Participatory design, temporary structures and the appropriation of urban space by marginalized youth: the problem of the Odd Triangle

• Autores: Charles Leddy-Owen, Guido Robazza, Lexie Scherer
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 23, 5, 2018, págs. 780-797
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper discusses the design and construction of a temporary structure in a neglected urban space. Researchers consulted and worked with members of a youth club in a deprived area of an English city to try to enable spatial appropriation through participatory design. It was found that age- and class-based relationships greatly constrained participants’ sense of appropriation. Participants did, however, appropriate the co-design process in enthusiastic ways centred on the transgression of adult norms. The paper concludes with reflections on how constraints on marginalized youth agency can inhibit participatory approaches.