Architectural participatory design methods

Abstract

A comprehensive review of literature was done to research various participatory architectural design methods. Secondly, research was conducted in form of a pilot study to test some of the participatory design methods. The pilot study uses a group of church workers to aid in the design of a church’s educational facility. The participants were members of the church who work in the church’s existing educational facility as well as some teenage students who are pupils in this facility. The literature review revealed techniques that seemed to be successful. The researcher used these techniques in the pilot study. The participants were taken through a series of workshops and interviews to see how effective the participatory design concepts worked.