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Wonderspace Public Machine
Ricardo Morais
Rúben Teodoro
Sebastião de Botton
Matilde Mozzi
A proposal to build an innovative machine that moves around the city collecting plastic bottles, and transforms them into new items using an integrated 3D printer. An online platform allows citizens to choose (through voting) what new products, furniture, or facilities will be 3D printed.
- Metadata:
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
3 (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech) -
• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
1 (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific) -
• Degree of commercial potential
3 (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved) -
• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
2 (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change) -
• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
1 (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change) -
• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
1 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)