To Be There, Or Not To Be. Designing Subjective Urban Experiences

Boffi, Marco; Rainisio, Nicola

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“…Such a technocratic approach would be detrimental for an effective participatory approach, consequently diminishing the importance of developmental factors favouring well-being (Prilleltensky et al, 2001 ; Boffi et al, 2016 ) and neglecting the way institutions and inclusive procedures increase the value of procedural utility, which is a source of subjective well-being (Stutzer and Frey, 2006 ). Consistently, with this approach, an eudaimonic perspective on well-being would allow assessments, informing the design of places that are not only restorative from a cognitive point of view but also offering the possibility to reach meaningful objectives for the growth and realisation of an individual (Rainisio et al, 2015 ; Boffi and Rainisio, 2017 ).…”

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“…Conversely, “attributional data” are theory driven, which means that they are not explored directly but, instead, indirectly, and then categorised. At the second level, consistent with a deductive thematic analysis, psychologist researchers have the responsibility to translate the narrations of participants into consistent and theoretically grounded concepts; designers, on the other hand, are in charge of transforming the results into physical environmental features (Boffi and Rainisio, 2017 ). The wide availability of data offered by the focus group makes it a preferable methodological choice compared with other co-design techniques, as it favours the integration of theoretical models during the analysis phase.…”

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Nature Experiences of Older People for Active Ageing: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Co-Design of Community Gardens

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In Western countries, the concepts of healthy ageing and active ageing, that is, concepts that favour health, participation, and security to increase the quality of life of older people, have become key issues. Hence, the effective design of public green spaces in urban areas is crucial, as visiting these areas encourages social relations and interactions in natural, healthy contexts. Consistent with these perspectives, existing landscape design criteria emphasise the importance of considering not only the functional and aesthetic elements, but also the ecosystemic and biophilic relationships between people and the environment, producing positive effects for both. To maximise the impact of such design criteria, proper engagement strategies are desirable, both to assign an active role to older people themselves and to inform the fine-tuning of the design process according to the specific needs of the local population. This study presents an interdisciplinary co-design method that encourages and informs a biophilic approach by describing the experiences of people in natural environments, actual and designed, through the application of attention restoration theory (ART). The case study was developed through six focus group meetings with older people for the co-design of a restorative area in a community garden in the Ortica district in Milan (Italy). Results show how the main needs expressed by participants can be classified into the ART factors of “compatibility” (a multifunctional garden), “fascination” (sense of contact with nature), and “being away” (metaphorical escape from nursing homes). The garden designed includes biophilic principles that respond to such needs, and specific links with designed elements were identified. For example, “being away” (e.g., isolation from daily routine and visual occlusion of the surroundings) and “compatibility” (e.g., pergola and aesthetic value) are the factors that include the elements that more satisfactorily answer previous needs. “Fascination” also includes many positive aspects, allowing space for improvements (e.g., more water elements, interaction with animals). Implications of the method are discussed, including the importance of subjective experience in informing design, the use of different psychological constructs to describe it, and the methodological alternatives for psychological assessment.

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“…Thanks to their implementation, the relationships of individuals within a community and with the physical environment in which they live can be effectively described. This union between the physical and intangible components of the places we live has rarely been effectively integrated into applied tools (Boffi & Rainisio, 2017).…”

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C3Places - Using ICT for Co-Creation of Inclusive Public Places

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This e-book and correspondent platform MyC3Place present the collection of the outcomes carried out by the partners of the C3Places Project.It explores the new dynamics of open spaces as a trusted service for community and expands our understanding on how mediated public open spaces function, paying attention to stakeholders, local context and different social groups. The e-book shows how it's possible to increase the quality of public open spaces (squares, parks, green spaces) as a community’s service, reflecting through ICT the needs of different social groups.

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“…In order to develop the co-design process, the research team adopted a multidisciplinary perspective integrating psychology and landscape design. In such a perspective both disciplines inform each other, as psychology offers theoretical and methodological tools to explore people's needs [66], whereas landscape design enables the representation of possible planning solutions and the preliminary definition of critical issues to be addressed in specific environments [67]. The methodology chosen for the co-design process was the focus group, and it suited the heuristic needs of the project.…”

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Sustainable Co-Design with Older People: The Case of a Public Restorative Garden in Milan (Italy)

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The demographic aging and the evolution of lifestyles require new strategies to promote the well-being and active aging of elderly. Active aging depends on many factors: some of these are related to objective data such as physical environment, others are personal elements; it is important to improve environmental physical factors to encourage personal attitudes to the green spaces in use. To design a small sustainable restorative green space in Milan, Italy, restorative garden design criteria are summarized in the first section of the paper and both social and environmental sustainability are considered. The methodology section describes the co-design process and how it was applied to include different older user groups in the design of the area. In the results section authors apply a taxonomy based on the four properties of restorative settings according to the Attention Restoration Theory by Kaplan (compatibility, being away, extent, fascination): this provides a unified system to classify users’ expectations and to describe the final project. The proposed co-design process combines social and environmental sustainability, as it provides designers an insight about the user’s experience in nature. Such information can be fruitfully integrated with professional competences about comfort aspects and environmental protection in order to improve the whole design project.

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To Be There, Or Not To Be. Designing Subjective Urban Experiences

Cited by 15 publications

References 38 publications

Nature Experiences of Older People for Active Ageing: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Co-Design of Community Gardens

Nature Experiences of Older People for Active Ageing: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Co-Design of Community Gardens

C3Places - Using ICT for Co-Creation of Inclusive Public Places

Sustainable Co-Design with Older People: The Case of a Public Restorative Garden in Milan (Italy)

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