cities

Ciutat Vella’s Land-use Plan

300.000 Km/s (ES)

Big Data, KDD and Citizen Participation to Ensure Coexistence between Economic Activity and Citizens’ Quality of Life The project embodies a new way of making urban planning. Fueled by massive information (open data and big data) and complemented with qualitative data arising from citizen participation, the project applies novel methodologies of spatial analysis based on machine learning and artificial intelligence to inform, simulate, and draft a public policy that puts the focus on preserving liveability in cities.

The need for a digital revolution in our cities

Prix BLOXHUB Interactive, Ars Electronica

By 2030, an estimated 5 billion will be living in the world’s major cities. Based on UN Sustainable Development Goal 11.3, the international prize Prix BLOXHUB Interactive has been established to enable human-centered, digital solutions to the global challenges brought on by rapid urbanization.

Prix BLOXHUB Interactive – how can we make cities more livable using digital technology?

Working at the intersection between Space, Technology and Behavior, the initiative was developed by The Alexandra Institute (DK), BLOXHUB (DK) and Ars Electronica (AT). Together, the partners wished to join forces in gathering and building new knowledge that can help companies, creatives and researchers achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 11; to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.