Week six--Continuation of Community Models

I remember that earlier in our class we had learned that the way to get the most out of the participatory process, both in the number of participants and the quality of input that they provide, is to develop a relationship with your participants. This is the third week that I have worked with the same boy and I think that between us we are able to achieve more than I had working with a different kid every week. The student I worked with seemed very interested in continuing with is recycle material community model and we spent the entirety of our day working with that. We came up with new ideas on how to build his water tower that would allow for the community to be more efficient. He added solar panels onto the roofs of both the water tower and the recreation center. We discussed how he would want to present his community at the open house and how he would like to describe it to get other people excited about new design ideas. I really feel that our design club has taken a big turn around and is beginning to attract some attention and even begin to spark an interest in kids to get more involved in the future.

-Brittany