The image of the city
AR augmented reality is simply the real world combined with digital information, it is the superimposition of virtual objects in the real world, allowing people to experience virtual objects within a certain spatial range, focusing on people’s visual function, thus enabling a sensory experience beyond reality. With this feature, I think that based on the characteristics of AR technology, it is possible to develop special forms of art or to do things that cannot be achieved in the real world, such as building my real world or enhancing information transfer.
For me personally, the first thing that comes to mind is about urban construction. Everyone can realise that there are always more or less problems with urban construction, and that these problems can only be realised by people who actually live in the city. But in the cities where I have lived for a long time, most residents do not have the relevant awareness to speak up for themselves. So I took this point as the starting point for this project and went on to research.
I have compiled a list of the problems that have arisen in urban planning and the solutions that are available.
Urban planning issues
· Structural imbalance in the construction of public space
· Car-led cities
· Demolition of tradition urban landscapes
· Lack of public participation
Current solutions
Transit-led development
Enhancing greenery
Remain issue
high urban homogeneity
Discrepancy between urban planning and what citizens think
Design goal
To generate public thought through the expression of one’s own opinion
On the top of that, I made a series of illustration.
In this case, I am complaining about the traffic problem in Shanghai. In order to promote public transportation in Shanghai, there is a bus that runs through the city center on important routes. These two buses have been given a dedicated lane that no other vehicles are allowed to enter, but the bus routes are limited, and taking up a whole lane during congested hours adds to the traffic congestion in some sense.
Monsters actually represent some emotions about the traffic.