To evaluate the SUGAR AR application, the SUGAR consortium has organised an implementation workshop in two parts at the Cyprus University of Technology and University of Cyprus in Limassol and Nicosia respectively. During the implementation phase, we have invited the wider public in both cities to engage with the activities Read more…
The SUGAR team has successfully launched its interactive application to facilitate and enhance the interactivity of planning consultation processes using a case study offered by Aglantzia Municipality for a contentious project that is currently undergoing this process. The project / case-study is concerning the extension of Omirou Street to Fytoriou Read more…
Article translated in English from the Cyprus News Agency report on the event. The SUGAR team, in collaboration with NGO Oxygono and the Youth Council of Cyprus, have organised a two-part discussion panel series under the theme of “Limassol 2040”, which aim to discuss how a long-term plan for a Read more…
On Thursday 21st of November, the team leader from Harvard University, Prof. Spiro N. Pollalis, has visited SUGAR coordinator Cyprus University of Technology. His scheduled visit was part of the project agreement for exchanges between Harvard University and the Cyprus partners and included participation at the discussion panel of the Read more…
We are collaborating with NGO Oxygono and the Youth Council of Cyprus to conduct a two-part discussion panel series under the theme of “Limassol 2040”, aiming to discuss how a long-term plan for a city can come to fruition through the participation of citizens, the community and the authorities. The Read more…
SUGAR team researcher, Andreas Tsestos, attended a public consultation meeting that took place in Limassol Town Hall on the evening of Wednesday 24th July 2019. The public consultation, organized by the Limassol Municipality was regarding the future use of a large plot in Enaerios. In what has been an overwhelming Read more…
The SUGAR team concluded its third meeting at Harvard University in the USA from the 19th to the 25th of July 2019. The project team carried out a Design Thinking workshop in the Google Design Sprint format with participants from the internationally renowned Zofnass Program for Sustainability, our SUGAR international Read more…
On the 18th of June, SUGAR has held its consortium meeting with literature review presentations from the Cyprus University of Technology on the use of Augmented Reality for Public Participation and Urban Governance and from the University of Cyprus on Public Participation practice through creating a systematic taxonomy of methods Read more…
The ‘Sustainable Urban Governance through Augmented Reality’ (SUGAR) research project invites members of the public that would like to participate in its ‘Living Lab’ workshop. The ‘Living Lab’ will be engaged in brainstorming and ideation activities that aim to inform and influence the direction of the project. The duration of Read more…
‘Participation is a general concept covering different forms of decision-making by a number of involved groups’ (Wulz, 1986). Participatory design is based on five fundamental points. First, Politics in terms of people who are affected by a decision should have an opportunity to influence it, second, people in terms of Read more…