1. Augmenting the city
tensions and opportunities
for supporting event-rich,
place-based living
Alessandro Aurigi
a.aurigi@ncl.ac.uk
Newcastle University
12. ‘universal utility’ Vs ‘local events’
Tap into place
Make something
happen there
Present
Be somewhere but
act somewhere
else Tap into
remote-ness
Socially active but
place passive
13. Tensions (and opportunities)
Mixing places/scales
Global/regional
appears in place
Place has global
Disorientation Increased
penetration
Loss of context visibility, accessibility
Many ‘locations’ in one
Loss of local meaning and permeability
Loss of character (too Enhanced public-ness
Mixing private and public
many, too different Multi-modal places
(and personal/social)
things going on) New activities
Public can ‘invade’ private
Isolation (i-pod effect) More reasons to be ‘there’
Private can overcome public
Mixing uses
Multi-layering of spaces and
activities
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19. Visualise/materialise thresholds.
• Work on space/place (not technology) holistically in multi-
Purposefully combine physical
disciplinary teams
and digital
Link places, but avoid
• Respect/exploit ‘hereness’ and ‘thereness’
incoherence
• Keep to ‘transactional’ scale – local short-range tech
Avoid
• Allow for character-building, place identity
‘anything, anytime, anywhere’
• Balance flexibility/serendipity and character
• Activities and events
Introduce social/shared spatial
augmentation • Exchanges and ‘markets’
• Respect/exploit social context: let communities ‘pull’ and
Allow for participation and pro- design – Places ARE different
activity
• ‘open source’ augmented places – or areas within
