This paper describes work on user participation in design in both an academic and a real-
world context. The research reported was aimed at identifying major issues in design …

This thesis documents a process of rethinking user participation in the design of the urban
built environment. It investigates options for the roles of architects and designers as …

Design processes that involve user participation concern issues of representation in the
early stages of design, when users' needs and expectations are being expressed. A …

One of the most consistent, powerful and philosophical ideas which has run like a silk thread
through the short and erratic history of the development of computer aided architectural …

The level of the designer's and user's engagement in design processes has always been
one of the most significant challenges. With respect to the wide scopes of design, the …

This paper looks at developments in architecural design techniques over the past few
decades. It challenges some recurring assertions about participatory design in architecture …

This paper started as a critical assessment of different practices of Design Participation, as
first defined in the 1971 Design Participation Conference in Manchester (UK) organised by …

User participation in the design of built environments has been seen as essential from
functional, social, psychological and political perspectives, given the intricacy of human …

In participatory design situations the competence of the facilitator will influence the
opportunities for a user group to become engaged in the process of design. Based on the …

The custom of involving users in building projects has increased over the last years,
following a focus on the importance of front-end activities, both in practice and in academia …