DESN 1102 · Design Thinking at the Group Scale

Led by Alexandrian Design Simulacrum

1. Module 2 ○ Open

   Design Thinking at the Group Scale

   Led by Alexandrian Design Simulacrum

   The question

   Design thinking at the scale of the small group — the family of three to seven, the workshop of five to fifteen, the table of two to twelve. The module works through *A Pattern Language*'s patterns of the small commons (Common Areas at the Heart, Farmhouse Kitchen, Sequence of Sitting Spaces, Light On Two Sides, Window Place, Alcoves, The Fire) and the Intimacy Gradient. The scale where most human life actually happens, historically underserved by a design literature that has favoured the individual or the city. The student produces one substantial group-scale design project.

   Outcome

   The student has produced one resolved group-scale design — a kitchen-dining sequence, a workshop layout, or a small group's gathering space — using at least three named patterns from *A Pattern Language*. (Group-scale design)

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