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Making Places for People

12 Questions Every Designer Should Ask
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Making Places for People explores 12 social questions crucial to environmental design. Authors Christie Johnson Coffin and Jenny Young bring perspectives from practice and teaching to challenge assumptions about how places meet human needs. In this expanded second edition, the authors continue to explore the complexities... Read More
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Making Places for People explores twelve social questions crucial to environmental design. In this second edition, the authors retain the core of the book while placing more emphasis on human well-being, sustainability, and equity and justice.

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Making Places for People explores 12 social questions crucial to environmental design. Authors Christie Johnson Coffin and Jenny Young bring perspectives from practice and teaching to challenge assumptions about how places meet human needs.

In this expanded second edition, the authors continue to explore the complexities of basic questions, such as: What is the story of this place? What logic orders it? How big is it? How sustainable is it?

They consider the impact on making places of pandemic, climate change, human migration, and contemporary discussions of diversity, equity, and justice. Short, approachable, easy-to-read chapters, illustrated with updated examples of projects from around the world, bring together theory, methodology, and key research findings.

Understanding experienced and research-based connections between people and built form can inspire designs that make places of meaning and delight. This second edition will be essential reading for design students and professionals.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032413051

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 March 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 4 Line drawings, color; 96 Halftones, color; 100 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 274

About the Author

Christie Johnson Coffin practices architecture in the western United States, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and India with a focus on healthcare and laboratory research design. Her university teaching includes the University of California Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University, National Taiwan University, and the University of Oregon.

Jenny Young teaches architectural design and human factors in design. Her research focuses on key attributes of successful public spaces and urban form. Her practice includes school, library, and clinic projects, and residential design. She is Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon.

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