{"id":6250,"date":"2022-01-18T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.t-factor.eu\/?p=6250"},"modified":"2022-04-23T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:37:02","slug":"kick-starting-digital-placemaking-in-kaunas-innovation-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleksotas.t-factor.eu\/?p=6250","title":{"rendered":"Kick-starting digital placemaking in Kaunas Innovation Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6250\" class=\"elementor elementor-6250\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d895c9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"d895c9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22e5c65\" data-id=\"22e5c65\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b50028a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b50028a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.4 - 13-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How digital means can help create the identity of a place that does not yet exist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381a798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"381a798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The \u201cExtremely Vast and Incredibly Close Future\u201d workshop\u00a0invited inhabitants of Aleksotas and Kaunas (Lithuania) to <strong>imagine together<\/strong> how to use the site of the ancient military base that soon will host the Aleksotas Innovation Park (AIIP). It was designed by T-Lab 3 Citizen-led Smartness leading partner <a href=\"https:\/\/futuribile.org\/\">Futuribile<\/a> with the support of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fmed.ktu.edu\/dc\/\">Ktu Design Centre<\/a>\u00a0And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DesignLibraryKaunas\/\">Design Library<\/a>. The workshop data will be utilised by KTU to design multiple digital models of the area that will illustrate the ideas that emerged and make it possible to<strong> integrate them in regeneration plans<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In Kaunas, the \u201cExtremely vast\u201d of the title referred to the extent of the area, which today lacks infrastructures and is an enormous landfill; the \u201cincredibly close\u201d referred to the curatorial choice of focusing on the near future. Indeed, in urban regeneration contexts, speculative futures can lead to engagement fatigue because of their disconnection with the immediate reality. Moreover, the local coalition is seeking support for organising actual activities as soon as possible. In light of this, the second curatorial choice was to provide an experience and not only an ideation workshop. In this way, the probe could contribute to <strong>building the site\u2019s aesthetics and lead participants to appropriate it.<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The experience was made of three parts:<br \/><\/span><\/p><p>1) Visit of the site<br \/>2) Dream Room to spark imagination and reflection<br \/>3) Brainstorming workshop<\/p><p>The visit was guided by the president of Kaunas fortresses association. After giving some historical highlights about the fortress hosting the workshop, the hangar, and other basic infrastructures, participants were free to explore the space and start making their head around future activities. Back at the fort, participants were given a reflection moment around some open questions in the Dream Room, a light installation inside one of the fortress tank garages adjacent to the workshop room.\u00a0The room\u2019s objective was to provide participants with <strong>an intimate experience to connect with the site<\/strong> and gather their thoughts in a cosy chapel of lights and sounds before moving to the joint workshop.<\/p><p>Under the open question \u201cWhat is missing in Aleksotas and Kaunas?\u201d we opened the collective part of the workshop introducing its objective, to <strong>design meanwhile uses for the near future<\/strong>, utilising two time horizons: the coming spring and in two years. After a first brainstorming phase, groups had to narrow their imagination to one lighthouse project and detail it as much as possible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81cc369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81cc369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.4 - 13-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.t-factor.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kaunas3.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a155d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a155d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-word-spacing );\">Group 1 lighthouse project was to utilise the area as a stage: Since the area\u2019s buildings are not accessible soon, as a workaround to safety compliance, the group proposed <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-word-spacing );\">using the area as a big stage<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-f509bd9-word-spacing );\">, animated by 3D images, AR, videomapping, drone shows, drones views, and light shows which can be seen from the borders. The fortress roof would be the main observation point with seating space. The group also proposed geo-location and role-play games as a way to explore the space and build an AIIP\u2019s hybrid word.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p>Group 2 proposed a TechFest, a <strong>one-week festival focused on innovation and the arts<\/strong>, taking place in the AIIP\u2019s territory and the fortress and territories nearby. The programme would include laser shows, lanterns show, food trucks, open-air cinema, techno music, helicopter landing space as a performative stage, art exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p><u>Key learnings:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In urban regeneration projects with space accessibility and safety hurdles, digital and hybrid activities are a promising route for animating the meanwhile.<\/li>\n<li>Physical and digital activities must be complementary and not mutually exclusive.<\/li>\n<li>Any digitally-enabled experience is a way to augment possibilities and not a parallel alternative world: digital tools should not be seen as a panacea. Instead, social inclusion should be the compass in designing this kind of activities.<\/li>\n<li>Experiential and sensorial experiences enhance ideation and are a very powerful tool for citizen workshops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How digital means can help create the identity of a place that does not yet exist The \u201cExtremely Vast and Incredibly Close Future\u201d workshop&nbsp;invited inhabitants of Aleksotas and Kaunas (Lithuania) to imagine together how to use the site of the ancient military base that soon will host the Aleksotas Innovation Park (AIIP). 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