Creatively Co-designing future spaces: An investigation to develop a new methodology in user engagement and spatial co-design with young people ages 8

该项目旨在通过开发新的方法，构建感知创造力和在用户参与中发挥作用的理论论述和实证说明，以支持潜在的转变，即儿童作为设计过程本身的共同设计者的理解。8-16岁的年轻人被确定为该项目的重点，因为研究表明，他们很少在联合设计过程中发挥作用。我将分析文献回顾中突出的案例研究，并观察将幼儿作为参与者的现场空间设计项目，重点是用户参与方法。我将采访在空间设计项目中与儿童合作过的建筑师，他们将被要求通过设计日记反思他们与儿童的交流。我将对参与过共同设计空间项目的儿童(8-16岁)进行半结构化访谈。访谈将以视觉方式促进讨论，如儿童拍摄的照片、故事板和代表设计师与儿童互动的小雕像的角色扮演。访谈和观察的重点民族志将使我能够在合作设计中调查和开发新的方法。研究将包括探索一系列媒介，通过实验、测试和反思实践来发展空间合作设计方法。这一专题应该引起研究界更广泛的兴趣，因为它引入了一个新的角度，特别侧重于通过与年轻人共同设计空间的方法促进用户参与，帮助他们成为建设性的决策者。玻璃釉质等媒介可以被用来参与，并被用作重新评估交流方法和创建对话和用户连接的临时平台的工具。我已经和建筑与城市设计硕士课程负责人苏珊·罗伯逊讨论了这一拟议的研究课题

This project aims to construct a theoretical discourse and empirical illustrations of perceived creativity and play in user participation throughdeveloping new methodologies, which support a potential transformation of understandings of children as co-designers of the design processitself. Young people ages 8-16 were identified as the focus of the project as research suggests that they rarely play a role in the co-designprocess. I will be analysing case studies highlighted in the literature review and observing live spatial design projects involving young children asthe participants, focusing on the user participation methods. I will Interview architects who have had experience of working with children in spatialdesign projects and they will be asked to reflect on their exchanges with children through design diaries. I will conduct semi-structured interviewswith children (ages 8-16) who have been part of co-design spatial projects. The interviews will be facilitated by visual methods as prompts fordiscussion, such as photographs taken by the children, storyboards and role play with figurines representing the designer-child interaction. Thefocused ethnography of interviews and observations will enable me to investigate and develop new methodologies in co-design. The researchwill incorporate exploring a range of mediums to develop the spatial co-design methodologies through experimenting, testing and reflecting onpractice. This topic should be of wider interest to the research community as it introduces a new angle, focusing specifically on developing userparticipation through spatial co-design methodologies with young people, facilitating them to become constructive decision makers. Mediumssuch as vitreous enamel can be utilised to engage and be used as a tool to reappraise the methods of communication and create acontemporary platform for dialogue and user connection. I have discussed this proposed research topic with Susan Robertson, Course LeaderMA Architectural and Urban Design