A Study on the Collective Perceived Representation of a Real Urban Area through the Usage of an Engaging Framework, Based on a 3D Virtual Environment and Openstreetmap Data

The need for urban regeneration does not come only by structural requirements, but also by socio- cultural needs. What we are going to propose is the urban regeneration as a way to perceive, in a different way, the surrounding spaces allowing users to receive and provide a wide range of information on the urban environment. Each space of a city has a variety of intrinsic meanings provided by human groups interacting with each other everyday. The purpose is collecting the hidden information thanks to citizens´ contribution. The objective is the involvement of citizens as "builders of sense" through a playful attitude as "builders of virtual cities", and using game based on motivation as impetus for the regeneration. Urban regeneration is innovative thanks to a new participatory and cooperative methodology based on the perception of every citizen, and on the collection of players´ experiences.