Submissions open until 02 May 2018. Many early adopters of sustainable smart city technology employed a technocratic approach. The dominant visions of these future cities, such as in the “eco smart ...

Of late, there has been a renewed and reinvigorated exchange of ideas across science and technology studies and participatory design, emerging from a shared interest in 'publics'. In this article, we ...

From Dr Mark A Wolfgram. Sir, Modernism was and is not only a style of a building, but an ideology of the design process that placed the architect or city planner before the community and individuals ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the past technology products created to overcome accessibility and usability issues experienced by individuals with special needs have also ...

Sustainability of latrines is a key issue in Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). Sandy or rocky soils, seasonal flooding and termites can present challenges to communities who have taken sanitation ...

Participatory programs involve employees in all levels of the organization in the design of interventions. Our studies show that when front-line employees have a central role in designing workplace ...

Architecture as a profession today struggles with questions of relevance, with core questions surrounding the issue of whether it can create cultural vibrancy and meaning for the diverse world it ...

There are moments when architects take the design process beyond their practice and engage with potential users as design participants. This expands the design framework and makes the input of future ...