Development/Upscaling of a digital neighborhood platform
ARE model project sustainable spatial development 2020-2024
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Bernadette Sütterlin
- Deputy of project leader : Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi
- Project team : Prof. Vicente Carabias-Hütter
- Project budget : CHF 180'000
- Project status : ongoing
- Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung ARE)
- Project partner : Stadt Winterthur, anthrazit AG
- Contact person : Bernadette Sütterlin
Description
In order to take a further step towards the "Smart City", an
interactive digital community platform is being developed and
launched for the city of Winterthur at neighborhood level. The
platform aims to expand interaction and participation in the
neighborhood as well as bidirectional communication between the
neighborhood and the city by adding digital functions, thereby
enhancing the quality of life.
In order to better exploit the potential of the digital
neighborhood platform and to expand its possibilities, the next
step will be to optimize it with regard to various aspects:
1. the tool should be better tailored to the needs of the
neighborhood residents by optimizing the structure of the tool,
integrating new functionalities and better channeling the
needs.
2. to make better use of synergies and thus resources,
cross-departmental and combinable needs in the tool should be
better aligned and coordinated and networked with other
platforms.
3. in order to activate social groups that are difficult to
reach (hard to reach) and to integrate them into the participation
process, the tool is to be optimized in terms of usability and
language aspects for these groups.
4. with regard to scaling the tool to other neighborhoods, a
concept for networking the individual neighborhood platforms will
be developed in the final part of the project. In addition, the
tool will be tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of
each neighbourhood and will contribute to the further development
of Smart City Winterthur.
In summary, this project will develop a concept for the design of the structure and process sequence of a digital, scalable neighborhood platform that allows for a cross-departmental, customized approach to the needs of the neighborhood residents and an efficient exchange between neighborhood residents and the city.