CO-CREATING THE 15-MINUTE CITY - (Hosted within track 3: Mobility)

Organizers

Piotr Lorens, Gdańsk University of Technology

Contributors

Lucyna Nyka, Gdańsk University of Technology
Astrid Krisch, University of Oxford
Nurgul Yardim Mericliler, Oxford Brookes University
Jan Cudzik, Gdańsk University of Technology

The concept of the 15-minute city has been widely discussed in literature and urban planning and design practice over the last few years. Emerging from the compact city idea, Carlos Moreno developed it further and transformed it into a more comprehensive vision. As a result, it caught the attention of researchers, local government leaders, and practitioners worldwide, with special attention paid to this in Europe. 

The same applies to various approaches to public participation and the co-creation of contemporary cities. Coming from the original concepts emerging from the “ladder of participation”, they found their way to planning practice and have become some sort of a standard. In addition, the more developed concepts of co-creation of urban spaces have been developed.

However, there is still little experience in applying this co-creation philosophy to the process of shaping the compact, 15-minute city. In addition, there is also little connection between the process of shaping the 15-minute cities and employing the innovative tools, methods, and techniques associated with participation, including Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality based ones. 

Within this session, there will be discussed issues in shaping the usage of these innovative tools, methods, and techniques associated with public participation in the process of shaping the 15-minute city and placemaking. In addition, the possibility of combining them with more traditional ones – including usage of the physical models and maps – will be discussed. 

These presentations and follow-up discussions will be based on the preliminary results of the on-going Driving Urban Transition ENACT (Envisioning Neighbourhoods and Co-Creating Thriving Communities in the 15-Minute City) project based on four Urban Living Labs, organized in Trondheim, Gdansk, Valencia, and Oxford. The objectives of the project include:

1. To understand how co-creation methods and state of the art tools can be used in combination to achieve more inclusive, accessible, attractive and sustainable public spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.

2. To develop, test and validate physical and operational interventions that will influence people's ability to use active transport in (sub)urban areas within the context of four different Urban Living Labs (ULL).

3. To disseminate recommendations for realizing the 15mC and identify how barriers to their implementation can be overcome, to maximize transferability and scalability.

As a result, the proposed round table will allow discussion on the creation of the people-centered 15-minute city and how digital tools can be associated with stimulating and enabling public participation and co-creation of space and placemaking.

Key words: Co-creation; 15-minute city; public participation; innovative participation tools