Designing Community

I had finally completed reading this book, it is very interesting and kind of helpful for my research proposal and for this blog, although the contents of this book is based on the UK and US planning background, but it is still very resourceful.

The most important chapter of this book that i want to point out is chapter 7

which is about Urban Design, Public Participation and Planning in Practice.



This chapter discusses the role of design in assisting public education and participation in the planning process, and how this public input can, in turn, inform and enrich urban design proposals for community development. it outlines the principles and processes for conducting successful charrettes, explains how to assemble and effective charrette team, how to develop a budget for the process, and how to create the most effective and engaging products from the event.

I greatly recommend anyone to that is interested in public participation to grab this book from the shelf.

Charrettes

I found this very interesting book in the library, it is "Designing Community" by David Walters.


The book focuses on many elements of urban planning in the US and UK. The main focus of the are Charrettes, Masterplans and Form-based Codes.

What is Charrettes ?

The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a charrette varies, depending on the design problem and the individuals in the group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group divides into sub-groups.

Each sub-group then presents its work to the full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and interests of a diverse group of people. Compare this term with workshop. - wikipedia

I am still in the progress of reading this book, once I had done reading it, I will update everyone. Anyone interested to borrow this book can msg me k !