Uploaded on 2015-12-14 by jflevery

http://s27.postimg.org/bl83b1p5f/Week_8_Submission_8.jpg http://s8.postimg.org/ci5tzff79/View_2.jpg I'd like to cite a previous project I did during my MArch for this exercise. I based a form of citizen design science on that of a group called Brickstarter (http://brickstarter.org/). Brickstarter introduced a way of allowing direct interaction in urban interventions, such as playgrounds and bus stops, and introduced a system for public comment and consultation. My resultant project, called 'Responsive Networks' was the formation of a public-artist interface for built urban interventions. Crowd-funded and in-house business backed projects for new galleries, music venues and performances of which the public had direct influence upon. The project introduced an interim phase whereby a 'test' project could be established for a temporary period of time to assess the viability of a more permanent fixture. Placement of the consultation platform was by New Cross Gate station, an intersection of various commuter routes in the heart of an artist-rich community and within five minutes walk of the well-known artist producing university Goldsmiths. Through low price-per-head and business funding, the public were given access to artists and their various products and could affect the success of their project on a much more personal/emotional level, and by largely removing the finance segment of the consultation process, the resulting interventions are entirely a product of happiness and want without sacrifice, therefore reflecting the direct desires of the public involved. The benefits of this approach allows a semi-construction and regular redevelopment of a citizen consultation scheme. It's concept is related to how chaos theory can form stable systems, such as those of natural ecosystems.