Designing for wellbeing

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Observation phase – getting a first impression, building trust
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Collecting insight and knowledge,
understanding context and problems
3
Collecting ideas from inhabitants on
how to improve a problematic area
4
Interacting with people, open exhibition and workshop
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Proposition to ameliorate the existing situation, block party
Figure 2. Steps for participatory process
and to create initial connections with local residents. By walking around
and observing the surroundings at different times of day, we got a feel for
the atmosphere and learned where services and other places of interest
are situated. Simple questions such as “What do you think about Kannelmäki?”
or “What are the pros and cons of Kannelmäki?” were asked while
making our first encounters with residents.
During the observation phase different resources within the area were
mapped in order to know what already exists and to find channels through
107 · Social wellbeing through participation in Kannelmäki suburb