Collective intelligence in city design

Author:	Helena H. Rong + Juncheng Yang
Cambridge, united states, 2020

Purpose	Activation	Interconnection	Collaborating
	Raise Awareness	Educate	Visualize Needs
	Simulate Impact of Decisions	Decision Making	Designing
Co-Creation	Co-Analysis	Co-Design	Co-Implementation
	Co-Maintenance	Co-Monitoring
Outcome	Decision Making	Knowledge	Assessment
	Design	Inclusion	Awareness
	Partnership

Mechanics	Alternative Reality	Role Play	Rule Based Play
	Location Based	Simulations	Mapping
	Geolocation	Hypothesis	Metagame
Tech&Tools	Analoge Tangibles	AR / VR	Audio Visual
	Data AI	Data Collection/Visualization	Digital Interface
	Mobile
Aesthetics	Sensation	Imagination	Assemblage
	Physical Activity / Construction	Realism

Scale	Metropolitan	City	District
	Neighbourhood	Street	Undefined
Audience	Community	Planning Expert	Audience Stakeholders
	Policy Makers
Scope	Individual	Metropolitan	Small Group
	Crowd	Pre-Defined

CoDAS is a community-level open platform that combines the scale and instantaneous connectivity of the online network with the kinship created through face-to-face interaction. As a real-time geospatial information platform, CoDAS visualizes proposed changes during development, and engages community residents who are willing to voluntarily contribute to community-building and collective decision making. The tool incentivizes Ang Sila residents to participate actively into the development and design processes of the 35 acre site to ensure their own rights to Ang Sila, instead of accepting passively the outcomes of the processes led by external capitals. In the post-occupancy stage, besides keeping track of current usage of existing shared resources,  the platform may connect residents by fostering voluntary groups on various life- or business- related subjects which could help residents generate supplemental income: food tasting, seafood production, marketing, online business, and environmental preservation. With specific interests, these groups along with individuals may compete or collaborate over the use of local resources. These activities are currently organized haphazardly among residents via either word of mouth or across several social media platforms. CoDAS will allow for interconnections and unification of different subject matters within the community by providing a holistic view of the community.  In that sense, the platform facilitates a continuous conversation between different stakeholder groups and individuals on various subject matters, hence enabling collective decision-making, collaboration, and supervision.