Entry #1

Ichi-go Ichi-e

Ina Chen

Vardhan Mehta

Lujia Zhu

A system where a group of “creators” can propose various types of events (dance party, speed dating, etc.) that take place — given enough public support — inside rapidly deployable, glowing inflatable structures. The locations of the inflatables in the city are publicly announced on a smartphone app, but details regarding the events held inside are kept secret, and can only be found out by actually visiting the sites.

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Online voter comments:
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AGAINST (A): This idea doesn't seem all that relevant to Sony Park

AGAINST (B): I don't see why the tent is necessary, events can be held without them

AGAINST (C): What would motivate people to visit the tents, if they can't tell what's going on inside them?

AGAINST (D): This seems like a difficult idea to implement

• Metadata:
• • 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
    2  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    1  (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.)