This Friday we had introductory lecture of our first studio. Xavi Gonzalez and Tomas Diez presented smart citizen platform that was created and developed in Fab Lab Barcelona. It is an open source project created to generate participatory processes of the people in the cities.
Presentation was followed by smart cities panel discussion about network data, urban space and human behaviors. And concluded with lecture given by Tony Brey, founder of Urbiotica – company that operates smart environment solutions.
some links related with projects presented during lectures:
http://nearfuturelaboratory.com/
http://www.quadrigram.com/
http://www.bee-path.net/
http://www.futurict.eu/
http://www.sociopatterns.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tRHNElTo4
Community and collaboration makes cities the driving force. Sharing common values is the way to create better environment and move forward. It should be exiting to contribute this project and reveal new patterns of building smart society.
photos by Lucas De Sordi