Scenario-Based Design with Care Organisations

As part of the enable² project (‘20-‘23) and in its follow-up Research[x]Designers have conducted research commissioned by care organisations acting as clients for new construction projects. This collaboration takes place in an early phase of new-build projects, with the researchers playing a bridging function between the client and current building use on the one hand, and the architect and future scenarios on the other. Through observations, interviews and visual methods, Research[x]Design investigates how space is experienced from diverse perspectives and does research on site with the residents and staff, parents and neighbours. The outcome is a persona-set which is used in scenario-based design workshops in which we work with the architects and client to assess and develop the designs.

In the context of Cirkant’s building plans for a site accommodating residential youth care, Pleuntje Jellema and Piet Tutenel set up and supervised a participatory scenario-based design process by mapping and summarizing experiences of residents and staff in personas and scenarios (2022-‘23).

For Centrum Ganspoel, Pleuntje Jellema and Peter-Willem Vermeersch are doing something similar for a building project planned to accommodate group homes for people of all ages with vision and multiple impairments (2024).