Designing through simulation: Integration of ubiquitous street facilities into the urban media fabric

Abstract

This study starts from a critical thinking that the meaning of Urban Media may or should be redefined in order for the research in Urban Media Fabric Simulator to situate itself within the realm of new media solution. Defining Ubiquitous Street Light (USL) as the most suitable infra structure, among the various street furniture for designing urban media, Urban Media Fabric Simulator plays a central role to embody the Urban Media. The research was conducted by collecting and storing a large number of urban information in real-time and standardizing the gathered data to establish the urban data network. Based on the information pattern extracted from the urban data, we implemented emotional methods to guide efficient activity through the urban communication, and presented a simulator, Urban Media Fabric Simulator, data mining and visualization framework, which support the urban media management. © 2008 IEEE.