System Gigamap
Co-design toolkit
Initial BriefStakeholder Mapping
Insight mappings
DilemmaRevisiting field study
Global case studies
How might we’sInitial Secondary Research
Initial lenses to look at invisible
place patterns.
Lenses
Placelessness
Macro-Micro Narratives
Border[less]
Unintended Affordances
Felt vs Legal Ownership
Wickedness
How would it affect cultural diversity?
Divide people - stereotypes
Dilemma of categorization
When do affordances become misuse?
Who is the real owner?
2. PlacelessnessCertain influences erase distinctiveness and attachment to a location, often due to standardization.
3. Thought of a place connecting you to it
4. Paradox of distinctiveness &
sameness
A place becomes more standardized, the uniqueness of its inhabitants becomes pronounced, and vice versa.
5. Place attachment - dependency
Emotional or symbolic attachment with a place influence self-identity. Functional attachment tied with time leads to dependency.
6. Secure places
Places that people have some of the strongest identified bonds with.
It describes the wide range of connections between people and places that develops based on the place meanings and attachment a person has for a particular setting.
8. Unintended usageOpportunities and possibilities for action and interaction that a place.
9. Cognitive map/image
Involves creating mental representations of locations based on personal experiences and spatial connections formed through memories.
10. Place IdentityEncompasses notions of identity tied to specific locations, including what makes them unique.
11. What you take away?
What you leave behind?
Place Conflicts
In the process of research, all of us were intrigued by the analogy of place conflicts or metaphorically “place diseases” since we compared a place to ‘living’ being.
Intial Brief
Boundaries
of Ahmedabad
Our intent was to start an inquiry into uncovering the hidden connections and interrelations that contribute to the unique identity of these places.