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Community-Centered Design Methods

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge about theories of design, principles of design, and methodologies of solving design problems, as well as the skills of collecting and interpreting data, thinking creatively, assessing characteristics and performance of different solutions, combining and exchanging different ideas, and selecting appropriate solutions through effective collaboration and teamwork.
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    the course introduces the students to the process of design from studies, site analysis, phases of conceptual, schematic and detailed design up to the complex consideration of design such as the considerations of the environment, energy conservation and resource efficiency, social considerations such as human needs and scale, space and place differentiation etc.
  • Arabic Description

    the course introduces the students to the process of design from studies, site analysis, phases of conceptual, schematic and detailed design up to the complex consideration of design such as the considerations of the environment, energy conservation and resource efficiency, social considerations such as human needs and scale, space and place differentiation etc.
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    4
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 20% , tr.Self_learning 10% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (35)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 4, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • - Book Chapter: A Working Definition - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 14). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book excerpt: Creativity for Everybody Haydon, K., & Harvey, J. (2015). Creativity for everybody (p. 6,7,10,11,16,17,70,71). New York, New York: Sparkitivity, LLC.
  • - Book Chapter: The Four Ps - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 15). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: Creative Climate- Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 16). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: FourSight Model- Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 64). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapter: Brainstorming - Miller, B., Vehar, J., Firestien, R., Thurber, S., Nielsen, D. (2011). Creativity unbound: An introduction to creative problem solving (p. 26-27 & 76-77 ). Williamsville, NY: Innovation Systems Group.
  • - Book Chapters: Creativity Rising Puccio, G. (2012). Creativity rising: Creative thinking and creative problem solving in the 21st century (pp. 45-63). Buffalo, N.Y.: ICSC Press, International Center for Studies in Creativity. - Lee JD Wickens CD Liu Y Boyle LN. Designing for People : An Introduction to Human Factors Engineering. 3rd ed. Charleston SC: CreateSpace; 2017.