Everyone is an Urbanist with CIIM!

Everyone is an Urbanist with CIIM! – 有信模,谁都是规划师！

Future Plus Academy – 未来+ 学院

“People’s City Built by People” has always been one of the slogans guiding China’s urban construction, emphasizing the idea that city is of, by and for the people. While China’s urban planning mechanism aims to encourage more public participation, its excluding professional practices and abstract expressions make it difficult for the general public to get involved.

It is time to break out of this dilemma of urban planning through tool innovation. Future Plus team members are going to put our imagination into action: Research and Develop “CIIM” – a smart interactive game or model that turns common people to urban designers/ planners.

Participants will be asked to choose any sites that they are familiar with, such as the central area of Shenzhen where 2019 UABB is located. The game allows participants to simulate an urban space by using the digital and physical models generated as a result of participants’ interaction with CIIM. Participants could assume different roles (urban planners, policy-makers, common people and individual developers) and apply varied planning theories to see how perspectives held by different stakeholders could result in drastically different planning. Participants could also take photos with the “cities” they designed and share them with their friends on social media platforms.

Could “Everyone Is an Urbanist” make “People’s City Built by People” possible? Let’s play first!

“人民城市人民建”一直是中国城市建设的理想口号，强调了城市属于、服务于、创造自人民的主张。而中国的城市规划机制在鼓励公共参与的同时，其闭门的专业编制和抽象的成果表达也在阻碍着公共参与。

这种长期的城市规划困境是时候通过工具创新来改变了。未来＋团队成员将长期的疑惑、思考和畅想诉诸行动：研发“信模”（CIIM）——一款支持普通公众成为城市设计师的智能互动模型/游戏。

游戏将从参与者熟悉的任何一个空间开始，例如本届深双所在的深圳中心区，通过与信模系统的互动，即时生成数字化和实体模型来模拟自己想要的城市空间。参与者可尝试扮演不同角色，如城市规划师、政策制定者、普通百姓或个人开发商，并运用各种规划理论来体验不同角色的立场，和不同规则导致的城市开发模式及结果的差异，还可以与自己设计的城市合影并分享到朋友圈。

“人人都是城市设计师”能否使“人民城市人民建”成为可能呢？让我们先玩儿起来！

Credits:

Huang Weiwen 黄伟文, Chen Xue 陈雪, Dong Xu 董旭.