Re-imaging the heart of Bradford

About this event

Two Bradford schools will be invited to explore what ‘digital twins’ are and will be introduced to Virtual Bradford.

The young people will be asked to give ideas on what other areas of the Bradford district should be included in the digital twin and how they would re-imagine a part of the city. Their re-imagined parts of the city may be used in future to support discussions on city projects like Bradford 2025 and in the new Architectural Engineering courses at the University of Bradford.

Through the workshops the young people will also be shown what digital twins can do for the people who live in the city e.g. telling peoples stories (Story Trails), making the city more sustainable and considering the design elements of new buildings and public realms.

This event is part of the Being Human festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 10–19 November 2022. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.