SPECIALIZATIONS, INSIGHTS, EXPERIMENTATIONS: PUBLIC SPACE AND PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
| Title | ΕΞΕΙΔΙΚΕΥΣΕΙΣ, ΕΜΒΑΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ, ΠΕΙΡΑΜΑΤΙΣΜΟΙ: ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΣ ΧΩΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΙΚΟΣ ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΟΣ / SPECIALIZATIONS, INSIGHTS, EXPERIMENTATIONS: PUBLIC SPACE AND PARTICIPATORY DESIGN |
| Code | 09EX14 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Architecture |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Evangelia Athanasiou |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600021626 |
Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA SPOUDŌN 2020-21 EŌS SĪMERA
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 4 |
| Class ID | 600213407
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Class Schedule
| Building | Polytechnic - wing A (Architecture) |
| Floor | Floor 1 |
| Hall | 201 (20) |
| Calendar | Tuesday 15:00 to 19:00 |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600213407
- eLearning (Moodle): id 16817
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- 03TT10 INTRODUCTION TO THE ORGANIZATION OF URBAN SPACE
- 06EA10 DESIGN STUDIO 4
- 06TH21 ISSUES IN SPATIAL PLANNING
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will:
- understand the social, cultural and political dimensions of public space
- understand contemporary transformations of public space
- acquire knowledge of ethnographic research and qualitative research methods on public space
- practise conducting ethnographic research and qualitative research methods on public space
- master the methods and tools of participatory planning
- practise conducting a participatory process in a real public space design project
- formulate design guidelines and tools for public space design
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work in teams
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The studio delves into the character, role and use of public space in the everyday life of the city with the aim of inclusive design, environmental sustainability and democratic management.
The workshop is organised in two phases.
a Dimension of the public: Researching the field
The first concerns qualitative research methods aimed at understanding the social, political and cultural values and processes that continuously shape public space. It delves into the different conceptualisations of the public character of public space, its relationship with the public sphere and the right to the city, as well as its constant transformations in the context of contemporary urbanisation. Emphasis is placed on qualitative methods that attempt to record and understand the characteristics, multiple divisions, conflicts, exclusions, appropriations and claims of the everyday use of public space.
The phase lasts 5 weeks
b. Planning the process:Participation protocols
The second phase involves the design of a specific public space through a participatory process that integrates its different users and promotes inclusion, equality and democracy. The final objective is not a detailed and consolidated design scheme, but the formulation of guidelines and tools that will enrich public space design with the desires and needs of everyday users.
The phase will last 8 weeks
Keywords
public space, publicness, ethnographic research, participatory planning, spaces of care, inclusive design
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 16 | ✓ | |||
| Fieldwork | 24 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 8 | ✓ | |||
| Tutorial | 24 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 54 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 16 | ✓ | |||
| Exams | 8 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students are assessed on the basis of two independent pieces of work each contributing 50% of te final mark, as follows: a. a survey of the multiple dimensions of a specific public space ( use, social and cultural dimensions etc) utilising ethnographic and other qualitative methods b. a design scheme utilizing participatory design methods. Assessment criteria include articulation, documentation, creativity, design robustness, representation skills, and refer both to intermim particiapation and presentations and to the final submission of the two schemes. Both schemes will be prepared by groups of 3.
Student Assessment methods
- Report (Formative, Summative)
- Project (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Lefebvre Henry (2006) Το δικαίωμα στην πόλη: Χώρος και πολιτική, Αθήνα: Κουκίδα (πρώτη έκδοση στα γαλλικά, 1968, μετάφραση στα ελληνικά Π Τουρνικιώτης & Κ Λοράν).
Harvey David (2013) Εξεγερμένες πόλεις: Απο το δικαίωμα στην πόλη στην επανάσταση της πόλης, Αθήνα:ΚΨΜ (πρώτη έκδοση 2012, μετάφραση στα ελληνικά Κ Χαλμούκου).
Additional bibliography for study
Athanassiou E (2017) The hybrid landscape of public space in Thessaloniki in the context of crisis, Landscape Research, 42:7, 782-794, DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1372399
Αθανασίου Ε. (2019) ”Ανεπιθύμητες οικειοποιήσεις του δημόσιου χώρου στον πεζόδρομο της Ικτίνου”, Συνέδριο Δημόσιος Χώρος + 2ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο για τον δημόσιο χώρο, 28-30 Μαρτίου 2019 (εισήγηση έχει γίνει δεκτή για προφορική παρουσίαση και δημοσίευση στα πρακτικά).
Carmona, Matthew de Magalhães, Claudio, Hammond Leo (eds) Public Space:The Management Dimension, London & New York:Routledge.
Low, Setha, Simpson, Troy Scheld Suzanne (2019), Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space (TESS), Public Space Research Group Center for Human Environments, New York.
Mitchell D (2012) The right to the city: Social Justice and the fight for public space, London & New York: The Guilford Press.
Στρατηγέα, Αναστασία (2015) Θεωρία και μέθοδοι συμμετοχικού σχεδιασμού, Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Συγγράμματα. Διαθέσιμο στο www.kallipos.gr
Last Update
28-09-2022
