Swissnex in San Francisco organized the LEAD talk “Leading Sustainable Futures: Innovative Approaches for Urban Environments” at ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 at the Colorado Convention Center and Bellco Theatre in City and County of Denver, focusing on how digital twins, GIS tools, and AI are revolutionizing urban planning. The session, drawing from the Metropolis initiative, explored creating smarter, more resilient, and sustainable cities.
Key Takeaways:
Marina Psaros of Unity: 🌿 Resilience in urban planning starts with local land use decisions. Game engines like Unity help visualize these strategies effectively. 🎮🏙️
Niklaus Houska of Esri R&D Center Zurich: 🛠️ The evolution of ArcGIS CityEngine to ArcGIS Urban has transformed it into a no-code platform for modeling real-world urban futures. 🌐🏙️
Dale Bracewell of Mobility Foresights : 🚲 Highlighted the need for KPIs to boost sustainable transport modes and achieve zero traffic fatalities for safer urban mobility. 🚶♂️🚉
In my work with ArcGIS Urban, I use location-based data for co-creation in teaching, research, and practice. Implementing 10-minute-neighborhoods (10-Minuten-Nachbarschaften) can enhance community well-being by reducing car reliance. 🚶♀️🏡 Denver with an average population density of 4.6 K would need neighbourhoods over 30k residents per square mile to achieve this. 📊📍
Addressed Questions and Answers:
How can college students stay connected to reality while using the metaverse?
By modeling people centric, walkable 10-minute neighborhoods in the metaverse, students can engage in virtual spaces that reflect real-world environments, aiding urban planning. 🌐🏙️
How can we boost attendance among graphic tech experts?
Dale Bracewell proposed a hackathon for SIGGRAPH 2025 in the City of Vancouver to bridge gaming, movie tech, and urban planning. What do you think, Andres Burbano, Ginger Alford and ACM SIGGRAPH community? 🤔💡
Thanks to Emilia Pasquier, Alicia Rieckhoff, Pascale Speck of Swissnex in San Francisco, and Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav of Savannah College of Art and Design for organizing this insightful panel! 🙌👏
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