The DynaCITY Platform
The DynaCITY platform brings together complementary modules that transform complex urban data into actionable insights and inclusive planning experiences.
Platform Modules
Integrates static and real-time urban data, including infrastructure, mobility, energy, environment and socio-demographic data. Uses AI, forecasting, backcasting and optimisation to support scenario analysis.
Turns simulation outputs into accessible dashboards, XR environments and visual narratives. Supports planners, policymakers, service providers, community groups and citizens.
Enables structured public feedback, gamified participation, stakeholder knowledge exchange and community mapping. It connects citizen input back to planning scenarios.
Connects DynaCITY with municipal systems, IoT devices, local digital twin tools, Common European Data Spaces and third-party platforms through open standards and APIs.
Why this platform matters
- Helps cities move from static plans to dynamic scenario-based decision-making.
- Enables collaboration between technical experts, policymakers, service providers and citizens.
- Makes complex urban systems more understandable through accessible visualisation and XR tools.
- Creates reusable modules aligned with European digital twin and data space ecosystems.
XModel — Simulation Engine
XModel integrates static and real-time urban data — infrastructure, mobility, energy, environment and socio-demographics — into a continuously updated digital twin. It applies AI, forecasting, backcasting and optimisation methods so planners can compare the likely outcomes of different urban-planning scenarios.
Modelling domains
Energy & climate
Modelling energy demand, supply and emissions to support climate-neutrality planning and renovation strategies.
Microclimate & Environmental Resilience
Simulating urban heat, flooding and other environmental stresses to plan resilient green and blue infrastructure.
Mobility, Accessibility & Social Equity
Modelling traffic, multimodal mobility and access to services, with attention to equity across different population groups.
AI methods & Simulation tools
XModel combines machine-learning models with established simulation engines to generate, compare and optimise planning scenarios across the modelling domains above.
Standards Compliance
XModel is built to interoperate with municipal and EU systems using open standards, including:
- CityGML 3.0
- NGSI-LD
- IFC
XDesign — Interactive Co-Design Interface
XDesign is built on real-time 3D and XR technologies and is deployable across web, mobile AR and headsets. It provides multimodal interaction and “what-if” co-creation tools, letting people explore planning scenarios visually and intuitively.
Available across platforms
Web
Accessible dashboards and visual narratives in the browser, conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA.
Mobile AR
Augmented-reality views of planning scenarios on smartphones and tablets.
Headsets
Immersive XR environments for in-depth scenario exploration, with reduced-motion alternatives.
Who XDesign serves
- Urban planners
- Policymakers
- Service providers
- Community groups
- Citizens
Built for accessibility
XDesign is developed to WCAG 2.1 AA and EN 301 549, the same standards that govern this website. Multimodal interaction (touch, voice, gesture, haptics, simplified menus) and reduced-motion alternatives to XR experiences ensure the interface is usable by the widest possible range of people.
XEngage — Participatory Planning Platform
XEngage provides structured public feedback, gamified co-creation, stakeholder knowledge exchange and community mapping. Its “phygital” interfaces — printed maps and tangible objects linked to the digital twin via QR codes — and capacity-building workshops connect physical and digital participation, with results feeding directly back into XModel.
Participation Features
Structured public feedback
Surveys, polls and feedback tools that capture citizen views on planning scenarios in a structured, analysable way.
Gamified co-creation
Game-like activities that make participating in urban planning engaging and accessible for a wide range of participants.
Stakeholder knowledge exchange
Tools for planners, civil society and residents to share local knowledge that informs and refines digital-twin scenarios.
Community mapping
Participatory mapping activities that capture place-based knowledge and link it directly to the digital twin.
‘Phygital’ interfaces
Printed maps and tangible objects linked to the digital twin via QR codes, bridging physical workshops and digital tools.
Capacity-building workshops
Training and workshop formats that help stakeholders and citizens get the most out of the participatory tools.
Integration & Interoperability
How DynaCITY connects to municipal systems, IoT devices, local digital-twin tools, Common European Data Spaces and third-party platforms through open standards and APIs.
What DynaCITY connects to
Municipal systems
Connections to existing city IT systems and GIS platforms used by pilot municipalities.
IoT devices
Real-time data from sensors and IoT infrastructure feeding into the digital twin.
Local digital-twin tools
Interoperability with existing local digital-twin platforms already in use by partner cities.
Common European Data Spaces
Alignment with EU data-space initiatives so DynaCITY outputs can be shared and reused across Europe.
Reference frameworks & standardisation
DynaCITY’s integration approach references established European digital-twin and AI infrastructure initiatives and the relevant standardisation bodies, including:
- EU Local Digital Twin Toolbox
- LDT-CitiVERSE-EDIC
- FIWARE
- AI-on-Demand platform