Participatory Design Methods: Creating Better Built Environments

The “Participatory Design Methods: Creating Better Built Environments” workshop was given by CSBE's Associate Director Lara Zureikat, who was assisted by CSBE’s Research and Coordination Officers Afnan Barqawi, Ali Attari, and Zein Abu Hassan. The workshop was part of the Amman Design Week program of events, and took place on September 4, 2016 at the Jordan Museum.

The workshop presented a pilot participatory design process that has been developed by CSBE and that is currently being implemented in three public schools in Jordan as part of its Enhancing Civic Responsibility of the Youth in Schools Project. Participants in the workshop were presented with basic participatory design applications for working with the youth, and were exposed to the methods applied in the pilot project. The workshop content included the following:

 • Selecting tools for understanding the environmental perception of stakeholders

• Developing methodologies for presenting drawings, analyses, and design techniques to the youth

• Developing participatory approaches to decision-making through surveys and public discussions

• Developing strategies for including users’ perspectives in the design process

• Guiding group design processes

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