Wiki-Planning

Peter Tattersall

Wikiplanning is a workshop method that applies the consensus-building process of wikis such as Wikipedia to urban design. The aim is to facilitate more substantial interaction between architects and “ordinary” people, so that laypeople can make positive and constructive contributions to the urban planning process, instead of just complaints and objections.

Wiki Planning is part of a wider attempt to consider what the implications of web 2.0 might be on architecture and planning, and whether or not social media (and phenomena arising from it) might be used to make planning more democratic. The intention is to develop a new method of public participation for use in the planning process of municipal authorities. The process uses miniature wooden models to support participant thinking of the design of the urban space. Their models are photographed and transformed into architectural sketches and maps. The method is currently been deployed in Helsinki city.

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