1. Urban participation platform
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Urban participation platform
Stanislava Fedorova
Italy, Milano, viale Romagna, 62, 20133

2. Innovation Design approach
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Innovation
The initiative aims to resolve the citizen participation issue in the urban decision-making process by enabling them to propose the architectural and urban solutions and vote on the proposals. Also it aims to establish a connection between the citizens, the government and the architectural community.
Design approach
Design plays a crucial role in the initiative; the participatory design and prototyping approach are the main ones implemented; creation of a global online community of users providing their urban solutions and feedbacks. The groups involved in design are the citizens, the city administration, the architectural community.

3. Relation to the urbanscape Scaling up prospects
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Relation to the urbanscape
The project aims to involve all the actors into the urban creation process, giving the stakeholders including the local institutions the possibility to impact the ambient and to get the feedback on their actions from the direct consumers - citizens. With Copenhagen being an area of urban innovation open to technological participatory initiatives.
Scaling up prospects
The extensive scalability aims at territorial expansion, implementation in a wide range of cities. According to our estimates, the potential target market consists of the cities with a population of over 1 million and the capitals (both political and economic) in case they are less populated. The intensive way implies the different uses of the platform that would involve professionals from different spheres. The key factors are the financial resources and the people involvement.