Sensor Technology
Sensors play a crucial role in developing and operating Urban Digital Twins (UDTs), as they continuously collect real-time data on various aspects of a city, including air quality, traffic flow, energy consumption, and infrastructure monitoring. The sensor and time series data could be from physical Internet of Things (IoT) devices or urban simulations and analytics.
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Urban Model Builder: web-based platform for collaborative simulation models
The Urban Model Builder is a web-based tool for the collaborative creation, storage, publication, and use of simulation models. On a two-dimensional workspace, various graphical building blocks can be combined to form simulation models of any complexity. This creates a practical, user-friendly, and low-threshold approach to creating “what if” scenarios based on different data sets.
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“Creating together” – there is more than one term for this
Co-creation and co-design are key terms used to describe collaborative formats and processes. This article aims to illustrate that the distinction between the two concepts is not strict. Rather, there are fluid transitions that can vary depending on the context and application.
Based on our experience in the CUT project, criteria can be derived that can be used to classify formats within (participatory) processes. It becomes apparent that a format can rarely be clearly classified as purely co-creative or exclusively belonging to co-design. This spectrum and the corresponding classifications are illustrated by a digital tool we have developed.
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Public participation process Matthäikirchhof
Online-Schauplatz Matthäikirchhof was a participation process carried out by the City of Leipzig using the open source software DIPAS, which offered citizens the opportunity to view the designs of the urban planning competition for the Matthäikirchhof site in a 3D model, compare them, give feedback and exchange ideas with others.
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3D Project Planner – urban development with perspective
The 3D Project Planner is a digital web application that enables planners in the administration to analyze construction projects in the 3D city model based on geodata and to sketch their own urban development ideas quickly and easily.
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BIM-based coordination platform for major events
The “BIM-based coordination platform for major events” project is creating a shared digital environment in which cities and event organizers can better plan and coordinate big events. The use of digital twins and the BIM method is intended to make planning, communication and implementation more efficient, transparent and sustainable.
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Successful transfer: DIPAS implementation in Munich
An important milestone in the CUT project was reached in 2022: the implementation and testing of the DIPAS participation tool. The DIPAS.stories tool was developed in the CUT Project in Hamburg and will now also be used in Munich.
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Youth participation in the future of Munich’s city center
The city of the future is shaped by the planning decisions we make today. How do young people envision city centers and what issues concern them in their everyday lives? A youth participation event organized by the City of Munich in spring 2023 not only provided valuable insights into the perspectives of young Munich residents on their city. New digital participation formats were also tested.
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DIPAS_stories: Storytelling with maps
DIPAS_stories brings together digital citizen participation and storytelling: With DIPAS_stories, specialized maps such as noise maps, digital development plans or 3D city models can be supplemented with texts, images and videos to tell map-based stories.
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DIPAS navigator: Digital citizen participation in Hamburg
The DIPAS navigator makes all of Hamburg’s public participation processes that have been and are being carried out with the Digital Participation System (DIPAS) visible on a central website. DIPAS navigator provides key figures and statistics at a city-wide level and at the same time allows users to delve into individual public participation processes for spatial planning procedures.
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Specialist portal for the city center – The development of city centers at a glance
The specialist portal for the city center is a digital web application with which specific specialist data relevant to urban development can be displayed, analyzed and used for exchange with various stakeholders.
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Munich Climate Neutral 2035: Solutions for the development of integrated neighborhood concepts
The development and implementation of measures for climate-neutral, energy- and resource-efficient urban development ideally takes place at neighborhood level in existing buildings. In future, a development tool will be used in Munich to make the preparation and creation of integrated neighborhood concepts more efficient and transparent, thus facilitating the implementation phase.
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“FairCare Verkehr”: real-life experiment on digital tools for data collection and storytelling
The City Science Lab at HafenCity University has conducted its first real-life experiment in the CUT project on the topic of unpaid care work and mobility under the motto “FairCare Verkehr”. Two new digital tools were tested and presented: One for digital storytelling and one for data collection.
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“FairCare Verkehr”: Second real-life experiment on digital tools for a barrier-free city
With the “FairCare Verkehr” project, the CityScienceLab drew attention to the mobility needs of unpaid care workers. The second real-life experiment in the CUT project focused on the mobility of carers who look after physically or mentally impaired people. Information on barriers in urban spaces was collected using the mobile version of the Urban Data Collector.
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VR prototype – immersion in the virtual city
Virtual reality (VR) as a form of visualization offers users in integrated urban development an insight that goes far beyond the possibilities of 2D representations. 3D models make it possible to walk through future construction projects, visualize different planning variants and geodata or experience a virtual city tour.
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Urban digital twins: DIN standard “DIN SPEC 91607” as a guide for cities and municipalities
In cooperation with over 40 other experts from local authorities, associations, politics, science and business, the CUT team has spent two years developing a standard for urban digital twins. DIN SPEC 91607 “Digital Twins for Cities and Municipalities” is an important milestone for the standardization of digital twins in Germany.
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“Guide to Model Land”: Ethics guide to simulations in digital twins
With this guide, the City Science Lab provides a practical guide to ethical issues relating to digital (simulation) models for practical use in urban development.
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Digital Participation System DIPAS – Engaging in dialogue with the help of maps and geodata
The Digital Participation System (DIPAS) is an advanced open source solution that enables citizen participation both online and on site without media discontinuity. Developed by the Hamburg Ministry for Urban Development and Housing in cooperation with the State Office for Geoinformation and Surveying and the City Science Lab at HafenCity University Hamburg, DIPAS seamlessly integrates geodata and fits into existing urban IT ecosystems. This makes it a useful tool for cities and municipalities that want to effectively involve their citizens in planning processes.
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