Minecraft As a Platform For Co-Creation Of Urban Space : A Case-Study With Teenagers

Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024, pp. 5723-5730, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Abstract

Digital tools, such as games, are one way of encouraging citizen participation in municipal redevelopment and co-creation of new ideas. In this study we have used Minecraft as a design tool to encourage participation by teenagers in urban planning. We developed a model for participation that follows roughly the ideas of the Block by Block foundation for public participation. We created a digital twin in Minecraft of an old school site that is to be redeveloped soon. We then recruited former students at the school to be participants in a planning workshop to identify possibilities for redevelopment. Our overall design goal was to lay foundation for a process of developing participative workshops employing Minecraft.

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Minecraft, Smart city, Urban design

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Rossi, S, Rossi, S, Rossi, M & Rossi, S 2024, Minecraft As a Platform For Co-Creation Of Urban Space : A Case-Study With Teenagers. in T X Bui (ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 5723-5730, Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 03/01/2024. < https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107075 >

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