College of Design and Innovation of Tongji University, Shanghai, and the MIT Media Lab's City Science group are co-developing a version of the MIT CityScope platform to support the urban decision making that promotes urban vibrancy and innovation potential.
The “NICE2035 LivingLine” project in Shanghai, China, is a design-driven, community-based urban innovation initiated by Professor Yongqi Lou, Dean of College of Design of Innovation. LivingLine is a crowdsourcing and co-creation project aiming at building an ecosystem of innovation and entrepreneurship on the internal street of a typical gated residential neighborhood. By introducing radical programs such as living labs, co-working space, and startup-incubators into underutilized storefront space, LivingLine’s goal is to revitalize the urban space and to prototype diverse future lifestyles.