
selected exhibition sites, is collected in real-time and visualized on-site (so-called situated visualization). Recommendations
for the next location to visit are given at
each site based on the utilization of surrounding locations.
The data from all locations is also
presented centrally on a map at location 1.
The aim of this installation is to evaluate
the willingness of citizens to follow
computer generated data based
recommendations. For this reason, a survey was carried out.
In relation to the overall project, the
experiences gathered here will help to develop concepts for various datasets that emerge in urban spaces, and consider how
they can be easily visualized on-site to
help citizens in their daily lives. The focus is particularly on integration into
the built environment, which appeals to all sections of the population.
The vizualisation interface should be integrated in the urban space in universal and inclusive way.
The graphic below shows a simple example of this, but the plan is to expand this
principle to other fields such as sustainability, consumption, and mobility with more advanced ways of visualiza
