Editing Participatory design (section)

=== In the built environment ===
[[File:Keskustelutilaisuus Helsingin yleiskaavasta.jpg|thumb|A public consultation event about urban planning in Helsinki]]
Participatory design has many applications in development and changes to the [[built environment]]. It has particular currency to planners and [[architects]], in relation to [[placemaking]] and [[community]] [[urban regeneration company|regeneration]] projects. It potentially offers a far more [[democracy|democratic]] approach to the design process as it involves more than one [[stakeholder (corporate)|stakeholder]]. By incorporating a variety of views there is greater opportunity for successful outcomes. Many universities and major institutions are beginning to recognise its importance. The [[UN]], Global studio involved students from [[Columbia University]], [[University of Sydney]] and [[Sapienza University of Rome]] to provide design solutions for [[Vancouver]]'s downtown eastside, which suffered from drug- and alcohol-related problems. The process allowed cross-discipline participation from planners, architects and industrial designers, which focused on collaboration and the sharing of ideas and stories, as opposed to rigid and singular design outcomes. (Kuiper, 2007, p.&nbsp;52)

==== Public interest design ====
{{Main|Public interest design}}
Public interest design is a design movement, extending to architecture, with the main aim of structuring design around the needs of the community. At the core of its application is participatory design.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mirzaean Mahabadi, Zabihi, Majedi |first1=Shahab, Hossein, Hamid |title=Participatory Design; A New Approach to Regenerate the Public Space |url=http://ijaud.srbiau.ac.ir/article_8339_47703dce2ed5f9ebcac51ce275b56d74.pdf |publisher=International Journal of Architecture and Urban Development |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> Through allowing individuals to have a say in the process of design of their own surrounding built environment, design can become proactive and tailored towards addressing wider social issues facing that community.<ref name=Feldman>{{cite book |last1=Feldman, Palleroni, Perkes, Bell |first1=Robert M, Sergio, David, Bryan |title=Wisdom From the Field: Public Interest Architecture In Practice |url=https://www.publicinterestdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wisdom-from-the-Field.pdf |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> Public interest design is meant to reshape conventional modern architectural practice. Instead of having each construction project solely meet the needs of the individual, public interest design addresses wider social issues at their core. This shift in architectural practice is a structural and systemic one, allowing design to serve communities responsibly.<ref name=Feldman/> Solutions to social issues can be addressed in a long-term manner through such design, serving the public, and involving it directly in the process through participatory design. The built environment can become the very reason for social and community issues to arise if not executed properly and responsibly. Conventional architectural practice often does cause such problems since only the paying client has a say in the design process.<ref name=Feldman/> That is why many architects throughout the world are employing participatory design and practicing their profession more responsibly, encouraging a wider shift in architectural practice. Several architects have largely succeeded in disproving theories that deem public interest design and participatory design financially and organizationally not feasible. Their work is setting the stage for the expansion of this movement, providing valuable data on its effectiveness and the ways in which it can be carried out.