STUDY DE CASE
Individual and group project - 2022
METHODOLOGY: Field research in a neighborhood to learn how to be as close as possible to users using human sciences tools
ACHIEVEMENT: Presentation of the neighborhood in all its forms: Geographical,historical,economic ... With analyzes of the different interviews, setting up assumptions to be clarified, making come out problems and points of weakness.
PRODUCTION:
- Detailed report / observation of the neighborhood studied (by group)
- Individual text on the human sciences (see below)
"For my part, the human sciences are an element that is part of a project, whether it be space design, product design, scenography or other. These carry a very distinguished methodology based on observation and the discussion with of users. Design in general refers to finding a solution to a problem that society encounters. It is therefore essential to put oneself in the place of the users, to to understand the issues that arise for them in order to best respond to them. As a future space designer, when I intervene on subjects concerning the city or urban planning, I will then have to inform me about the kind of people who live together in this place. This is where a sociological study comes in, because every place, every city or every country is different, have diverse culture and customs. Indeed, we are not going to respond to a problem in the same way in a city in a developed country such as Copenhagen, as in another city in a developing country like Mumbai for example.
For me, the human sciences also provide a more human in our work. Indeed, we observe the behavior of individuals, their way of acting, of expressing themselves... And subsequently, we go to meet them, interview them, communicate with them. Which pushes us to want to understand others and put ourselves in their place.
The human sciences are then a way of avoiding going off topic and helping to answer as closely as possible on a subject."