Participation as a Tool for the Sustainable Redesign of Vacant Heritage: The Case of Politiebureau Groningen Centrum
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Societal and Academic Importance of Participation in Heritage Building Redesign
1.2. Literature Review on Participatory Design
1.3. Problem Statement
2. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Results of Inquiry: Cognitive Mapping and Interviewing
3.2. Results of Testing: 2,5D Model Gaming
3.3. Observation of the Performance of the Tools
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- The sample size for all three experiments is too small to statistically represent the whole population of surrounding neighborhoods. Thus, the common ground discovered among the participants cannot be seen as “real common ground” to draw redesign solutions that benefit the entire community. It is recommended to apply this innovative approach to larger samples covering all minorities to get in-depth knowledge of the community’s collective perspectives in relation to their sociodemographic characteristics.
- The reasons for participants’ different attitudes in treating the overall material and specific elements cannot be concluded upon due to a lack of follow-up questions in the experiment. Moreover, the limited sample size cannot prove that this phenomenon is common in larger groups. It is recommended to conduct future research on this question and validate the posed hypothesis by applying the approach to larger samples and asking more follow-up questions to participants.
- To conduct future studies as mentioned in 1 and 2, it is recommended to select similar community-situated heritage buildings, especially those to be transformed into housing or community programs with the potential to counter the threat of urban fragmentation and to boost social and community values.
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, C.; dos Santos Gonçalves, J.; Quist, W. Participation as a Tool for the Sustainable Redesign of Vacant Heritage: The Case of Politiebureau Groningen Centrum. Buildings 2023, 13, 515. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020515
Liu C, dos Santos Gonçalves J, Quist W. Participation as a Tool for the Sustainable Redesign of Vacant Heritage: The Case of Politiebureau Groningen Centrum. Buildings. 2023; 13(2):515. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020515
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Chi, Joana dos Santos Gonçalves, and Wido Quist. 2023. "Participation as a Tool for the Sustainable Redesign of Vacant Heritage: The Case of Politiebureau Groningen Centrum" Buildings 13, no. 2: 515. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020515