From Urban Concept to Urban Engineering: The Contribution of Distributed Collaborative Design to the Management of Urban Projects

Abstract

The complexity of urban systems is an increasingly common topic in academic literature. Following in the footsteps of the industrial sector, which has understood this issue for many years now, urban engineering must also tackle the challenges created by complex systems. Industrial engineering has provided a number of responses to this challenge, including design technologies, which are notably collaborative. It seems possible, at least in theory, to transfer a number of best practice methods and adapt these to the conceptualisation of urban development projects (in the initial phase) in order to encourage their global management (in terms of strategic decision-making) and their social acceptability. The challenge is then to formulate new methodological models, as well as to create an environment dedicated to their application.

Study case: Living Lab Mode for urban project design: Emergence of an ad hoc methodology through collaborative innovation

“…Our study case, observed during a lon embraces a large variety of involvements o the co-design process of the urban pr neighborhood project in Living Lab mode i operational contributions on mobility shown, usage to experimentation of co-created solutio Some methods and postures from indus are adapted and shared with actors of the lo the logic of distributed collaborative design project [8], a technological transfer is engag modifications are proposed. In this way, an a for participatory process (tools, methods, governance (stakeholders management) is urban design, Living Lab Mode seemed to these new abilities to include users throu project.…”

“…Reference [8] shows that in urban project management in developed countries, it is more and more admitted that make professionals of urban issues collaborate and understand endusages of an urban project allow to take better strategic decisions (particularly in sustainable and economic perspectives). Despite that, during the initial stage of the design process, the citizen participation remains weak.…”

“…2-OC: Reference [13] capitalizes 6 months of "La Fabrique" experimentation (workshops of the econeighborhood "Nancy Grand Coeur" participatory process) realized in 2011 (see §III) and shows, though 26 scientific interviews (citizens, technicians, animators) among 180 mobilized persons, the specific role of the technicians from the local authority in the success of this participatory process and the valorization of usage expertise. [8] conceptualizes a distributed collaborative urban ecosystem generated by collaborative space and distributed collaborative process. This work gives conceptual framework to rethink urban project management in Living lab mode, and establishes a model for co-design.…”

“…The operational level is necessary but not sufficient to allow the local authority' technicians to learn new skills and develop new urban design approaches. Thus, as describe in our operational and conceptual contributions [8], [10], [12]- [14], the research team lead the experimentation to achieve three more global impacts which are on the organizational (tactical) plan:…”

Application of Decision-Making Methods in Smart City Projects: A Systematic Literature Review

“…In an industrial setting, concepts are the first collaborative products at the early stages of design. Concepts enable an improved formulation of the meaning, planning, and program of a project [25]. Based on concepts, models are executed as a representation of a system using general rules.…”