Emma BeadleWSP

‘Children’s Utopian Visions of the City:

co-designing lighting masterplans through play and exploration'

Emma J Beadle, CIBSE & ILP affiliate

Children’s Utopian Visions of the City:co-designing lighting masterplans through play and exploration

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Key Messages

Importance of Co-design with children

The best children’s co-design method

The benefits of the Children’s Tool-kit of light

Importance of introducing lighting and engineering specialisms to children

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Photo Credit: playgrounds.mattiasmalk.com

Co-design Origins

CHI

LDRE

N'S C

O-D

ESIG

N M

ETHO

DS

UNIVERSITY LEVEL LIGHTING

METHO

DS

LIGHTING WORKSHOPS

CHILDREN & LIGHTING

Children’s Co-design Methods

Urban Third Spaces

Utopian Workshops

Utopian Workshops & Design Club

Drawing &ModellingUtopian Space

Workshop 2 – Light Test

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Design Club

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Blocks and Bubbles

Where’s the light?

Stencils

Glow Sticks

Material Box

Draw a picture of light

Design Club – Lighting Games

Where’s the Light? game

Draw a picture of light game

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Material Box game

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Blocks & Bubbles game

Glow Stick game

Stencil game

Feedback

Favourite Game Put in Tool-kit

Children’s Tool-Kit of Light

Children’sCo-designMethods

LIGHTING BENEFITS

DESIGN THINKING

PROBLEM SOLVING

SOCIAL SKILLS

RAISES CONFIDENCE

TEAMWORK

MOBILE SKILLS

Lighting Benefits

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Design Club Team

Photo Credit: Emma Beadle (Permission from Parents to share)

Importance of Co-design with children

The best children’s co-design methods

The benefits of the Children’s Tool-kit of light

Importance of introducing lighting and engineering specialisms to children

Children’s Co-design

Photo Credit: Crayola (2011)

Thanks to the Children Design Partners for their contribution

Further information:Stem Ambassador - www.stem.org.uk

Children& Light

Emma BeadleWSP

‘Children’s Utopian Visions of the City:

co-designing lighting masterplans through play and exploration '