Awards: Round Two, March 2005: IT Design Game, Raploch
IT Design Game
Raploch, Stirling
Client
Raploch Regeneration Company
Artist
To be confirmed
Project partners
Stirling Council
PROJECT Award
Creative Communities Award £10,000
Value of design phase
£32,000
Estimated value of construction phase
To be confirmed
Project description
On 1 July 2004, Raploch was granted 'pathfinder' Urban Regeneration
Company (URC) status backed by funding from the Scottish Executive.
The funding will create better jobs and prospects for local people through
the provision of new housing, improved transport and environmental improvements.
One element of the programme is the creation of a new Village Square
and PROJECT funding will place an artist at the heart
of the design team, working with local people on the detail of change.
In addition, and using the design of the square as a case study, the
artist's role will be to devise a community participation with local
people and plan the development of an IT design tool ñ interactive modelling
software. This 'Design Game' will allow people of all ages to generate
a shared vision for their public realm, and Raploch URC's aim to establish
a new digital infrastructure for the area will in time take this process
into local people's homes.
Further details
Sophie Scott, Public Art Officer. Tel: 01786 443 128; Email: [email protected]
Stephen Tucker, Development Manager, Urban Design, Stirling Council.
Tel: 01786 849 481; Mobile: 0771 7 545 144;
Email: [email protected]