Empathic design : perspectives on creating inclusive spaces / edited by Elgin Cleckley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cleckley, Elgin, Editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Design.

Public spaces.

Public spaces--United States--Case studies.

Empathy in art.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Design--Human factors.

Design.

Memorials--United States--Design.

Memorials.

Anti-racism.

Social justice in art.

Public spaces--Case studies.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies

Physical Description:

xi, 196 pages : illustrations, map, plans, portrait ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Empathic design

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2024.

Summary:

"How do you experience a public space? Do you feel safe? Seen? Represented? The response to these questions may differ based on factors including your race, age, ethnicity, or gender identity. In the architecture and design professions, decisions about the articulation of public spaces and who may be honored in them have often been made by white men. How do designers rethink design processes to produce works that hold space for the diversity of people using them? In 'Empathic Design', designer and architecture professor Elgin Cleckley brings together leaders and visionary practitioners in architecture, urban design, planning, and design activism to help explore these questions. Cleckley explains that empathic designers need to approach design as iterative, changing, and shifting to say, 'we see you', 'we hear you'. Part of an emerging design framework, empathic designers work with and in the communities affected. They acknowledge the full history of a place and approach the lived experience and memories of those in the community with respect. Early chapters explore broader conceptual approaches, proposing definitions of empathy in the context of design, disrupting colonial narratives, and making space for grief. Other chapters highlight specific design projects, including the Harriet Tubman Memorial in Newark, The Camp Barker Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Freedom Center in Oklahoma City, and the Charlottesville Memorial for Peace and Justice"--Publisher's web site for this work (https://islandpress.org/books/empathic-design, viewed 2023 December 22).

Contents:

Introduction / Elgin Cleckley

From empathy to ethics / Christine Gaspar

Making space for grief / Liz Ogbu

Unseen dimensions of public space: disrupting colonial narratives / Erin Genia

Renewing spatial agency for a community: The Freedom Center, Oklahoma City / Cory Henry

The Harriet Tubman Memorial, Newark / Nina Cooke John

Materializing memory: The Camp Barker Memorial in Washington, DC / Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann

Practicing _mpathic design: The Charlottesville Memorial for Peace and Justice / Elgin Cleckley

Incorporating empathy: "To middle species, with love," Columbus, Indiana / Joyce Hwang

Teaching empathic community engagement using storytelling / C.L. Bohannon

Afterword: Planning with purpose: Repairing past harm with empathy / Mitchell J. Silver.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781642832051

1642832057

OCLC:

1379266182