Developed
- a framework with levels, operating logic and principles
- codes on core principles, responsibility and data
- diagnostic modules for the eight dimensions
- scenarios played through on generic spatial types
Chapter 3 · Testing
How the framework is tested.
Guiding questionWhich function of a place must not break under pressure?
This chapter shows on which spatial types AIN2030 is tested and what the planning exercises look for.
Status
In testing.
AIN2030 is tested in composite scenarios built on generic spatial types. They are planning exercises to test the system logic – not assessments of specific places or facilities, and not empirical validation.
Next step
- built references
- applications with partners in the field
- empirical validation of the system logic
We take the step from testing to application with partners – that is exactly why we seek exchange.
Spatial types
Played through on generic spatial types.
Pump-dependent urban district
An urban district that stays dry only as long as its pumps run.
Guiding question: What happens when an invisible precondition fails that everything else rests on?
Prolonged power outage
A city district that has to cope without power for several days.
Guiding question: Which functions tip over in which order – and where would preparation have bought time?
Settlement under combined stress
An existing settlement in an arid region under simultaneous pressure on transport, water, energy, heat and communication.
Guiding question: How does a climate- and supply-sensitive area remain manageable?
District reliant on central cooling
A dense high-rise district whose habitability depends on central cooling and a stable power supply.
Guiding question: What remains habitable when cooling capacity drops during extreme heat?
All scenarios are composites and do not describe any specific place. Details are discussed in professional exchange.
What the exercises look for
Realistic rather than ideal.
Friction instead of an ideal sequence
The scenarios assume delayed reports, contradictory instructions and measures that are only partly implemented.
Existing places, not new builds
Existing places and their gradual change are played through – not ideal new plans.
Graded, not binary
The question is not only whether something fails, but what breaks, what holds and where the system still corrects itself.
Contact
Working on the viability of places?
For professional exchange, joint scenarios or collaboration on AIN2030, we look forward to hearing from you.
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