On the occasion of the Intercultural Citizens' Festival in Prohlis, the WISSENSARCHITEKTUR - Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture (TU Dresden) team was once again present in one of Dresden's "intelligent districts" as part of the model project Smart City . The co-design tool U_CODE inspired young and old alike.

Every year, the "Prohlis is colorful" network invites people to a citizens' festival as part of the "Intercultural Days" Dresden. The association, network partners and private individuals from Prohlis invited people to take part in activities on the square in front of the Prohliszentrum.

As in the previous year, the WISSENSARCHITEKTUR team took the opportunity to provide information about the model project Smart City Dresden . The U_CODE co-design tool developed by the TUDresden research group was particularly well received.

The tool makes it possible to be creative in the 3D model of your own neighborhood. For example, you can construct buildings, plant trees or create playgrounds. A low-threshold playground that makes you want to play, but also very vividly depicts the needs and ideas of the neighborhood residents. The children also had great fun with this application, marking special places or letting their imaginations run wild.

"Intelligent neighborhoods"

The "Smart Neighborhoods" concept was established in the scientifically developed Smart- City strategy. Following the guidelines of Dresden's "Integrated Urban Development Concept" (INSEK), three districts were selected that together represent a range of geographical and demographic conditions for urban development: Johannstadt, Friedrichstadt and Prohlis.

In order to identify citizens' needs for the further development of the districts, the WISSENSARCHITEKTUR team conducts regular participation formats in the districts under the title "Smart Participation". City festivals were defined as a fixed point for the so-called neighborhood workshops. They make it possible to reach a large number of residents. The results also provide a basis for comparison due to the annual rotation of the festivals.

Colleagues from the state capital informed interested parties about other aspects of the pilot project, the measures of which are presented on a joint website .