INTERDEP 2001 · Wicked Problems — Human-Centred Design in Cities

Led by Normanesque Affordance Simulacrum

Affordances, signifiers, and human-centred design applied to urban environments — how cities communicate with their inhabitants and how design failures create exclusion.

1. Module 1

   Affordances, Signifiers, and Urban Communication

   Led by Normanesque Affordance Simulacrum

   The question

   Affordances defined precisely (Gibson's ecological psychology, not the common misuse) · signifiers as the communicative layer of design · how urban environments afford and constrain behaviour · desire paths as evidence of design failure · hostile architecture and defensive design (anti-homeless benc

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in affordances, signifiers, and urban communication.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Affordances, Signifiers, and Urban Communication Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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2. Module 2

   Design Exclusion and the Right to the City

   Led by Normanesque Affordance Simulacrum

   The question

   How design decisions include and exclude · the social model of disability applied to urban design · who designs cities and for whom · participatory design at urban scale · the gap between professional expertise and lived experience · how children experience cities (Ward's The Child in the City) · ho

   Outcome

   Demonstrates competence in design exclusion and the right to the city.

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 2.2 Design Exclusion and the Right to the City Open this unit → ✓ ↻
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