02870nas a2200277   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007600043653001600119653002700135653001400162653003000176653003700206653002600243653002000269100001600289700001400305700001700319700001300336245018800349856011800537300001200655490000600667520187700673020004202550       2022                            d  bEducation and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe10aCo-Thinking10aInteractive Annotation10anarrative10aPoint Clouds Exploitation10aTangible and intangible heritage10aTrans-scalar Approach10aVirtual reality1 aM. Ferretti1 aB. Di Leo1 aR. Quattrini1 aI. Vasic00aCreativity and Digital Transition in Central Appennine Innovative design methods and digital technologies as interactive tools to enable heritage regeneration and community engagement  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139233268&partnerID=40&md5=ba41c0ba843b5b49a160dbada2f14786  a187-1960 v23 aThis contribution proposes strategies of reactivation of the central Apennine of Marche Region in Italy through creative design methods and virtual technologies. The research activities are connected to two related PhD projects: One focusing on architectural and urban design, the other one on heritage digitalization and new technologies and to other research activities of our interdisciplinary team. Cagli, a small town of 8.000 inhabitants, is currently undergoing socio-economic transformations that need to be addressed strategically with a cultural and spatial perspective. The research explores regenerative solutions and local development strategies to enhance the city and its cultural landscape. Participatory processes aided by digital tools and innovative design methods are tested in Cagli’s living lab. The final output of the overall research is a “Reactive Map” combining a trans-scalar and multidisciplinary territorial analysis with visions to identify “potential spaces”. The map is a design tool to define a shared strategy of enhancement of the city and its heritage. With this paper we present one of the methodological steps of the research, a WEB-APP built upon a point clouds database and assessed through a preliminary user test. The highly descriptive 3D environment is able to collect analysis and to be enriched in a participatory way during planned activities of co-thinking. The 3D environment, improved with interviews, plans, historical pictures and other media contents, is also paired with a virtual tour to offer a different representation of the “potential spaces”. The fully boosting 3D digital technology thus represents a viable and effective solution to involve citizens and an innovative and interdisciplinary tool for knowledge advancement in the fields of architectural and urban design and heritage regeneration.  a26841843 (ISSN); 9789491207334 (ISBN)