Beauty and brains Integrating easy spatial design and advanced urban sustainability models
conference paper
This chapter contributes to the literature on the dyad creative design versus analytical assessment. It describes the challenges of creating a planning support system acceptable by designers, and reports the success of combining two planning support tools: Phoenix, an easy-to-use natural user-interface (using multitouch and physical objects input) for spatial design and Urban Strategy, a framework for integrating advanced environmental and socio-economic models for urban sustainability analysis. The systems were developed in different circumstances, contexts, by and for different groups, but their combination unlocked the key to user acceptance and adoption. Their extremely low learning curve attracts even the most technophobic stakeholders and makes use of recent advances in cloud computing for storage and processing to deliver immediate feedback. It allows anyone (especially designers) to sketch their solutions with natural movements and immediately receive feedback on key indicators of the sustainability performance, enabling iterative improvements of designs. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
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TNO Identifier
954469
ISSN
18632351
Publisher
Springer
Source title
Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development : Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, 13th International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, CUPUM 2013, 2 July 2013 through 5 July 2013
Editor(s)
Geertman, S.
Toppen, F.
Stillwell, J.
Toppen, F.
Stillwell, J.
Place of publication
Berlin
Pages
469-484
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