The zone of possibility in citizen led ‘hybrid cities’

The work reported in this position paper explores the development of citizen led ‘hybrid cities’ in which augmented and social web technologies mediate learning and innovation in what we term the Zone of Possibility. An example of a Hybrid Stokes Croft app is given early on to illustrate key concepts. The notion of a Zone of Possibility has been developed from theory into Design Principles to guide the participative development of smart services in a learning ecosystem. In the third section of this paper we unpack the concept of Zone of Possibility and related Design Principles so that they can act as a guide to future developments for citizen led hybrid cities locally and across the world.