#participatory-design

#participatory-design

"It's an amazing idea, and it's surprising that it hasn't knowingly been done before. "Tape felt like the perfect tool to disrupt typographic tradition. It's fast, tactile, and unruly," says Varanda. "What fascinated me most was how tape could act as both a restriction and a liberation. It forces letterforms into sharp edges, but in the hands of 27 participants, it created shapes that I could never have imagined alone."

Community Park Veinte de Mayo, designed by Taller Ciudad Portátil, is located in the Veinte de Mayo neighborhood in Neiva, . The project occupies a 94 sqm triangular plot that had previously been abandoned and associated with insecurity and neglect. Through a process of participatory design and collective construction, the site was transformed into a compact public space that addresses the neighborhood's limited access to communal areas, with less than 4% coverage, while fostering social interaction and environmental resilience.

How do nature and landscape dialogue within spaces designed for children? How are architecture and urban design capable of shaping natural atmospheres that integrate practices of play, participation, and exploration? From participatory projects that involve children in the design process to built environments that incorporate furniture adapted to their needs, the conception of spaces for childhood entails the creation of places for encounter, learning, and coexistence.

The O by Alberto Roncelli takes the form of a circular timber pavilion, combining solar energy production and rainwater harvesting beneath a wide canopy that also serves as a flexible communal space.

The project transforms a modest 1930s house into a generous dwelling, reinterpreting the detached pavilion typology with a three-story volume that enhances urban scale.