The City Planning Administration was on-site to demonstrate the city's digital twin, a model employed in the planning of Gothenburg. According to Göteborgs stad (official), Harald Green described the large turnout at the booth where visitors could explore digital Gothenburg neighborhoods with a car and game controller as a sign of curiosity about how the model functions in planning. This year's competition emphasized creating sustainable societies where everyone feels safe, aligning with the digital twin's role in urban development.
Students crafted fantastic, well-thought-out, and innovative models of future cities. On the final day on Wednesday, classes presented their competition entries with models and texts. After the jury's walk around the booths, the winner was selected: class 5B at Oscar Fredriksskolan.
Really fun to meet future Gothenburgers and hear how they think about future cities!
According to Göteborgs stad (official), Eric Jeansson described being impressed by the students and their analog builds and suggestions for solving challenges in building the future city. The specific criteria used by the jury to select the winner and the key features of the winning model from class 5B at Oscar Fredriksskolan have not been disclosed. Additionally, it is unclear what long-term impact or follow-up is planned for the ideas generated in the Innovation Challenge.
I am really impressed by the students and their analog builds and their suggestions on how we should solve the challenges we face when building the city of the future.
Fun that so many were curious about how the model works and how we use it in planning.