Abstract
‘Coltivando’ is the community garden set up by the Politecnico di Milano, a collaborative project that calls for both Spatial and Product Service Design competences, developed by a team of three postgraduate students supervised by researchers and teachers from the same fields. This paper describes the process and the tools used to design this garden: from the first “design studio based” concept (November 2011), to the final solution deployment (October 2012). Both soft and hard components of the project were included in the process, starting with design for social innovation and including Participatory Action Research as a way to test and prototype the ongoing outputs. Different competences merged to address questions such as: how to shape the spatial layout; how the temporary urban solutions could create a scenario to be developed as a long-term project; how to design the service model; how to approach Community Centered Design to engage the neighbourhood and academic staff in co-design activities, in order to open the campus space to the city. It is an example of a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with civil society representatives to engage various stakeholders and to shape a democratic design process.
Keywords
Collaborative service, co-design, Spatial Design, Urban Agriculture, garden
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.043
Citation
Fassi, D.,and Simeone, G.(2013) Spatial and Service Design meet up at Coltivando Convivial Garden at the Politecnico di Milano, in Reitan, J.B., Lloyd, P., Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Digranes, I., & Lutnæs, E. (eds.), DRS // Cumulus: Design Learning for Tomorrow, 14-17 May, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.043
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Spatial and Service Design meet up at Coltivando Convivial Garden at the Politecnico di Milano
‘Coltivando’ is the community garden set up by the Politecnico di Milano, a collaborative project that calls for both Spatial and Product Service Design competences, developed by a team of three postgraduate students supervised by researchers and teachers from the same fields. This paper describes the process and the tools used to design this garden: from the first “design studio based” concept (November 2011), to the final solution deployment (October 2012). Both soft and hard components of the project were included in the process, starting with design for social innovation and including Participatory Action Research as a way to test and prototype the ongoing outputs. Different competences merged to address questions such as: how to shape the spatial layout; how the temporary urban solutions could create a scenario to be developed as a long-term project; how to design the service model; how to approach Community Centered Design to engage the neighbourhood and academic staff in co-design activities, in order to open the campus space to the city. It is an example of a multi-disciplinary team collaborating with civil society representatives to engage various stakeholders and to shape a democratic design process.