Designing Participatory Solutions to Cities’ Complex Problems

In the "Designing Participatory Solutions to Cities’ Complex Problems" workshop, which will be held by ATÖLYE, within the scope of MARUF21, it is planned to take up cities’ complex and long-running issues with a participatory and community-oriented approach. The workshop will look at MARUF’21’s main theme of “Cities Developing Solutions” through a community-powered design lens. Case studies and good practices regarding community-powered design and participatory urban design will be shared and later, the participants will be asked to identify some of the complex problems in their cities. Instead of working on putting forward solutions themselves, they will need to design participatory processes of inclusive decision making and problem solving.  These processes include community-powered research, ideation, application, and impact assessment. Designed and to be facilitated by ATÖLYE, the workshop welcomes participants from municipalities, NGOs, academia, and creative industries.