A projective approach to designing with children |
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| Authors: | Peter Aspinall Faozi Ujam |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Reader in the Faculty of Environmental Studies , Heriot‐Watt University , Edinburgh;2. Lecturer in Urban Design in the Department of Architecture , Heriot‐Watt University , Edinburgh |
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| Abstract: | The paper is based on the application of projective techniques to a design project which was the result of a competition initiated by the local education authority. Personal Construct Psychology and Ecoanalysis are used to investigate the largely tacit understanding of a public garden by 10–11 year old children. The results of the investigation were developed into a garden design which won first prize in the competition. |
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| Keywords: | Personal construct psychology Ecoanalysis Playground design Projective method |
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