青年们设计自己的公共空间

尽管全世界青年人的人数不断增加，但他们往往被排除在参与决策过程之外，使他们在社会和政治上处于边缘化和十分沮丧的状态。

然而，近年来，政策制定者和决策者们越来越认识到青年们是进行积极社会变革和技术创新的重要来源。青年参与的重要性已经广为人知，特别是在“是什么”和“为什么”方面，然而现在需要做更多的工作来解决“如何”开展青年参与的问题。

联合国人居署于2016年启动了中国以人为本的城市公共空间项目。作为该项目的组成部分，联合国人居署利用“我的世界”网络游戏，通过与瑞典Mojang 电子游戏公司合作一项“逐块构筑”项目，让青年参与到城市公共空间的设计中。

2017年11月，联合国人居署与武汉市土地利用和城市空间规划研究中心、武汉市江汉区政府合作，为西北湖文化广场公共空间试点项目实施了为期三天的“逐块构筑”工作营。在西北湖公园周围工作的年轻人聚在一起，利用软件设计他们需要在公共空间加入的公共设施元素，设计完毕后向区政府官员、专业设计师和居民进行介绍和展示。随后，专业设计师们将青年们共同的设计元素加入西北湖文化广场的改造建设中。

Despitetheir growing number, youth are often excluded from participation indecision-making process, leaving them socially and politically marginalized andfrustrated.

However,in recent years, a growing recognition is evident among policy makers and practitionersthat youth are an important source for positive social change and technologicalinnovation. Now that awareness of the importance of youth participation hasbeen raised regarding the “what” and “why” of youth participation, more work isnow needed to address the “how.”

InChina, UN-Habitat initiated People-Oriented Urban Public Space Programme in2016. As one of the component of the programme, UN-Habitat uses Minecraft toinvolve youth in the design of urban public spaces through the partnership withMojang, Block by Block.

InNov 2017, UN-Habitat collaborated with Wuhan Land Use and Urban SpatialPlanning Research Center (WLSP), and worked with Jianghan District Governmentof Wuhan City, implemented a three-day Block by Block workshop to NorthwestLake Cultural Square Public Space Pilot Project. The young people who worksurrounding the park, were brought together to visualize their ideas inMinecraft, and present to the district government officials and professionaldesigners of WLSP who can incorporate the common ideas to the public spaceconstruction in the Northwest Lake Cultural Square.