Participatory design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about participatory design
Project • By ARIAS MARTINEZ ARQUITECTURA • Memorials
Memorial Efimero AFADEM
The civil association AFADEM, of relatives of victims of forced disappearance during the period known as the Dirty War in the 1970s, is located in the Sierra de Atoyac, in the Mexican state of Guerrero. They all had one request: a place to remember their relatives (not a grave, because if they were taken alive, they must return alive). This place was also to convey a strong message: their willingness to continue the struggle they have maintained for so many years against oblivion and for justice.
Sin Miedo Films
In response to this, a multidisciplinary team was convened to produce this memorial as part of a documentary film production entitled Atoyac, el agua que corre. Starting from the premise that, as creatives, we should not make... More
Project • By Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect • Museums
Puey Ungphakorn Artistic Park
“…I need some leisure time for myself, and to enjoy my family, and want access to some GREEN PARKS, to the arts, and to traditional social or religious festivities. I want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink…” (The Quality of Life), Puey Ungphakorn.
Pat Phuchamni
Pat Phuchamni
Puey Ungphakorn Artistic Park project has been initiated in the occasion of 100th birthday of Prof. Dr. Puey Ungphakorn, the Master of Truth, Esthetic, and Virtue, the model of commoner who made benefits to the nation and society. The project has been inspired from the article “The Quality of Life of a Southeast Asian - A Chronicle of Hope from Womb to Tomb” and the demand for &ldqu... More
Project • By Colectivo Warehouse • Auditoriums
Ma Bibliotheque
Invited by Ghost Creative Productions, Colectivo Warehouse integrated a team of artists for the realization of an Arts and Ecology festival at Licée Galandou Diouf, a public school in the center of Dakar.
Miguel C Tavares
The project’s main objective was to awaken the young students and the entire school community to environmental awareness through Art. The ÉcoL’Art Festival created a platform for intercultural dialogue between Senegalese and Portuguese artists.
Miguel C Tavares
During two weeks in residence, Colectivo Warehouse developed a project in the Library and its surrounding area. Starting by redesigning the interior layout of the existing library, the primary objective was to introduce students... More
Project • By Architectural Prescription • Offices
PM Campus
Located 20 km to the south of Kyiv, PM Campus embodies a vision of a corporate campus for an IT company built on the principles of a sustainable community. The project restores the idea of cohabitation by introducing a holistic environment that fosters professional and personal growth.
Architectural Prescription
Soft zoning combined with hard infrastructure that is hidden underground strengthens coherence and open nature of the space.
Architectural Prescription
Since the campus is located in the area that was reclaimed from the Dnipro river, the objective was to create a brand new ecosystem based on the surrounding environment. Tabula rasa was implemented as a conceptual approach to re... More
Project • By Pool Leber Architekten • Apartments
Wohnen ohne Auto
Wohnen ohne Auto (literally “Living without a car”) is a co-housing project, developed in a process of participatory design with a community of future residents. The project features a series of strategies which aim is to minimize the superfluous, to estabilish a collective attitude towards sharing and to encourage in general an environmentally conscious behaviour.The building is located in the former airport area of Munich-Riem and is part of the fourth and last construction phase of its reconversion. Its core point lies in the voluntary renouncement of car ownership by all the inhabitants, which is reflected in a sustainable planning approach.Together with three other new constructions, the project forms a rectangular city block around an... More