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Abstract
Shelters for the displaced can suffer from socio-cultural incompatibility and significant levels of occupant dissatisfaction. Participatory design (PD) is known to help reduce such issues. This is the first study to investigate the effectiveness of different PD methods at engaging and capturing users’ needs for shelter design in refugee camps. It also aimed to identify which visualization tools are best at: engaging participants; communicating designs (e.g. concept, size and materials); and facilitating proposing modifications. This is a particularly large study with 16 workshops and 161 participants. Two PD methods were deployed: (i) design-your-own (where refugees proposed their ideal shelter); (ii) adapt-a-design (where refugees evaluated and modified pre-existing shelter designs). The shelters in (ii) were presented using three visualization tools: computer models, physical prototypes and virtual reality. Design-your-own proved less engaging and led participants to produce designs similar to their existing shelters. Adapt-a-design stimulated more dialogue and was more informative. Physical prototypes facilitated engagement in shelter modifications, computer models proved least able to communicate concepts, while virtual reality was best at communicating scale and size.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Building Research and Information |
Early online date | 24 Mar 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 24 Mar 2020 |
Keywords
- Participatory design
- refugee camps
- temporary shelters
- visualization tools
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
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Projects
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Healthy Housing for the Displaced
Coley, D., Adeyeye, K., Ball, R., Copping, A., Holley, J., Natarajan, S. & Orr, J.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/05/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research council
Profiles
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Dima Albadra
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Lecturer
- Centre for Energy and the Design of Environments (EDEn)
Person: Research & Teaching
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David Coley
- Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering - Professor
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Decarbonisation of the Built Environment (dCarb)
- EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa)
- Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI)
- Centre for Energy and the Design of Environments (EDEn)
Person: Research & Teaching
Datasets
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Dataset for "Participatory Design in Refugee Camps: Comparison of Different Methods and Visualisation Tools"
Albadra, D. (Creator) & Adeyeye, K. (Work Package Leader), University of Bath, 24 Mar 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00687
Dataset