Abstract
Both policy and research highlight the importance of diverse stakeholder input in urban development processes but visualizing future built environments and creating two-way design communication for non-expert stakeholders are challenging. The present study develops an intuitive and simplified 3D modeling platform that integrates web-based desktop, virtual reality and mobile augmented reality technologies for remote simultaneous urban design collaboration. Through iterative prototyping, based on two series of workshops with stakeholders, the study resulted in such an integrated platform as a minimum viable product as well as specifications for a minimum marketable product to be used in real projects. Further study is required to evaluate the minimum level of detail in the 3D modeling necessary for good perception of scale and environmental impact simulation.
Highlights
The importance of encouraging a diversity of stakeholders to be engaged in urban planning and design through participation and dialogues in all phases of development of the built environment—envisioning, designing, construction and maintenance—is stressed in both policy [1,2,3] and research [4,5]
Urban planning and design involve complex challenges that require a wide range of solutions, a diversity best supported through the engagement of many different stakeholders [6,7,8,9,10] supplying valuable knowledge developed through the complex relationship between local stakeholders and urban landscapes [11]
The basic rudimentary prototype platform used as a starting point for minimum viable product (MVP) development is presented
Summary
The importance of encouraging a diversity of stakeholders to be engaged in urban planning and design through participation and dialogues in all phases of development of the built environment—envisioning, designing, construction and maintenance—is stressed in both policy [1,2,3] and research [4,5]. Urban planning and design involve complex challenges that require a wide range of solutions, a diversity best supported through the engagement of many different stakeholders [6,7,8,9,10] supplying valuable knowledge developed through the complex relationship between local stakeholders and urban landscapes [11]. This is especially evident during this time of significant global issues, including climate challenges [12], financial crisis [13], and, more recently, the global pandemic [14]. This has been both demonstrated and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, charging the challenges of facilitating remote working and collaboration [22,23]
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