Evaluating WikiPLACE: A prototype decision support tool for urban design

Michael West Mehaffy; Ward Cunningham

Evaluating WikiPLACE

A prototype decision support tool for urban design

Authors

Michael West Mehaffy TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
Ward Cunningham TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment

Keywords:

WikiPLACE, urban design, decision support tool, urban systems, GHG emissions

Abstract

This chapter describes the new WikiPLACE urban design decision support tool that was developed as an outgrowth of this research. It applies the prototype to “back-cast” the GHG emissions of a range of known examples of urban systems. It compares the resulting predictions with known measurements to provide an initial evaluation of the efficacy of the tool.