Smart City Through Design: Preparation of a New Wayfinding System in Prague

Abstract

The City of Prague decided to prepare and implement a new wayfinding system for public transportation. The analytical part of the project is being prepared for the second year and will culminate with a call for participation in the international graphic competition. The project outputs are the result of interdisciplinary research and idea disputes of many experts and stakeholders. The cross-sectional paradigm of the project is to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the city through its more attractive and accessible public transport. Project preparation demonstrated the need for greater interaction between different disciplines and the need to confront their professional dogmas. Although the methodological, creative and technological framework of the wayfinding system is described more than enough, there are countless specific problems that hinder their innovation. A separate topic is the elaboration of substantive and formal parameters of the competition, taking into account the specificities of the project and the necessary legislative framework of public procurement.