In the LVML diving virtually into the Gotthard massif, playing a Serious Game
At the Scientifica 2023, current projects were shown to the interested public in the "Large-scale Virtualization and Modelling Lab - LVML". The offer attracted young and old alike and triggered stimulating discussions.
People have very different ideas about how a landscape should be designed, and this can slow down the development of settlement areas, for example because of conflicts between interest groups. A lack of imagination about the effects of implementing a planning concept can contribute to such conflicts.
In the LVML, visitors of the external page Scientifica 2023 took part in a game in which they could design the village centre of Hochdorf (LU) together with other participants, uncover different perspectives and needs, make decisions and experience the consequences. The so-called "serious game" was developed as part of the ERC project «Globescape». In the project, it successfully supported discussions between real actors at eye level and helped to better understand drivers and blockers of urban transformation.
In addition, various methods of landscape visualization are developed and applied in the LVML. These make it possible to experience landscapes in a fascinating way and to illustrate complex relationships in the landscape. In particular, underground infrastructures are difficult to grasp spatially, but have a significant impact on landscape design. Visitors were able to dive into the underground of the Gotthard massif and discover in a simulation what lies beneath the earth’s surface.
