摘要：Despite the differences in cultural,economic,and political systems,China and Australia are societies sharing rapidly urbanizing *** presents significant challenges for urban planning,placemaking,and the sustainability of livable urban *** Chongqing as a case study,metaPLACE is an experimental project investigating how participatory urban media(large and small interactive screens,installations,fa?ades,and devices)can act as a co-designed interface between diverse communities,industries,and government *** empirical data collected in this study is derived from a co-design workshop held in Chongqing in 2019 to explore how urban media can assist urban planners to design more livable urban *** data indicates that there are a range of opportunities and concerns related to equitable placemaking,environment,the nature of interfaces and participation,ownership and management of data,large and small screens,and cultural and generational *** critical and comparative analysis of the research methods and cultural factors influencing the co-design process reveal deficiencies in widely accepted models of user experience design and design process used across industry and design *** has significant implications for transcultural and interdisciplinary co-design and the establishment of a viable Sino-Australian design ecosystem.