Public facility design for sustainability

Participatory action research on household recycling in Hong Kong

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6134635
AutoresKin Wai Michael Siu (0000-0002-9820-8576, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, autor de correspondencia), Jia Xin Xiao (School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hung Hom, Hong Kong)
Año2017
Volumen18
Número4
Páginas448-468
Fecha de publicación2017-03-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAction Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1476750317698027
OpenAlexW2601049068
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas24

While many researchers have pointed out that public design can increase users’ sustainable practices, how to achieve good public designs is challenging. To explore the current public design barriers and solutions to household recycling in Hong Kong, our research group, in collaboration with two Caritas Community Centres, adopted participatory action research, including questionnaires, interviews, non-participant observations, collaborative workshops and on-site iterative prototyping process, to carry out a research project. In this project, local residents, recyclers, property management officers and cleaners in five public rental housing estates were recruited to voice their views on public design for recycling. Through the results of the spiral design exploration conducted at Sai Wan Estate, this study demonstrates the validity of action research to promote the participatory design for recycling. The paper concludes with a discussion of some barriers to and experience with applying these methods to improve the practice in the context of high-rise living environments. It also provides experience and insights into action research in public design for designers, researchers and policy makers

Action research · Agency (philosophy · Business · Citizen journalism · Civil engineering · Context (archaeology · Housing estate · Living lab · Operations management · Participatory action research · Participatory design · Political science · Public housing · Public participation · Public relations · Sociology · Sustainability · Computer Science · Engineering · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Urban Green Space and Health