World Wide Hub // Keith Oyamada + Victoria Augustyn
An urban incorporation of artificial intelligence is unwelcoming for technology layman. This includes data accessibility to residents, technology’s tendency to redline the community, and the lack of educational facility to train technology novice.
In smart cities, only the researcher and developers of the community are aware of the destinations of data collected from the public. They are often planned near high-income neighborhood, making it harder for other communities to become a part of. Amongst the two smart city precedents studied, none of them have an educational facility for smart city technologies and assume the incoming residents are somewhat familiar with them.
World Wide Hub is located near the smart city master plan being designed by Google subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs in Toronto.
In smart cities, only the researcher and developers of the community are aware of the destinations of data collected from the public. They are often planned near high-income neighborhood, making it harder for other communities to become a part of. Amongst the two smart city precedents studied, none of them have an educational facility for smart city technologies and assume the incoming residents are somewhat familiar with them.
World Wide Hub is located near the smart city master plan being designed by Google subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs in Toronto.
Artist Statement
This project aims to create a prototype of a smart city that presents educational facility to technology layman and accessibility to technology as the primary design element. It is a manifestation of the lack of accommodation for technology layman and those who grew up without too much exposure to technology in a smart city.