HeartSmart: Using design co-creation to develop healthier cities
A deeper understanding on how smart city design can lead to a healthier city, for its inhabitants, business owners, and visitors.
The smart city concept has grown in popularity in recent years as cities around the world embrace technology and innovation to improve the lives of their citizens. A smart city is a city that can make use of innovations born from the residents' own drive and motivation. By starting from what the residents really want and need, the sustainability and quality of life in the urban environment can be improved.
By exploring different meeting places and design methods to co-create with those who live in the place, cities can become more sustainable, resilient, attractive and used to promote the health and well-being of citizens. Specifically, this can create opportunities for citizens, businesses, city administrations and even visitors to come together to develop specific ideas on how to use innovation to improve the health and daily life of multiple actors in the city. This "everyone-has-a-voice" approach is at the heart of this HeartSmart idea.
The aim of the project is to develop a deeper understanding of how smart urban design can lead to a healthier city, for its residents, entrepreneurs and visitors. The project wants to explore what health and well-being can be and create inspiration for how we can work with this more concretely.
The project includes researchers in marketing, place branding and design as well as several partners. All four cities where Luleå University of Technology has campuses are included: Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå and Kiruna.
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