Entry #10
Street Flexible Partitions
Noriyuki Kawata
A proposal to deploy a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) that coordinate to form temporary partitions, marketplaces, performance stages, etc. on Sony Park. When not inside the Park, the EVs can instead provide low-cost transportation to citizens in the neighborhood. The EVs are designed to be multifunctional — their interiors have large, flexible layouts, and are each equipped with robotic arms and a drone station.
Online voter comments:
Blue boxes show positive comments, Red boxes show negative comments.
The length of the striped bar represents the number of people who shared the opinion.
FOR (A): It's fun to imagine these large EVs running around the city
FOR (B): This is a versatile proposal that can support a variety of use cases
AGAINST (A): I don't think this will have much effect on the city at large
AGAINST (B): I think similar ideas involving multi-purpose vehicles already exist
AGAINST (C): I don't understand why the same vehicle needs to be used both for local transportation and as event props
AGAINST (D): The idea seems to require substantial investment for implementation
AGAINST (E): Why bring in cars to Sony Park, a precious public space for pedestrians? Modern cities are already way too car-centric
- Metadata:
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
2 (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech) -
• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
2 (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific) -
• Degree of commercial potential
1 (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved) -
• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
3 (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change) -
• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
3 (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change) -
• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
2 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)