Spaces and Services for Local Communities
Section outline
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The first week provides a general introduction to the context, addressing the topics of Design for Social Innovation and Uncertain Futures. It then delves into Methods and Tools, explaining some Applied Design Methods used by Polimi DESIS Lab, with a particular focus on Co-Design, Spatial User Journey, and Prototyping.
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The second week centers on the topic of Design for City Making. This section is divided into two parts: S+S (Spaces + Services) Explorations, which covers Spatial Design, Service Design, Design for Placemaking, Designing Relationships, and Public Interiors; and Urban Social Ecosystem, which includes lectures on Educational Cities, Queer City, Designing for a Multispecies World, and Design for Food Systems.
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The final week, called Proximity and Communities, is also divided into two modules. The first module, Social Practices Incubation, includes lectures on Service Design for Recovery and Co-production, Design for Social Innovation Incubation, and City of Youth. The second module, Proximity, covers Neighbourhood Living Labs, Proximity Dimensions (from urban to remote contexts), and Responsible Tourism, focusing on designing community-based tourism services.