TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-driven design
T2 - Collaborative objects, community-generated content, and the expanded role of architects
AU - Grasser-Parger, Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - This article explores the intersection of digital architecture, collaborative creativity, and community engagement through our conceptual framework of Collaborative Objects. By enabling a shift from user-generated content to community-generated content in architecture, this new approach promotes democratic design processes. Practical illustrations are provided through a series of public case studies—H = N Co-Doodle, H = N BLOCK, and Meta Block Linz—highlighting the versatility of the Collaborative Objects framework embedded within expanded software applications. These studies address the formal and informal consequences, opportunities, and challenges of transforming static design elements into dynamic, community driven narratives. While recognizing the challenges inherent in this paradigm shift, the article concludes by emphasizing the compelling potential for more shared, inclusive, and community-oriented design processes in the architectural field.
AB - This article explores the intersection of digital architecture, collaborative creativity, and community engagement through our conceptual framework of Collaborative Objects. By enabling a shift from user-generated content to community-generated content in architecture, this new approach promotes democratic design processes. Practical illustrations are provided through a series of public case studies—H = N Co-Doodle, H = N BLOCK, and Meta Block Linz—highlighting the versatility of the Collaborative Objects framework embedded within expanded software applications. These studies address the formal and informal consequences, opportunities, and challenges of transforming static design elements into dynamic, community driven narratives. While recognizing the challenges inherent in this paradigm shift, the article concludes by emphasizing the compelling potential for more shared, inclusive, and community-oriented design processes in the architectural field.
KW - Collaborative objects
KW - community-generated content
KW - decentralized architecture
KW - multi-user CAD
KW - participatory architecture
KW - Web 3.0
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85187185633&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14780771241234450
DO - 10.1177/14780771241234450
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85187185633
SN - 1478-0771
VL - 22
SP - 257
EP - 272
JO - International Journal of Architectural Computing
JF - International Journal of Architectural Computing
IS - 2
ER -