Towards e-Cities: An Atlas to Enhance the Public Realm Through Interactive Urban Cyber-Physical Devices

Paulo Cruz, Ivo Oliveira, Bruno Figueiredo, João Lopes, Paulo Freitas

2023

Abstract

Cyber-physical devices are the backbone of a postdigital society in which the virtual and real spaces are seamlessly integrated by ubiquitous computing and networking. The incorporation of such devices in public space is a central subject of a strategic Research Project that gathers a multidisciplinary team from architecture, product design, polymer science and ICT R&D units. This paper frames the key roles of public space and ICTs for UN Sustainable Development Goals and sustainable smart cities. It also reports the architecture R&D unit review on the relations between public space, community, environment and digital interfaces. This review was materialized in an Atlas that collects, classifies and relates a corpus of heterogeneous urban cyber-physical projects case studies. We expand on three main framing concepts (Digital Twin, Interface, Awareness) and identify trends on the devices’ design and deployment strategies to counteract digitally hostile environments and early obsolescence. We also suggest the rising of new types of urban devices aiming at expanding the liveliness of urban places, the knowledge of urban life and the users’ environmental consciousness. The lessons learned from the Atlas fed the design guidelines for a developing demonstrator of a new breed of environmentally sensible interactive urban devices.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cruz P., Oliveira I., Figueiredo B., Lopes J. and Freitas P. (2023). Towards e-Cities: An Atlas to Enhance the Public Realm Through Interactive Urban Cyber-Physical Devices. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-651-4, SciTePress, pages 58-69. DOI: 10.5220/0011975500003491

in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens23,
author={Paulo Cruz and Ivo Oliveira and Bruno Figueiredo and João Lopes and Paulo Freitas},
title={Towards e-Cities: An Atlas to Enhance the Public Realm Through Interactive Urban Cyber-Physical Devices},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2023},
pages={58-69},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011975500003491},
isbn={978-989-758-651-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - Towards e-Cities: An Atlas to Enhance the Public Realm Through Interactive Urban Cyber-Physical Devices
SN - 978-989-758-651-4
AU - Cruz P.
AU - Oliveira I.
AU - Figueiredo B.
AU - Lopes J.
AU - Freitas P.
PY - 2023
SP - 58
EP - 69
DO - 10.5220/0011975500003491
PB - SciTePress