Creating Space for Participation - Participatory Design in Architecture

讓空間留白—參與式建築設計

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Is design only about making an object or a house?
What is the value of design?
How can people best use design to connect with each other?
Who are the designers?

All the cases in this book are about the co-creation effort from both the designers and the users. Users vary from children, young people, old persons, and across people from different parts of the wold, including India, Cambodia, Nepal and Hong Kong. Throughout these cases, it is hoped that the readers can understand the treasure of using participatory design to connect people from all walks of life. It is also a means for architects or designers to transform difficult professional language into easier meanings for people to understand and participate in.

今時今日，很多設計還是由設計師主導，人們以為一切都是設計師創作的物件，那就是設計。 其實設計不只關於一個物件，甚至是一間房屋，它們最終都有使用者，也就是用家。但是用家是否有參與設計的權利呢？ 參與式設計正是由用家主導，讓他們把自己的想法及喜好與設計師分享，雙方運用合作的方式，共同構思設計的概念，一起製作，再一起享受成果。這種由下而上的設計參與模式，讓不同背景的人也可以參與設計過程，包括本書提及的長者及青少年，透過設計，他們得以發揮創意及想像。設計師亦在過程中更深刻地了解到長者及年輕人的需要，讓設計更到位；更重要的是，設計成為了設計師與他們的溝通工具。原來設計是可以拉近人與人之間的關係的。 本書以「留白」為主題，通過不同個案與讀者互動，希望大家在書中空白處動筆思考、發表，從而感受設計、體驗設計，走進設計的魔力中。