Smart City as Participatory Environment

A certain frenzy is still felt around the idea of what a Smart City is: for some, it concern, others an open field huge possibilities. Stemmed from ubiquitousness immersive computing in urban environments, and implemented by coalescence between several media, seems to promise aggregated efficiency among equipment, structures individuals. On flip side, simultaneously appears limit citizenship series pre-established, induced or monitored movements, announcing kind voluntary surveillance. Inspired some works, this paper attempts provide reflection upon complex apparatus that can be. Making use archaeological exercise, addresses community its engagement placemaking. As network people, architectures, tools programmes city has always been informational susceptible environment commands, therefore control. might not be invention, but rather transformation old with new means materialities. It emerging as result diffusion digital technology physical space. Hence question does relay on deployed, programmatic character systems installs. After all, may lie way raise politically active sensitive community.