TY - GEN
T1 - A Participatory Design Case Study in Environmental Design Education
AU - Xie, Yumeng
AU - Mauricio Mejia, G.
AU - Coseo, Paul
AU - Cheng, Chingwen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.
PY - 2020/6/15
Y1 - 2020/6/15
N2 - This article provides an overview and insights of challenges, potentials, and recommendations of teaching and applying Participatory Design (PD) in design education including the students' point of view through studying a case - a Master of Landscape Architecture studio course in Arizona State University, U.S. Students collaborated with Mo'ili'ili community members in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. for two semesters, to co-design the renovations of Old Stadium Park through three phases of PD process - field study & listening; community engagement workshop (50+ people); and pop-up design conversations (100+ people). This research illustrates the challenges of integrating PD in design education, which includes uncertainty and flexibility, funding, trust-building, time management, access to diverse knowledge centers, research ability, and communication hurdles. As well as implications and recommendations such as encouraging students to be flexible; embracing uncertainty; making explicit learning goals; leaving comfort zones; improving communication and organizational facilitation skills; and utilizing research ability for better trust-building with communities.
AB - This article provides an overview and insights of challenges, potentials, and recommendations of teaching and applying Participatory Design (PD) in design education including the students' point of view through studying a case - a Master of Landscape Architecture studio course in Arizona State University, U.S. Students collaborated with Mo'ili'ili community members in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. for two semesters, to co-design the renovations of Old Stadium Park through three phases of PD process - field study & listening; community engagement workshop (50+ people); and pop-up design conversations (100+ people). This research illustrates the challenges of integrating PD in design education, which includes uncertainty and flexibility, funding, trust-building, time management, access to diverse knowledge centers, research ability, and communication hurdles. As well as implications and recommendations such as encouraging students to be flexible; embracing uncertainty; making explicit learning goals; leaving comfort zones; improving communication and organizational facilitation skills; and utilizing research ability for better trust-building with communities.
KW - Community engagement
KW - Design education
KW - Environmental design
KW - Participatory design
KW - Real-world complex issues
KW - Service-learning
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U2 - 10.1145/3384772.3385152
DO - 10.1145/3384772.3385152
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087398887
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 87
EP - 94
BT - Exploratory Papers and Workshops
A2 - Del Gaudio, Chiara
A2 - Parra-Agudelo, Leonardo
A2 - Clarke, Rachel
A2 - Saad-Sulonen, Joanna
A2 - Botero, Andrea
A2 - Botero, Andrea
A2 - Londono, Felipe Cesar
A2 - Londono, Felipe Cesar
A2 - Escandon Suarez, Paula Andrea
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 16th Participatory Design Conference: Participation(s) Otherwise, PDC 2020
Y2 - 15 June 2020 through 19 June 2020
ER -